What to watch this weekend
Stories of tennis players, chefs and rock stars
PEOPLE OFTEN ponder the legacy they will leave behind. This weekend’s recommendations paint a portrait of individuals who have changed the course of tennis, local cuisines and British rock music. If none of those figures takes your fancy, there is the tale of a crooked family who left an indelible mark on a fictional fishing town in North Carolina.
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What Superman tells you about American foreign policy
Should a man who can do anything choose to do nothing?
Handling feelings with rubber gloves: the odd life of Muriel Spark
An abandoned son, scorned lovers and dazzling, manipulative prose
Why the left gains nothing from pop stars’ support
Artists are entitled to share their views. Doing so is not always noble or wise
Stop crying your heart out—for Oasis have returned to the stage
They are much more popular today than their Britpop peers
Inside the uneasy, incongruous coalition of the Big Three
A new book traces the wartime relationship between Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin
The TV shows people risk death to watch
Why fluffy, glossy K-dramas tempt North Koreans to brave the firing squad