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Welcome to Qatar 2022: the winter World Cup no one wanted. But here’s ambassador David Beckham to explain why everything’s cool. Just tell that to the queer fans on the ground.

From New York drag bars to Japanese idol culture, slender winter days are for powering through slender books such as these.

The Brit supermodel turned roller skating mogul has launched the hottest destination in London for skaters and cool kids alike – inspired by her own family’s heritage.

Call Sheet: Starring as sweet Stanford grad Albie in the show’s brilliant second series, this Canadian actor can now tick working with HBO off his career bucket list. Not bad for a shy uni dropout, eh?

BAFTA Breakthrough has handpicked the industry’s brightest up-and-comers to nurture via their new-talent initiative. Remember these names. You’ll be hearing them a lot more.

“This movie is a two-hour-and-45-minute long tribute.”

Sick of true crime series that turn tragic murders into an eight-hour analysis of a killer's mind? You're not the only one. We suggest you watch these documentaries instead.

Call Sheet: Even a BAFTA nomination can’t faze the star of Rocks and a new Dangerous Liaisons. But potentially pissing off anime fans? Forget it.

Issue 12: Introducing musicians Flowerovlove and Yunè Pinku, designer Freya McKee, artist Navinder Nangla, filmmakers Jonah and Stan, actor Sheyi Cole and TikTok sensation Nizzythakidd.

Time to get poolside for a second season in the sun for HBO’s hit dramedy. This time, we’re in Sicily, with the British actor, director and writer among a mostly new cast of the rich and bonkers.

Give us blood-soaked, couple-costumed romance, for God's sake!

Call Sheet: Starring in Netflix’s “X-rated Harry Potter” series, the Croydon class clown-turned-superhero-turned-witch lets us in on a few industry secrets.

These and other serious matters of state with House of the Dragon’s breakout star, in a deep-dive discussion as the HBO drama comes to a brilliant climax. Warning: here be spoilers.

The mythical Parisian club is celebrating a decade of hosting artists such as A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey and Kendrick Lamar.

We quizzed Iris Owen, THE FACE’s new life and relationships columnist, on her riotous weekly newsletter, dogged quest for fame and enduring crush on Adam Sandler.

Worms magazine’s Clem MacLeod and artist Stephanie Francis-Shanahan’s new project encourages us to embrace softening up for a better world. Hear, hear.

Call sheet: Playing Sandra in Mike Flanagan’s latest spooky season series for Netflix, the 22-year-old has horror all wrapped up. Now, her sights are set on Hollywood’s biggest franchises.

Following the release of a viral trailer for M3GAN, a film about a robot doll gone rogue, a Twitter spat erupted between horror’s most notorious toys – and Chucky’s taking no prisoners. Behold, our ranking of the all-time scariest miniature killers…

The multidisciplinary artist has just released A Sphinx Looking For a Poet, a collection of poems written in Parisian solitude that’ll have you lunging for the suitcase.

The pair, together with co-founder Lester Walker, have just released their extensive recipe book, Black Power Kitchen, celebrating the richness of cuisine from West Africa and the Bronx. Here’s what they get up to beyond the kitchen…

As the (popcorn) dust settles on this year’s event, here’s our critic’s round-up of the films we didn’t have space to preview.

London Film Festival: THE FACE speaks to the director and lead actor of the noir detective drama, Park Chan-wook and star Park Hae-il.

In Benidorm Away, photographer Oli Jackson brings Rochdale charm to the Spanish seaside resort with a heady history.

Romeo and Juliet… and Rosaline. The Booksmart and Dopesick star on shaking up Shakespeare, loving Louis Vuitton – and defending Olivia Wilde.