The Nerve Hotlist
The best culture to check out this week – from a searing study of race and the media at the National Theatre to the joyful return of Call My Agent! – as enjoyed by our editors and writers
Culture
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Meera Syal: ‘The government is like a typical Asian parent. Art is seen as a waste of time’
The actor, novelist and star of Goodness Gracious Me talks to Tara Joshi about racism, growing up, and blazing a trail under the gaze of disapproving aunties
TV
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Review of the Week: Late Fame
Willem Dafoe is outstanding as a minor poet rediscovered, feted – and ultimately intoxicated – by an admiring group of hipsters in Kent Jones’s stylish New York-set film, writes Hanna Flint
Reviews
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