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Bernie Taupin on his delirious decades at the top with Elton John

‘Rocket Man’, ‘Your Song’, ‘Tiny Dancer’, ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, ‘I’m Still Standing’... Bernie Taupin has written the lyrics for so many Elton John classics he can barely remember half of them. That may have something to do with his boozy Caribbean escapades in the 1970s — and the addiction support he was giving his lifelong friend and songwriting partner, he tells Craig McLean

<p>‘Now I’m getting the good parts, the parts that are right for me’ </p>

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Hannah Walters on Boiling Point and her marriage to Stephen Graham

<p>Alex Beresford</p>

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Alex Beresford on his mental health film and that Piers Morgan row

<p>Sebastian Faulks is due to release his 16th novel ‘The Seventh Son’ </p>

The Saturday Interview

Sebastian Faulks on rewriting Bond, literary trends and his new novel

<p>Hint, hint: it may be time for Taylor Swift to drop the knowing games she’s been playing since age 14 </p>

State of the Arts

Taylor Swift is a serious artist – time to leave the gimmicks behind

<p>One of the decade’s most enduring underdog stories: Doug E Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D Lewis, John Candy and Leon in ‘Cool Runnings’</p>

Cool Runnings as told by its stars: ‘Jamaicans in tights? For Disney?’

<p>Respected novelist and former literary journalist Nicholas Shakespeare takes on Ian Fleming in his latest biography ‘Ian Fleming: The Complete Man’ </p>

McCrum on Books

The bounder who created Bond: Ian Fleming’s golden life

<p>Ultra violence with a hint of disco-era high camp: Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino in ‘Scarface’ </p>

Inside FIlm

Cartels! Cocaine! How Scarface became a cult hit… by a razor’s edge

<p>The Towner Eastbourne</p>

This year’s Turner Prize show is ever so polite

<p>Filmmaker Ken Loach: ‘I like seeing enthusiasm for old things’ </p>

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Ken Loach on retirement and Keir Starmer: ‘It’s good for Labour to be seen to attack me’

Michael Gambon, the unlikely leading man who almost played Bond

<p>Author Tom Crewe (and Oscar Wilde): ‘People think about clothes, buildings, ideas before they think about someone having an erection in 1894’</p>

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Did Oscar Wilde set back the cause of gay rights? Author Tom Crewe on why the great playwright is no hero

<p>Ed Sheeran in artwork for his new album, ‘Autumn Variations’, by Annie Leibovitz</p>

Ed Sheeran’s Autumn Variations: full of soupy, seasonal sentimentality

<p>Ebla Mari as Yara in ‘The Old Oak’ </p>

The Old Oak isn’t classic Ken Loach, but it’d be a solid send-off

<p>Fox has railed against ‘cancel culture’ and describes himself on X as a ‘trans lesbian of colour’ </p>

Laurence Fox: Journeyman who became ranting sexist on Right wing TV

<p>Elena Skye as Twiggy in ‘Close-Up: The Twiggy Musical’ </p>

Close-Up: The Twiggy Musical is a garishly appealing tribute to a star

The Saturday Interview

<p>Sara Pascoe: ‘You’re supposed to be very, very grateful if IVF works’ </p>

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Sara Pascoe: ‘In my thirties, I was suddenly a “childless woman”’

<p>‘AI is like a robot taking your humanity, your soul’ </p>

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Tim Burton on cancel culture, Johnny Depp and his Beetlejuice sequel

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Rising Stars

<p>‘Everybody tries to do the Derry accent’ </p>

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Jamie-Lee O’Donnell on being skint, Derry Girls, and prison show Screw

<p>Going her own way: Vasan says that ‘like any immigrant parents’, hers were ‘a little bit concerned’ about her choice to go into acting </p>

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Black Mirror’s Anjana Vasan: ‘I’ve been underestimated. I’m small, brown and foreign’

<p>‘Belfast has a complex history, but there’s hope’</p>

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Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: ‘Belfast has a complex history, but there’s hope’

<p>Jon Pointing in his local cafe in Lewisham</p>

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Big Boys star Jon Pointing: ‘Grief is a strange thing to bond over’

Independent TV

Bradley Walsh falls down stairs whilst hosting Blankety Blank

<p>Strictly’s Angela Rippon shows ‘dance has no age limit’ as she wows judges with ‘tremendous’ performance.</p>

Strictly’s ‘wonderful’ Angela Rippon shows ‘dance has no age limit’

<p>Srictly’s Shirley Ballas fires defiant response to boos from audience as fellow judge slams her as ‘picky’.</p>

Strictly’s Shirley Ballas fires defiant response to boos from audience

<p>Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice kisses Amanda Abbington after they wow judges with ‘hot’ salsa.</p>

Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice kisses Amanda Abbington after ‘hot’ salsa

Apple TV+

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Bad Sisters’, ‘Pachinko’, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Severance’</p>

The best shows to watch on Apple TV+

Everything coming to Apple TV+ this June

Cha Cha Real Smooth: The feel-good comedy that passed you by

The new wine-tasting drama that’s your next TV must-watch

What to watch

<p>Netflix hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Crown’, ‘BoJack Horseman’, ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Squid Game'</p>

The 65 best original TV shows to watch on Netflix UK

<p>Amazon hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Underground Railroad’, ‘LuLaRich’, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and ‘Invincible’</p>

The 35 best original TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime

<p>Netflix hits (clockwise from top right): ‘Malcolm & Marie’, ‘The Irishman’, ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Extraction’</p>

The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

A guide to all the Disney+ original content

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Britney Spears has responded after dancing with knives on social media

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A Gen-Z guide to MSN Messenger

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People are divided over whether this supermarket habit is gross or not

lifestyle

I tried living life in 'barefoot' shoes and this is what I found

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Kourtney Kardashian reveals who's in the 'Not Kourtney' group chat after clash with Kim

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Kourtney Kardashian reveals who's in the 'Not Kourtney' group chat after clash with Kim

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Couple divorce just 3 minutes into their marriage after groom's comment about bride during wedding

science-tech

Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years

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Why the Lenovo Yoga 5G is great news for streamers

How the new furlough scheme will help UK firms affected by Covid-19

Is your business ready for the UK’s transition out of the EU?

Musto and Land Rover launch performance-wear collaboration