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Humans 21 September 2022

KIRSTEN MCTERNAN

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Galwad is a week-long mix of live performance and multimedia. Telling the time-travelling story of Efa (Alexandria Riley, pictured above), it ends with a live broadcast and a drama set in Wales in 2052. See the finale on Sky Arts on 2 October.

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Tales from a Robotic World by Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo mixes speculation, fact and fiction to create a future where robotic tech brings love, companionship and well-organised traffic to the world. On sale from 27 September.

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The Thousand Earths by Stephen Baxter dovetails the story of …