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Stranger Things series four is all about “trauma”. No wonder Gen Z love it

The sci-fi show is increasingly metaphorical, speaking directly to younger viewers well-acquainted with pop psychology.

By Emily Bootle

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Margo Jefferson: “We were always performing desirable blackness”

Margo Jefferson: “We were always performing desirable blackness”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

From Top Gun to Jurassic World: blockbuster cinema is back!

Pippa Bailey

David Roberts: Victorian visions of the Holy Land

Michael Prodger

Book of the Day

How TS Eliot found happiness

Erica Wagner

Why Baz Luhrmann’s biopic fails to capture the real Elvis

Why Baz Luhrmann’s biopic fails to capture the real Elvis

Ryan Gilbey

Macca and the Stones? The past has a death grip on our culture

Luke Turner

Reviews

Back in Time for Birmingham tells the story of immigration in postwar Britain

Rachel Cooke

Book of the Day

Ottessa Moshfegh and the tedium of depravity

Johanna Thomas-Corr

The People vs J Edgar Hoover reveals how the FBI seized power in the United States

The People vs J Edgar Hoover reveals how the FBI seized power in the United States

Rachel Cunliffe

Book of the Day

A history of nuclear catastrophe

Ray Monk

James Graham’s Sherwood: a rich and gripping crime drama

Rachel Cooke

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande: the joy of paid sex

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande: the joy of paid sex

David Sexton

Interviews

Jonathan Bate: "To me, Shakespeare is the great enabler"

Jonathan Bate: “To me, Shakespeare is the great enabler”

Leo Robson

The Sewing Bee’s Esme Young: “Now I'm older, I think – whatever! Go for it!”

The Sewing Bee’s Esme Young: “Now I’m older, I think – whatever! Go for it!”

Anna Leszkiewicz

“We’re losing the war against disinformation”: This American Life’s Ira Glass

Radio & Podcasts

“We’re losing the war against disinformation”: This American Life’s Ira Glass

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes”

China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes”

Gavin Jacobson

The long read

How does a music writer grieve? With playlists, of course

Audio Long Reads

How does a music writer grieve? With playlists, of course

On sudden loss, big tunes and the unexpected joy of “griephoria”.