They say we're living in a golden age of television, but that doesn't mean we aren't often exposed to absolute dirge.
The Last Post
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Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife), Amanda Drew (Broadchurch), Ben...
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Disjointed
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Cannabis legend Ruth Whitefeather Feldman employs her newly graduated son and a team of young...
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Safe House - Season 2
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Tom (Stephen Moyer) and Sam’s (Zoe Tapper) world is turned upside down when news of a shocking...
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Whether you need a pulse-pounding page-turner to keep you awake, or you're looking for a memoir to curl up with, here are some books at the top of Entertainment Weekly's November must-read list.
Renegades
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From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure,...
Fantasy Young Adult
Catalina: A Novel
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A magnetic, provocative debut novel chronicling a young woman’s downward spiral following the end...
mystery fiction
Mrs Osmond
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'What was freedom, she thought, other than the right to exercise one's choices?' Isabel Osmond, a...
The Revolution of Marina M.
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From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of...
historical fiction
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Looking for a new app for your device? Here's WIRED's pick of the best of the paid-for and free Android apps available through the Google Play store.
Cardboard Camera
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Capture and share moments with virtual reality (VR) photos. VR photos let you experience scenery and...
Gladiabots
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Create your own AI and watch your robots execute it in the arena. Fix it, improve it and repeat...
games technology
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October is not just the month that brought us pre-orders of the Apple iPhone X and wider availability of the new iPhone 8, as well as the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, it also brought a ton of new games.
Lunar Battle
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Conquer the skies and explore uncharted terrain with Lunar Battle™, a new action-packed mobile...
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Turn Undead: Monster Hunter
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Take on Dracula and his legion of monsters in this turn based action puzzle platformer. Features:...
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Roly Poly Monsters
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The 'Roly Poly Monsters' are back with a bang! Enjoy a bloody awesome sequel to the 50 million...
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WitchSpring 3
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The story of a witch who is chased after by warriors. Eirudy, the Marionette Witch. A story-based...
games
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If you're set on getting fit, load your phone with these apps to motivate you, coach you, help you track your progress, or just power your exercise with great music.
Vida Health Coach
Health & Fitness
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Lose weight and improve your health with your own personal health coach. With Vida, you can connect...
health and fitness
Touchfit: GSP • The Complete Home Fitness Solution
Health & Fitness and Entertainment
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Download Touchfit: GSP today and join the legions of others who have already achieved incredible...
Strava Running and Cycling GPS
Health & Fitness and Sports
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If you like to run, ride or just adventure outside, you’ll love Strava. Give it a try, it’s...
Spotify Music
Entertainment and Music
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Spotify is the best way to listen to music on mobile or tablet. Search for any track, artist or...
Spring - Music for Fitness
Health & Fitness and Music
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Powered by music and rhythm, our members are reaching their goals, crushing personal records,...
health and fitness
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If you've spent your year listening to something other than "rootsy American music," and if you'd like to catch up on what you've been missing, you'll find 10 solid recommendations below:
After You've Gone by The Legendary Shack Shakers
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Ever-reliable Nashville band the Legendary Shack Shakers delivers another set filled with wild tales...
rock
Blue Smoke: The Music of Merle Travis by Cousin Harley
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Blue Smoke: The Music of Merle Travis, Cousin Harley's sixth studio effort, was recorded at...
blues country
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The year 2017 was actually a great one for the dinosaurs. Numerous classic rock Rexes released new albums, and they were all quite good.
God's Problem Child by Willie Nelson
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God’s Problem Child is Willie Nelson’s first to debut all-new songs since Band of Brothers...
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The Laughing Apple by Cat Stevens
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The Laughing Apple brings Yusuf's career full circle, coming 50 years after his first album. It...
folk pop
Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie by Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie
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Longtime members of Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie have joined together to...
pop
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Rough Trade have revealed their top 10 best albums of 2017 – featuring the likes of Bjork, Ryan Adams and many more.
Here Lies Man by Here Lies Man
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What if Black Sabbath played Afrobeat? In short, that's the underlying vibe to the self-titled debut...
indie alternative
Drunk by Thundercat
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Drunk is Thundercat’s third full-length studio album, released on February 24th via Brainfeeder. ...
Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver
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Modern Kosmology sees Jane Weaver's melodic-protagonist channeling new depths of creative cosmic...
alternative rock
Love In The 4th Dimension by The Big Moon
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This debut grabs you quickly and vice-like, shaping scruffy garage guitars around indelible hooks...
alternative rock
Cigarettes After Sex by Cigarettes After Sex
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Cigarettes After Sex frontman Greg Gonzalez had a clear vision for his band's gorgeously cinematic...
alternative rock R&B soul
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From ghostly tales to intergenerational mini-epics, these are the novels that have kept us turning the pages this year:
Sudden Death
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"Splendid" --New York Times "Mind-bending." --Wall Street Journal "Brilliantly original. The best...
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Home Fire
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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 From the Orange and Baileys Prize-shortlisted author...
Fiction social issues
The Sparsholt Affair
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In October 1940, the handsome young David Sparsholt arrives in Oxford. A keen athlete and oarsman,...
Fiction
H(a)ppy: A Novel
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From the internationally acclaimed, Man Booker-shortlisted Nicola Barker comes a new novel, a...
Science fiction
Reservoir 13
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From the award-winning author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and Even the Dogs. Reservoir...
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Memories of the high life, heart surgery and a Homer odyssey move The Guardian writer Kathryn Hughes:
The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983 – 1992
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The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in...
biography
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist
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The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing...
biography history
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Epic
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From the best-selling author of 'The Lost', a deeply moving tale of a father, a son and the lessons...
The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
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The long-awaited translation of the classic oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second...
Hunger
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'I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the...
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