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Television

Homeland returns for season three – but is it back on form?

Report: First episode receives largely positive reviews in US, after Channel 4 import fell from critical grace during second series
Books

Hanif Kureishi: in praise of adultery

Feature: Nick and Meg confront some uncomfortable questions as they celebrate their 30th anniversary. In his new film, Le Week-End, Hanif Kureishi meditates on the problem of marriage and desire
Film

The 10 best Woody Allen films

Blog: We asked readers to vote for their favourite of the director's films. Here are the results
Opera

The Wasp Factory – review

Review: The opera of Iain Banks's surreal thriller has the power to fascinate and disturb, writes George Hall

Command and Control: the nuclear war video inspired by Eric Schlosser's new book

Eric Schlosser tasked a film-maker to create a video to accompany his new book on nuclear war, Command and Control

Sinéad O'Connor threatens to sue Miley Cyrus over mental health tweets

5 Oct 2013: American singer likened O'Connor to actor Amanda Bynes, who has been undergoing psychiatric treatment
National Theatre makes a record £87m

5 Oct 2013: Matt Trueman: Takings rose £7m since the previous financial year – thanks in part to the West End transfer of War Horse
Jeremy Paxman considered quitting Newsnight after Savile scandal

4 Oct 2013: Presenter says BBC2 programme's reputation was damaged by bad decisions, but 'loyalty commanded that I stayed'
Kinks in talks to reunite for 2014 tour

4 Oct 2013:
Ray and Dave Davies still have to work out wrinkles in their famously troubled relationship
Roman skulls found at Crossrail site in London - video

4 Oct 2013: Video (1min 46sec)
Archaeologists working at Crossrail's project site in the City of London have unearthed 20 Roman skulls
Dominic Cooper to take mic for Freddie Mercury biopic?

4 Oct 2013:
Star of The Devil's Double said to be interested in the film about the late Queen singer

The 100 top things you honestly don't need to do before you die

5 Oct 2013: From watching Breaking Bad to climbing Machu Picchu to reading Great Expectations, the 'must do before you die' list is getting too long. You could always just watch Pointless instead
Why Paul Klee was a comic at heart

5 Oct 2013: Comedy is at the heart of Paul Klee's work – from joyously splodgy lines to grotesqueries that poke fun at dictators. On the eve of a major retrospective, Philip Hensher explains why he loves the artist's willingness to combat oppression and violence with laughter
The Saturday Poem: Our Love Could Spoil Dinner

5 Oct 2013: by Emily Berry
Q&A: John Bishop

5 Oct 2013: 'My most unappealing habit? According to my wife, it's thinking I know everything'
How my kids became Doctor Who fans

5 Oct 2013: Pete May loved Doctor Who as a child, but his dad thought it was rubbish. So when he had his own children, he was intent on being the Time Lord-loving father he'd never had – and luckily, his daughters share his lifelong obsession

- My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields: 'I play through the pain'
  
  Adrian Deevoy: He damaged his hands, ears and mind in the search for sonic salvation. In an exclusive interview, he sounds off about Britop being a conspiracy, why the Mercury prize is a joke and the bland state of music today

A theatre is a huge barrier for a lot of people. I work outside and if people come up and ask what it is we're doing when we are setting up a show a sure-fire way of getting rid of them is mentioning the word theatre
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Music blog

Later … with Jools Holland: Franz Ferdinand, James Blake, Goldfrapp – who gave the best performance?

5 Oct 2013:
Poll: let us know which act impressed you most in the Friday night edition of the BBC's flagship music programme
TV and radio blog

Agents of SHIELD recap: series one, episode two – 0-8-4

5 Oct 2013: Graeme Virtue's episode blog: The team faced down a sinister super-laser in a satisfying episode that gave Clark Gregg a chance to shine as Coulson. Plus: Samuel L Jackson!
Books blog

Reader reviews roundup

5 Oct 2013:
City life meets nature studies in this week's roundup of reader reviews
Jonathan Jones on art

From Banksy to Frank Zappa – the week in art

5 Oct 2013:
Jonathan Jones: The king of street art starts a month-long takeover of New York city and Geoffrey Farmer reimagines Zappa's life – in your art dispatch
Film blog

Which film on TV should we liveblog next week?

5 Oct 2013:
Stuart Heritage will be liveblogging another TV movie of your choice next week. What's it to be?

Last night's TV 6min ago

The Blacklist – TV review

5 Oct 2013: The hunt for bad guys and a devilish, Lecter-ish mastermind anti-hero – this product is all cliche, says Tom Meltzer
Science and nature 36min ago

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert – review

5 Oct 2013: Stevie Davies on what the author of Eat, Pray, Love did next
Games 2hr 6min ago

This week's games news

5 Oct 2013:
Steam Machines
This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2hr 7min ago

The Final Programme, out this week on DVD & Blu-ray

5 Oct 2013:
The Final Programme | Scandal - Season 1 | Sharknado | Battlestar Galactica | Much Ado About Nothing
Games 2hr 7min ago

Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut review

5 Oct 2013:
PS3, PS Vita; Sony; £9.99