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7 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 JULY 2018 TV, MUSIC AND BOOKS Glow Season 2 On Netflix this week All Saints are back with their new album, Testament Glow Netflix has just released the second season of Glow, a TV show about an out-of-work actress who finds an unexpected chance at stardom in the spandex-laden world of women's wrestling. The 13 misfits find their purpose in wrestling, and new challenges won't break them down in season 2. Catch the nostalgic series on Netflix. Mission: Impossible - Fallout Mission Impossible is back for its sixth installment. This time, Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. Arms dealer John Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultane- ous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Head down to cinemas this week to watch this action-packed movie you're bound to love. Dark Tourist Still not sure where to go on holiday this summer? If you're looking for something slightly unconventional, this Netflix series might seduce you to the dark side of travelling. The host, David Farrier, travels to the darker side of the world to meet serial killers, vampire cults, white separatists, oppres- sive warlords, haunted-house sadists. All Saints – Testament 17 years after the iconic girl band broke up, they've reunited and re- leased their new album 'Testament'. The new album sees them team up once again with producer William Orbit, the force behind Pure Shores and Black Coffee and long-time collaborator Karl 'KGee' Gordon. Their fifth album is full of love and emotion. Check the new album out to reminisce and hear their new sound. High as Hope – Florence and The Machine High as Hope is the fourth studio album by the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The album features a mix of raw-nerved per- sonal reckoning and outward-looking, life-affirming anthems. The album reveals an older and calmer Florence coming to terms with her past. Daniel Bachman – The Morning Star If you're looking for a more folksy classical sound this summer, David Bachman's 12th album is what you're looking for. Bachman is a six- string and lap guitar player from Virginia who makes music that sound magical and almost haunting. Check the young talent's music this weekend if you're looking for a more relaxed listen. Santigold – I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Session Hybrid pop artist, Santigold, made a surprise return this week with her newest album, 'I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Session'. The Gold Fire Sessions is a breezy, booty-shaking summer record with no shortage of social commentary. Qabel taghmel ix-Xita - John Buttigieg Published by Horizons This is a collection of new poems by John Buttigieg which makes a subtle state- ment that not all is well when a person stops waiting or when the waiting becomes unqualified or worse, disconnected. The poems included in this publication cover the period between 1994-2010. The poems engender a rhythmic opulence which shows that the poet managed to grasp the basic contours of the traditional verse forms to an extent that now he may proceed to delve further into the realms of inference or the art of breaking the rules after having ensured their mastery. Sabrina – Nick Drnaso Nick Drnaso's graphic novel, Sabrina, has become the first ever graphic novel to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The novel features a woman whose shock- ing death is captured on video and goes viral on social media, becoming fodder for conspiracy theorists in a world of 'fake news'. Judges praised Drnaso's work and said it "makes demands on the reader in precisely the way all good fiction does." Illegal – Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin The authors of "Illegal" created the graphic novel adaptations of Colfer's classic fantasy action series, Artemis Fowl. The graphic novel turns to the 21st Century, creating a thought provoking account of refugee experiences. The book follows a 12-year-old boy as he makes the voyage to Europe. What to watch, listen to and read this week Movies and TV shows Music Books Qabel taghmel ix-Xita – John Buttigieg