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Succession’s unsettling ending

The final episode stays true to the show’s spirit: full of all the surprise of great comedy, and all the…

By Anna Leszkiewicz

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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

When Eurovision came to Liverpool

Kate Mossman

The science of fandom

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

The battle for the soul of London

Simon Jenkins

The special relationship: Martin Amis and the New Statesman

The special relationship: Martin Amis and the New Statesman

Tom Gatti

The Weekend Essay

The meaning of Essex

Andrew Motion

Interviews

Mark Gatiss: Rishi Sunak “doesn’t give a toss” about the arts

Mark Gatiss: Rishi Sunak “doesn’t give a toss” about the arts

Rachel Cunliffe

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

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

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

Linton Kwesi Johnson: “The police declared war on black youth”

The Culture Interview

Linton Kwesi Johnson: “The police declared war on black youth”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Reviews

The National’s First Two Pages of Frankenstein is just too predictable

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself: the worst people in the world?

Ryan Gilbey

The cult of Sigmund Freud

Book of the Day

The cult of Sigmund Freud

Henry Marsh

ITV’s Raoul Moat drama is sickening, cynical TV

Rachel Cooke

Book of the Day

Anatomy of a romantic hero

Anna Leszkiewicz

Rachmaninoff’s enduring melodies

Rachmaninoff’s enduring melodies

Leah Broad

The long read

How the streaming wars are shaping culture

The Weekend Report

How the streaming wars are shaping culture

Today, almost every household subscribes to a streaming service; the typical US household has five. The battle for our attention…

By Will Dunn