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Ed Sheeran: Subtract review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week

Atlantic RecordsGrief and his wife’s brush with cancer inspired Sheeran to make this insular record with Aaron Dessner of the National. It’s downcast yet full of new ideas – but will fans take to it?Ed Sheeran famously keeps one eye on the numbers. A d...

Ed Sheeran cleared of infringing copyright in Marvin Gaye lawsuit

Case centered on whether Sheeran’***** Thinking Out Loud ripped off Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It OnA jury in New York has ruled that British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is not liable for copyright infringement in a case that has been closely watched by ...

All Vin Diesel’s film performances – ranked!

As Groot returns to screens and Fast & Furious hits its 10th instalment, we celebrate an actor who unfailingly delivers a masterclass in badassAs a left-for-dead DEA agent with revenge on his mind and a distracting goatee on his chin, Diesel looks ...

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review – studies in silence and solitude

A woman who has lost the power of speech forms a connection with a language teacher who is losing his sight in the Korean author’s striking examination of selfhoodOne of the two central protagonists of Han Kang’s Greek Lessons, the 2011 novel from the ...

The Archaeology of Loss by Sarah Tarlow review – till death do us part

A candid memoir that lays out the complexities of caring for an ailing partnerSarah Tarlow built her academic career as an archaeologist researching grief and mourning. Archaeologists have always studied bodies, but Tarlow’s interest is in “mortuary an...