With so many TV shows clamouring for attention these days, you almost need special powers to separate the truly great from the supremely mediocre. Or you could just bookmark this list.
Big Little Lies - Season 1
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In the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, nothing is quite as it seems. Doting moms,...
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iNews present 10 football books published in 2017, all of which would make the perfect Christmas gift for football fans:
From Delhi To The Den The Story Of Football's Most Travelled Coach
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Anyone interested in football, travel, or adventure will love this book. From the Cypriot fourth...
sports
The Fall of the House of Fifa
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Fifa was founded in 1904 to unite the football-playing world, its first congress stating that 'no...
sports
The European Game: The Secrets of European Football Success
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The European Game is an adventure. Over three months Daniel Fieldsend travelled the continent...
sports
Outside the Box: A Statistical Journey Through the History of Football
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In football, numbers are everywhere. From touches in the opposition box to expected goals, clear-cut...
Brave New World: Inside Pochettino's Spurs
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The exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Spurs, told in his...
sports
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The Washington Post's annual survey of the best books includes 10 they think are exceptionally rewarding:
Sing, Unburied, Sing
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A searing and profound odyssey bringing the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first century...
Saints for All Occasions
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Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village in Ireland...
fiction
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama
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The definitive account of Barack Obama’s life before he became the 44th president of the United...
biography politics
Lincoln in the Bardo
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The extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National Book...
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This year has really delivered on it's family gaming promises. To help you sift through the hundreds of games here's Forbes' list of top games.
Gran Turismo Sport
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The definitive motor racing experience is back and better than ever on PlayStation 4. Get instant...
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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Whether you’re racing your family on the big screen in your living room, playing in the park, or...
Forza Motorsport 7
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Experience the thrill of motorsport at the limit with the most comprehensive, beautiful and...
Super Lucky's Tale
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Follow Lucky, the ever-optimistic, energetic, and lovable hero, on his quest to find his inner...
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Thankfully 2017 hasn't had any monumental disasters on the level of No Man's Sky, but with many notable highs, its stumbles were plain to see...
Mass Effect: Andromeda
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The game begins within the Milky Way Galaxy during the 22nd century, where humanity is planning to...
scifi sciencefiction RPG action masseffect space
STAR WARS Battlefront II
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Embark on an endless Star Wars™ action experience from the bestselling Star Wars HD videogame...
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
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Re-join your favourite marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, as he spins his way onto PlayStation 4 along with...
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Taylor Swift clapped back, Kendrick Lamar went back to basics, Lorde threw a high-concept party and more:
Songs of Experience by U2
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U2 return with their hotly anticipated new studio album ‘Songs of Experience’. The Island...
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American Dream by LCD Soundsystem
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American Dream is the fourth studio album by LCD Soundsystem, released on September 1, 2017, by DFA...
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The shows on this list, newly opening up the subjectivity and perspective of half the world, could only exist in a world of limitless possibility:
Big Little Lies - Season 1
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In the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, nothing is quite as it seems. Doting moms,...
Big Little Lies
Feud: Bette and Joan
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Tells the story of the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis...
documentary biography
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Dive in below as Loudwire names the 25 Best Metal Albums of 2017:
Nightmare Logic by power trip
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The second crushing, soul mangling, neck bustin' album from Texas hardcore thrashers: Power Trip....
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Emperor of Sand by Mastodon
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Emperor of Sand is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Mastodon. The album was...
Wrong One to Fuck With by Dying Fetus
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Self-reliance and musical integrity are the two principles to which DYING FETUS have always lived...
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Heartless by Pallbearer
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Pallbearer's third album, 'Heartless', is an inspired collection of monumental rock music. The band...
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Based on UK release dates, here are Empire's top ten films of the year:
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
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In 1983 Italy, a relationship blooms between a young Jewish man named Elio and his father's American...
Coming-of-age LGBT Italian Judaism
God’s Own Country (2017)
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Spring. Yorkshire. Isolated young sheep farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge...
drama romance
Dunkirk (2017)
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In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under...
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Despairing at last of celebrity biographies, for Christmas this year the publishers have turned to… Christmas books
Christmas: A Biography
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Christmas has been all things to all people: a religious festival, a family celebration, a time of...
religion
Christmas Pudding: A Novel
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The formidable fox-hunting obsessed Lady Bobbin has put together a Christmas house party at Compton...
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A Maigret Christmas - And Other Stories
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Three seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas, from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret. ...
mystery thriller
Murder in the Snow: A Cotswold Christmas Mystery
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‘A delight… An amateur sleuth to rival Miss Marple’ Guardian Mrs Bradley, sharp-eyed...
mystery thriller
An Almost Perfect Christmas
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'This book is the seasonal garnish we all need' Observer "My mother is not a foodie. But for as...
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