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How Pulp launched the second summer of Britpop

A Tory government in crisis, cargo trousers on trend and indie anthems everywhere – at the band’s joyous reunion show,…

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

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

Sophie McBain

The joyful evolution of Janelle Monáe and Christine and the Queens

Kate Mossman

The new age of perfectionism

Sophie McBain

Radio & Podcasts

The fake heiress is selling her story again: as a podcast

Rachel Cunliffe

Annie Ernaux’s acts of revenge

The Culture Interview

Annie Ernaux’s acts of revenge

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Peter Morgan’s Patriots confronts the rise of Putin in post-Soviet Russia

Megan Gibson

Interviews

International Booker winner Georgi Gospodinov: “We’re living in the memory gap”

International Booker winner Georgi Gospodinov: “We’re living in the memory gap”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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

The Kate Mossman Interview

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

Kate Mossman

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

Reviews

How Michel Houellebecq diminished himself

David Sexton

The ultra-processed food swindle

Sophie McBain

Gods of Tennis took me back to when the players were rock stars

Gods of Tennis took me back to when the players were rock stars

Rachel Cooke

Deborah Levy’s double lives

Alex Clark

Stephen William’s Chevalier is a wasted opportunity

David Sexton

The science of fandom

The science of fandom

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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