From the war in Ukraine to the life of Roger Deakin: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Anna Metcalfe’s Chrysalis and Octavia Bright’s This Ragged Grace.
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Ellen Peirson-Hagger is assistant culture editor at the New Statesman. Her work includes reviews of books and music, interviews with prominent cultural figures and reports on the culture industries.
Also featuring Anna Metcalfe’s Chrysalis and Octavia Bright’s This Ragged Grace.
By Megan Gibson, Ellen Peirson-Hagger, Matthew Gilley and Michael ProdgerAlso featuring a biography of Messalina and a story collection by Shalash the Iraqi.
By Megan Gibson, Rachel Cunliffe, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Michael ProdgerIn inventing a figure who rubbed shoulders with David Bowie and Susan Sontag, the American novelist thrillingly subverts the…
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerThe retailer will return to its former flagship shop in central London after a four-year absence, following a surge…
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerOn their ninth album, the band have collaborated with exciting acts from Taylor Swift to Sufjan Stevens – so…
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerThe police’s suggestion that the venue should shut is an unimaginative, narrow-minded decision that pits the state against culture.
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerEd Sheeran is defending another of his hit songs in court. Why are so many songwriters accusing each other…
By Ellen Peirson-HaggerAlso featuring Audrey Golden’s oral history of women at Factory Records and A Flat Place by Noreen Masud.
By Michael Prodger, Ellen Peirson-Hagger, India Bourke and Barney HornerThe illustrator on working with the magazine since 2014.
By Ellen Peirson-Hagger