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That awkward moment when you’re wearing headphones and the checkout person asks you a question. What to do? Try the Cleer Flow II headphones! By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:26 GMT, 26 January 2020 Cleer Flow II Headphones £249, cleeraudio.com I think of … Read more

With the rise of campaigns like ‘Veganuary’ there are now plenty of great-tasting wines that don’t contain animal-derived ingredients. Here are some of the best By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:03 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:26 GMT, 26 January 2020 Animal products in wine? Do some wines really … Read more

Trains, Planes, Ships & Cars: The Golden Age 1900-1941 James Hamilton-Paterson Head of Zeus £30 Rating: Ah, the Golden Age of Travel! This is not a book to be read while you are standing cooped-up on a crowded staircase for ten minutes as part of Ryanair’s ‘Priority Boarding’. In James Hamilton-Paterson’s judgment, the Golden Age … Read more

The late Deborah Orr’s excellent memoir, Motherwell, charts her vexed relationship with her parents in impassioned yet tender prose By Anthony Quinn Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:11 GMT, 26 January 2020 Motherwell Deborah Orr                                    … Read more

From a corker by Marian Keyes to Eimear McBride’s Strange Hotel and a ‘quietly brilliant’ new novel from Philip Hensher, this week’s best new fiction By Amber Pearson For Event Magazine and Max Davidson and Eithne Farry For Event Magazine Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:08 GMT, 26 January 2020 Grown Ups … Read more

Now that’s what I call Ludwig! Three bumper Beethoven box sets mark the 250th anniversary of his birth… but which hits all the high notes? By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:03 GMT, 26 January 2020 Beethoven 2020: The New Complete Edition          DG/Decca, out … Read more

7 Events: From Blake Lively in The Rhythm Section to Daniel Radcliffe on stage and Jimmy Carr’s tour, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 The Film: The Rhythm Section When her … Read more

Crazy Delicious Tuesday, Channel 4 Rating: Avenue 5 Wednesday, Sky One Rating: White House Farm Wednesday, ITV Rating: I watch a lot of cooking shows. I don’t know why. It’s not as if I like to cook that much. I suppose it’s easy on the eye and, like the police procedural, is narratively satisfying with … Read more

The Personal History Of David Copperfield            Cert: PG, 1hr 59mins  Rating: As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners – basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – and losers.  Unfortunately, Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History … Read more

God Of Carnage Theatre Royal Bath                              Touring until February 15, 1hr 30mins Rating: Britain gets more mealy-mouthed, censorious and po-faced by the day. Which is why French playwright Yasmina Reza’s comedy – which gives sanctimonious, rich metropolitans a right kicking – … Read more