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Daily Mail 16/02/2026 07:10:11 AM A high-stakes political thriller From a pacy political drama about the young Elizabeth I to Lady Gaga in House Of Gucci, here's the best on demand TV to watch this week.         FILM: You can't always bring old fossils back to life - and here's the proof... Jurassic World: Dominion lacks any sense of jeopardy or emotional heart Just over a fortnight ago, Tom Cruise showed exactly how you breathe new cinematic life into a much-loved old classic. Alas, Jurassic World: Dominion is no Top Gun: Maverick. 29 shares Jurassic World: Dominion review: Where's the emotional heart? FICTION: From a haunting novel by Phil Rickman to This Time Tomorrow from Emma Straub and Geraldine Brooks's latest, this week's best new fiction Merrily Watkins, priest and exorcist for the diocese of Hereford, is an unusual sleuth. Covid has unleashed new terrors on her remote, rural turf - terrors apparently foretold by a Wordsworth poem. share This week's best new fiction NON-FICTION: On the run: Susan Jonusas's grisly crime saga on America's first serial killers, The Bloody Benders, is refreshing but lacks any big reveals Kansas, 1871. People keep disappearing. Land grabs, blood feuds and plain old thievery could explain why so many travellers have vanished. All the same it is odd. share Hell's Half Acre review: Where did The Bloody Benders go? MUSIC: Beatlemania? No, it's Billiemania! Billie Eilish sends fans wild as part-boss, part-life coach and all round pop star at Manchester's AO Arena Since lockdown, most crowds have been mad for it, but Billie Eilish's fans take the biscuit. 48 shares Billie Eilish review: Beatlemania? No, it's Billiemania! THEATRE: Cool Britannia? The satirical Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera at Park Theatre is a raucous New Labour spoof that's not afraid of a cheap laugh This is a raucous spoof musical at the expense of New Labour and the embarrassing era of Cool Britannia. 42 shares Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera review: A raucous New Labour spoof CLASSICAL: Just magical! From spellbinding choreography to enchanting sets and splendid singing, Orfeo at Garsington Opera is a special evening indeed Monteverdi's Orfeo is perhaps the first-ever opera. It has a lot to answer for, hasn't it? Certainly it's the earliest opera to be regularly performed. 13 shares Orfeo review: A special evening indeed MUSIC: Satisfaction? It's guaranteed! The Rolling Stones have still got it as the band embarks on their 60th anniversary tour in Madrid Do you remember the first time you saw The Rolling Stones? Mine was a midsummer night at the old Wembley Stadium 40 years ago. 8 shares The Rolling Stones review: Satisfaction? It's guaranteed! THEATRE: Amy Adams is more fusty matron than faded magnolia as she makes her stage debut in the stodgy The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York's Amy Adams is the latest Hollywood star to crop up in the West End, making her stage debut here. Alas, for all her screen attributes she unleashes few thrills. 6 shares The Glass Menagerie review: Amy Adams unleashes few thrills DEBORAH ROSS: Keeley's drama is sooo slow I just had to switch off... sharpish The Midwich Cuckoos is an updated retelling of the classic John Wyndham novel, which I first read at school, along with Chocky and The Day Of The Triffids. share DEBORAH ROSS: Keeley's drama is sooo slow I just had to switch off CRAIG BROWN: How a bereft son turned his grief into an art form: William Leith's reflections on the chasm between him and his dying father are not macabre but rather darkly comic and exhilarating No faffing about: William Leith gets straight to the point. 'Ten seconds before my father's death,' reads the first sentence, 'I have a premonition...' share CRAIG BROWN: How a bereft son turned his grief into an art form FILM: Jessie Buckley is a joy in folk-horror Men, but I can't shake the feeling it's made for laughs and Harry Enfield's comedy character is rather distracting Here Alex Garland is with his third film, Men, an exemplar of the popular folk-horror genre, very much in the tradition of The Wicker Man and Midsommar. 1 share Men review: Jessie Buckley is a joy but is it just made for laughs? ART: The creations on display in the Barbican's Postwar Modern are proof that dark times make for devastatingly good, and understandably bleak, art If you're the sort of person who goes to an exhibition for a bit of escapism and to look at pretty pictures, this show really isn't for you. 1 share Postwar Modern review: Dark times make for devastatingly good art CLASSICAL: The orchestra was spellbinding in Samson Et Dalila at the Royal Opera House, but the violent production sadly has very little going for it I appreciate that Samson Et Dalila is a nasty and violent story of lust, betrayal, torture and death, but it surely can be done - indeed has been done - a bit more stylishly than here. 2 shares Samson Et Dalila review: It could, and should, have been more FICTION: From Holly Williams's engaging debut to The Sidekick by Benjamin Markovits, a bittersweet marvel from Miriam Toews and Lesley Thomson's latest, this week's best new fiction This sparky novel may be framed as a letter from nine-year-old Swiv to her absent father, but at heart it's a paean to the might of matriarchies. 