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What cells tell us about life

Siddharta Mukherjee’s new study of how cells work reveals the complexities of the human body – and the science that…

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What Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gets wrong about free speech

What Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gets wrong about free speech

Tomiwa Owolade

The Kate Mossman Interview

Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”

Kate Mossman

Bach’s accidental masterpiece

Phil Hebblethwaite

Even Claudia Winkleman can’t make The Traitors watchable

Rachel Cooke

How Eric Ravilious found the soul of England

How Eric Ravilious found the soul of England

Michael Prodger

Instead of insulating from winter, I have decided to expose myself to it

Hannah Rose Woods

Interviews

William Orbit: "If you confound Madonna, a red mist comes down"

The Kate Mossman Interview

William Orbit: “If you confound Madonna, a red mist comes down”

Kate Mossman

Caitlin Rose: “I’ve never been embarrassed of who I am”

Caitlin Rose: “I’ve never been embarrassed of who I am”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Piers Morgan: “The TalkTV ratings ate at my soul like a flesh-eating bug”

Piers Morgan: “The TalkTV ratings ate at my soul like a flesh-eating bug”

William Turvill

Kate Lee’s Q&A: “People are surprised by how ruthlessly commercial I am”

Kate Lee’s Q&A: “People are surprised by how ruthlessly commercial I am”

New Statesman

Reviews

Radio & Podcasts

The last bell foundry in Britain

Anna Leszkiewicz

The hypocrisy of Zara McDermott’s disordered eating documentary

Zoë Grünewald

Reviewed in short: From Derek Owusu to Luke Harding

Reviewed in short: From Derek Owusu to Luke Harding

Jeremy Cliffe, Oscar Williams, Christiana Bishop and Michael Prodger

Book of the Day

How David Milch reinvented TV drama

Erica Wagner

Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All is a Gen Z-friendly cannibal romance

David Sexton

Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a completely pointless adaptation

Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a completely pointless adaptation

Tomiwa Owolade

The long read

Will there be a great CD revival?

Will there be a great CD revival?

Forty years after their launch, compact discs remain cheaper and more sonically reliable than vinyl.

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger