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Film

Hail Agnes full of grace: ‘Hamnet’ and the perfect mother figure

In sickness, health, and wrongdoing: ‘The Drama’ in review

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Questioning the nation’s obsession with ‘Love Island’

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