Re-reading the utterly original Rachel Cooke
The writer, who was the New Statesman’s TV reviewer for nearly two decades, has died aged 56
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Anna Leszkiewicz is arts editor of the Observer and a former senior commissioning editor at the New Statesman.
The writer, who was the New Statesman’s TV reviewer for nearly two decades, has died aged 56
By Anna Leszkiewicz
As the singer showcased her new album Patterns in Repeat at Hackney Church, the parallels across her work –…
By Anna Leszkiewicz
The dream that One Direction represented now seems an obvious nightmare.
By Anna Leszkiewicz
This imaginative orchestral reworking of her debut album Lungs was part film score, part pop song, and totally euphoric.
By Anna Leszkiewicz
The investigative series Hysterical provides a compelling listen about the mind, the body and girlhood in small-town America.
By Anna Leszkiewicz
How the writer’s Tavistock Square statue became a battleground for her legacy.
By Anna Leszkiewicz
The Fleetwood Mac singer is 76 years old – but she doesn’t sound it.
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Little Simz and SZA made Coldplay look bland in a festival full of politics, nostalgia and peeing in cups.
By Anna Leszkiewicz
The pop star won the diverse festival crowd over by giving her usually light as air, candy floss pop…
By Anna Leszkiewicz