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The contradictions of Arctic Monkeys

In the run-up to their headline Glastonbury set, the band defied the creative arc of their late career by shutting…

By Fergal Kinney

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There will be blood

There will be blood

Sophie McBain

What Cormac McCarthy knew

John Gray

Pathologies of a president

Adam Hochschild

Eat, Pray, Surrender

Charlotte Stroud

Annie Ernaux’s acts of revenge

The Culture Interview

Annie Ernaux’s acts of revenge

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson is beyond parody

David Sexton

Interviews

The cult of David Keenan

The cult of David Keenan

Francisco Garcia

Frieda Hughes’s Q&A: “The Bible taught me everything”

Frieda Hughes’s Q&A: “The Bible taught me everything”

New Statesman

Elise Loehnen: “Wellness as a concept needs to fracture”

Elise Loehnen: “Wellness as a concept needs to fracture”

Sophie McBain

Wendy Mitchell’s Q&A: “It wasn’t until I had dementia that books became a joy”

Wendy Mitchell’s Q&A: “It wasn’t until I had dementia that books became a joy”

New Statesman

Reviews

Too big to blame: the great Libor cover-up

Will Dunn

The new age of perfectionism

Sophie McBain

The family doctor knows best

The family doctor knows best

Henry Marsh

Book of the Day

Losing the Wager

Erica Wagner

BBC One’s Best Interests captures the horror of parental grief

Rachel Cooke

Nick Drake’s dark places

Nick Drake’s dark places

Kate Mossman

The long read

How Succession made fools of us all

How Succession made fools of us all

The brutal drama told us who the ultra-rich were again and again. We chose not to listen.

By Olivia Pym