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MPs criticise UK government’s handling of copyright policy related to AI

A report said a proposed exemption that would allow artificial intelligence developers free use of copyrighted books and music for training demonstrated ‘a clear lack of understanding’

The diaries of Amy Winehouse: ‘I’m the nutter of the class – loud and mouthing off!’

Using family photographs, journals, letters and handwritten lyrics, a new book sheds fresh light on the great singer’s life – while hinting at the tragedy to come. We publish exclusive images from the often heartbreaking work

Amy Winehouse: In Her Words review – poignant vignettes of a fledgling superstar

A scrapbook of the late singer’s diary entries, notes, photos, teen poetry and lyrics leans heavily on her early life but offers a vivid snapshot of her personality

On my radar: Danny Robins’s cultural highlights

The podcaster and playwright on satanic Scandi rock, low-budget lockdown horror and remodelling Star Wars in Lego with his sons

Power to the people! Film, music, books and more about collective action

From a vast anti-war statement by Pablo Picasso to a powerful treatise on section 28, our critics showcase culture that reminds us what we can achieve when we come together

The Guinness heir who became the ‘saviour’ of traditional Irish songs

Arts patron Garech Browne is the subject of a new book that hails him as a cultural rescuer who helped preserve Ireland’s folk tunes and poems

On my radar: Ruben Östlund’s cultural highlights

The two-time Palme d’Or-winning director on a fanastic Danish fiction trilogy, his favourite new Italian city, and the genius of the Oppenheimer soundtrack

‘I had to compose myself when I first heard her’: the astonishing musical versatility of the late Charlotte Greig

From rap mixtapes to music journalism and ghostly drum machine-led folk, the late British artist had few boundaries. Her husband and fans remember her tough, inspiring life

The pleasure principle: art, films and games that know how to indulge

Whether it’s a grape-guzzler held up by satyrs or Britney Spears not knowing when to stop, our critics offer up art that likes to go large

Party Lines by Ed Gillett review – the politics of dancing

A buzzing study of how the cat-and-mouse game played by partygoers and the state shaped contemporary Britain

Lunar Codex: digitised works of 30,000 artists to be archived on moon

Collection to include images, objects, magazines, books, podcasts, movies and music from 157 countries

On my radar: Liv Little’s cultural highlights

The novelist and gal-dem founder on the album she can’t stop listening to, an action film to shout about, and the perfect family-run restaurant

Too much information: film, music, books and more for coping with tech burnout

From dire warnings about social media to a genuinely meditative video game our critics select culture to help you overturn the overload

Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain by Ed Gillett review – the fight for a rave new world

This deep, engrossing history locates the Black blues roots of British clubbing and its role in a centuries-old commoners’ cause

‘Mozart didn’t have explosions’: Simon Mayo on how his book Itch became an opera

With an aria to the periodic table and a hero dying of radiation sickness, the broadcaster’s YA novel has been transformed into an exposive operatic thriller

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