1 share This week's best new fiction NON-FICTION: The nasty truth about Lenin: Antony Beevor doesn't fully explore the USSR's birth, but he still produces a well-researched volume In 1914 a small, nasty man was arrested as an enemy alien in a remote corner of the Austrian empire. Six years later that same man was the murderous ruler of one sixth of the Earth's surface. 16 shares Russia: Revolution And Civil War review: The nasty truth about Lenin Subscription Terms & Conditions Do not sell or share my personal information Additional Cookie Information Daily Mail Subscriptions Help & FAQs

Independent 16/02/2026 07:10:22 AM Steve Schirripa: ‘Wonderful James Gandolfini was not without problems’ Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey are back: Yes Minister’s final outing Targeted by his government. Now an Oscar nominee. Meet Wagner Moura Jeff Buckley was so much more than another rock’n’roll tragedy Charli xcx’s Wuthering Heights is a phantasmagorical fever dream Dawson Leery was the Tony Soprano of fictional teenage nonsense Sanitised Shadowlands can’t capture darker realities of mortality After Derry Girls, what Lisa McGee did next With I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, Yes Minister finally loses the plot The S***heads presents the barbaric Stone Age with a sly modern twist How Madeline Cash became the year’s brightest literary star Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is astonishingly bad Pierrot Lunaire is a sparse but forceful revival of a classic How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is another hit from Lisa McGee An all-star cast leads Crime 101, a nihilistic modern take on Heat The return of Thora Birch: ‘I wouldn’t trade child stardom... but it has a heavy price’ Laura Dern: ‘David Lynch saw things in me that I didn’t see in myself’ Meet the man playing Roy Keane: ‘He wasn’t afraid to p*** people off’ Meet 28 Years Later’s 14-year-old star: ‘It’s so gory but so awesome!’ Josh Finan on his searing prison drama Waiting for the Out Archie Madekwe: ‘It’s easy to get lost in the bigger picture – that’s when you fall into narcissism’ Heated Rivalry director: 'Sex is how the two characters learn about each other' Dave Mustaine shares regret after releasing Megadeth’s final album Jill Scott: ‘I love seeing a confident woman, in any shape or size’ KT Tunstall reflects on the ‘unwelcome side’ of her early fame Family Guy hits huge milestone as fans all say the same thing Paul Anka, 84, teases possible retirement after 70 years in music Stephen A Smith reveals reason for Molly Qerim’s First Take departure Timothy Very death: Manchester Orchestra drummer dies aged 42 ANTM insider recalls Tyra Banks’ reaction when he wanted to leave show Oscar-nominated Sinners star didn’t enjoy ‘isolating’ time at Rada Shakespeare expert Sir Ian McKellen brands Hamnet ‘improbable’ fiction

Guardian 16/02/2026 07:10:23 AM International edition Explore all newsletters Google Privacy Policy Thoughtful Films For Nights In Pokémon‘Christian pastors declared Pikachu to be a demon’: how Pokémon went from moral panic to unifying global hit Most viewed in culture Most viewed Across the guardian ‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform Watson season two review – a Sherlock Holmes spinoff full of naughty wit ‘Every role I do, I’m going to be a Black man first’: David Jonsson on winning Baftas, rebooting Alien and leaving TV’s hottest show Are we hard-wired for infidelity? Nightborn review – Rupert Grint bringing up a monster baby ‘Baby Shark isn’t something you should enjoy as an adult’: Steph McGovern’s honest playlist ‘From misfits to bullies’: how America’s Next Top Model became toxic Berlin film festival defends Wim Wenders after Arundhati Roy attacked ‘jaw-dropping’ comments The Education of Jane Cumming review – sexuality, race and a real school scandal ‘She dared to be difficult’: How Toni Morrison shaped the way we think ‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform Brushing fraud: Britons told to beware of mystery parcels as new scam soars Katie’s story: her abusive ex-partner said ‘kill yourself’. When she did, police dropped domestic violence inquiry UK’s top prosecutor says ‘nobody above law’ amid claims against former prince Andrew ‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is under consideration. Here’s what parents need to know Searchers find missing ship in Lake Michigan, over 150 years after it sunk Senior police praised undercover officer who lied to court about identity, papers at spycops inquiry show Berlin film festival Sign up for our email Complaints & corrections