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Shutting Jodrell Bank would close a window on the universe A telescope that tracked Sputnik. A Unesco site. A living scientific marvel… Why is Jodrell Bank at risk? ✍️ @EricaWgnr bit.ly/4ihJTer

Rent – Gaten Matarazzo leads a sparky revival for a new Generation Rent Boasting infectious performances from a superb cast, Jonathan Larson’s cult classic still more than pays its way ✍️ Katherine Cowles bit.ly/4eOsGIr

Fatherland – Sandra Hüller reckons with Germany’s ghosts in Thomas Mann biopic Paweł Pawlikowski’s elegant, austere portrait of the exiled author’s return to Germany is anchored by a quietly commanding turn by the actor playing his daughter ✍️ @wendyide bit.ly/4yxpPuo

Slow death of rugby league is down to data, algorithms and football’s hegemonic ‘Big Six’ It’s one of Britain’s best-attended sports but you’d struggle to find the World Cup on TV. What hope do the rest have? ✍️ @RorySmith bit.ly/4yykinu

Mothers of Kherson – a brave, blistering opera for Ukraine’s stolen children In Warsaw, the world premiere of an urgent new opera about Russia’s unlawful wartime abductions gets a 20-minute standing ovation ✍️ @FionaMaddocks bit.ly/4sjuP4B

Leo Reich solves the male loneliness crisis The creator and star of the brilliant new Channel 4 series It Gets Worse self-diagnoses a generational malady – and goes in search of answers ✍️ Leo Reich bit.ly/4dSbIbO

The riddle of JRR Tolkien Conservative and radical, civilised and wild – the great fantasy novelist was a living conundrum. In The King Under the Mountain, DJ Taylor seeks to unpick his legend ✍️ @TanyaGold1 bit.ly/4sjuKxP

Tove Jansson, from Moominvalley to Middle-earth Billed as ‘the children’s book of the century’ in 1962, the Moomins creator’s illustrated version of The Hobbit is finally reaching English readers ✍️ Daisy Lynch bit.ly/4zQswZq

The shaming of Britain’s slavery profiteers The historian William A Pettigrew spent five years identifying the merchants, investors and adventurers who grew rich from the barbaric transatlantic slave trade ✍️ Ian Thomson bit.ly/4zJXL8d

Where to eat with children – and still enjoy yourself Twenty-two places to eat that offer more than just a colouring sheet for the children ✍️ Laura Goodman bit.ly/4i9zD7U

‘The menu is very short, always an excellent sign’: Cassette, London The name doesn’t let on, but the energy is Parisian and the service notably kind at this modern bistro in Covent Garden ✍️ @TanyaGold1 bit.ly/4estS47

Palestinian Israelis rarely turn out to vote. They will this time Every seat counts in the race to get to 61 seats in the Knesset, and the choice of 2.1 million people will be key ✍️ @msrmichaelson bit.ly/4hUSPHG

Labour changes course on North Sea oil The Jackdaw gasfield won’t bring down energy bills. But it could replace some imports while the UK transitions to net zero. bit.ly/4sgnMtc

‘I’ve been looking for this all my life’: interview with David Harewood bit.ly/47y7DWE

Tove Jansson, from Moominvalley to Middle-earth bit.ly/3VUwQYU

Palestinian Israelis rarely turn out to vote. They will this time bit.ly/4kfOjou

The riddle of JRR Tolkien bit.ly/3VUwTny