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InBy the 1860s, music halls were drawing crowds twice as large as the old West End theatres, whose owners launched various countermeasures – including downright duplicitous manipulation of licensing loopholes – to get their rivals closed down.

Orion’s first manned flight is scheduled to take place inby 2023.

The Heart Broke inby James Meek Ritchie Shepherd, the former sex-god frontman of the rock band Lazygods, now in his paunchy and self-indulgent 40s, is running a faked-up talent show called Teen Makeover, and having sex with the underage talent.

Illustration: Matt Blease Outside Inby Peter Hain Buy it from the Guardian bookshop Search the Guardian bookshop Tell us what you think: Star-rate and review this book This is the story of an outsider turned insider, from anti-apartheid militant to sell-out.

How the Light Gets Inby M J Hyland Lou, whisked away from her working-class Australian roots by a programme for gifted teenagers, yearns for privacy and sleep as well as the creature comforts of the orderly, well-heeled American small town where she is spending a school year.