Editors' picks
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Books
Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany
News: Collection of fairytales gathered by historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth had been locked away in an archive in Regensburg for over 150 years- The Turnip Princess: a newly discovered fairytale
- Poem of the week: Sonnet XXXI by Sir Philip Sidney
- José Saramago novel finally published after 59 years
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Film
Khodorkovsky director Cyril Tuschi in conversation with Luke Harding
Cyril Tuschi, the director of Khodorkovsky, a documentary on the jailed Russian oligarch that we've been streaming this week, will join Luke Harding for an interview from 6:30pm
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Music
Earth: game of drones
Interview: The Seattle doom merchants have gone from ear-punishing noise to sleepy soundscapes. Now frontman Dylan Carlson explains why -
Art and design
Eve Arnold's Brides of Christ finds new home
News: Late photographer's shot of women on their way to become nuns bequeathed by former chief curator of National Portrait Gallery to V&A -
Comedy
Secret Policeman's Ball
Review: A legion of British and American comedians, actors and musicians pulled off a spectacular gala performance with irrepressible joie de vivre -
TV and radio
The Israeli origins of Homeland
Comment: Homeland, with its US marine who has become a devout Muslim, packs an even more powerful punch in its Israeli version