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Joan Bakewell: “I can live with death – how odd”

As the broadcaster approaches 90, she reflects on her mother, the media and “her version” of her affair with Harold…

By Kate Mossman

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On The Record, Boygenius find new power and purpose

On The Record, Boygenius find new power and purpose

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

George Eliot’s marriage plot

Anna Leszkiewicz

How Christopher Wren built Britain

Michael Prodger

Book of the Day

The IRA’s blank assassin

Michael Burleigh

Succession is back, with a script sharper than broken glass

Succession is back, with a script sharper than broken glass

Rachel Cooke

How Paul O’Grady brought sharp wit and political bite to daytime TV

Scott Bryan

Interviews

Once Upon a Time in Iraq’s James Bluemel: “The invasion caused mass chaos”

The Culture Interview

Once Upon a Time in Iraq’s James Bluemel: “The invasion caused mass chaos”

Megan Gibson

Victoria Bateman: “I use my naked body to try and subvert things”

Victoria Bateman: “I use my naked body to try and subvert things”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Maggie O’Farrell’s Q&A: “If I wasn't a writer I would be irritable and thwarted”

Maggie O’Farrell’s Q&A: “If I wasn’t a writer I would be irritable and thwarted”

New Statesman

Claudia Rankine: “Eventually they’re coming for you too”

Claudia Rankine: “Eventually they’re coming for you too”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Reviews

The BBC’s new Great Expectations is so bad it should be illegal

Rachel Cooke

Book of the Day

How Noël Coward became the archetypal English success

Tanya Gold

Medea at Soho Place: a stunning production that rains down on the patriarchy

Medea at Soho Place: a stunning production that rains down on the patriarchy

Deborah Levy

The best children’s books for spring 2023

Amanda Craig

The limits of humanism

Rowan Williams

God’s Creatures is a powerful portrait of a toxic mother-son relationship

God’s Creatures is a powerful portrait of a toxic mother-son relationship

David Sexton

The long read

In search of a language of loss

The Weekend Essay

In search of a language of loss

Is there a correct way to mourn? When my mother died, I scoured the literature of grief for answers

By Johanna Thomas-Corr