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Oppenheimer’s tormented soul

In this perspective-shifting biopic, Christopher Nolan frames the father of the atom bomb as a tortured Prometheus.

By Pippa Bailey

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Why the “golden age of the documentary” is a myth

Why the “golden age of the documentary” is a myth

Daniel Dylan Wray

The mysteries of late style

John Banville

A brief history of “woke drinks”

Felicity Cloake

The friendlier, softer University Challenge

Hannah Rose Woods

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie: the art of selling out

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie: the art of selling out

Ann Manov

The Sixth Commandment is a delicate dissection of human frailty

Rachel Cooke

Interviews

The cult of David Keenan

The cult of David Keenan

Francisco Garcia

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

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

Sophie McBain

Anohni: “There needs to be a reckoning”

The Culture Interview

Anohni: “There needs to be a reckoning”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Jess de Boer’s Q&A: “Our bees are tough beasties to work with”

Jess de Boer’s Q&A: “Our bees are tough beasties to work with”

New Statesman

Reviews

Too big to blame: the great Libor cover-up

Will Dunn

The new age of perfectionism

Sophie McBain

The family doctor knows best

The family doctor knows best

Henry Marsh

Book of the Day

Losing the Wager

Erica Wagner

BBC One’s Best Interests captures the horror of parental grief

Rachel Cooke

Nick Drake’s dark places

Nick Drake’s dark places

Kate Mossman

The long read

The rise of Waterstones Dad

The rise of Waterstones Dad

How the self-made man got lost in the marketplace of ideas.

By Gavin Jacobson