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The purpose of sex

Lillian Fishman's bold and searching debut novel, Acts of Service, questions the meaning of desire and introduces a major new…

By Johanna Thomas-Corr

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Corporate culture is ruining live music

Corporate culture is ruining live music

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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

Emily Bootle

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

Pippa Bailey

David Roberts: Victorian visions of the Holy Land

Michael Prodger

Margo Jefferson: “We were always performing desirable blackness”

Margo Jefferson: “We were always performing desirable blackness”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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

Luke Turner

Reviews

Freddie’s Field of Dreams is the most moving thing I’ve seen on TV in years

Rachel Cooke

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

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

Rachel Cooke

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

Rachel Cunliffe

A history of nuclear catastrophe

Book of the Day

A history of nuclear catastrophe

Ray Monk

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”.