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The Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist: “creative daring” and political activism

In its tenth year, the award for “fiction at its most novel” presents a politically charged shortlist dominated by female…

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

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We can't consign Boris Johnson to history yet

Book of the Day

We can’t consign Boris Johnson to history yet

David Gauke

The cutting wit of Alan Rickman

Anna Leszkiewicz

Don’t Worry Darling is a derivative let-down

Ryan Gilbey

Why “Jerusalem” is the anthem England needs

Billy Bragg

The billion-dollar battle to make The Rings of Power

The billion-dollar battle to make The Rings of Power

Oscar Williams

The degradation of Marilyn Monroe

Tanya Gold

Reviews

Michael Winterbottom’s This England is odd and oddly repellent

Rachel Cooke

Book of the Day

Football’s data delusion

Simon Kuper

Industry is porn posing as prestige TV

Industry is porn posing as prestige TV

Ann Manov

Book of the Day

The “Five Eyes” spies who fought the West’s secret wars

Jeremy Bowen

The long shadow of Chairman Mao

Katie Stallard

The vision of Ralph Vaughan Williams

The vision of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Rowan Williams

Interviews

Marcus Mumford lets go of shame

Marcus Mumford lets go of shame

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Tsitsi Dangarembga: “People started pointing fingers at me, saying ‘She’s a Western puppet!’”

Tsitsi Dangarembga: “People started pointing fingers at me, saying ‘She’s a Western puppet!’”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Anne-Marie Imafidon Q&A: "Men have often forgotten that women even exist"

Anne-Marie Imafidon Q&A: “Men have often forgotten that women even exist”

New Statesman

Michael Winterbottom on Boris Johnson, Covid-19 and his new TV series This England

Michael Winterbottom on Boris Johnson, Covid-19 and his new TV series This England

Rachel Cunliffe

The long read

Death for her was a political act: why the Queen chose Scotland

Death for her was a political act: why the Queen chose Scotland

She did nothing by accident, including her final trip to Balmoral. Was she loading the dice for the Union?

By Tanya Gold