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On Prioritise Pleasure, Self Esteem turns mainstream pop into an act of rebellion

Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s second solo album teaches us that to be rooted in one’s emotions is a method of survival.

By Emily Bootle

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Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch is impossibly accomplished – and a bit boring

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is impossibly accomplished – and a bit boring

David Sexton

How the Eighties reinvented pop music

Kate Mossman

Richard Powers’s Bewilderment is full of bold ideas – but strays into earnestness

Leo Robson

The Tragedy of Macbeth at the Almeida Theatre: here, nothing is polite

Rosemary Waugh

The Hokusai of Sussex

The Greats Outdoors

The Hokusai of Sussex

Michael Prodger

How I wish my old diary held more detail of the night I met my husband

Tracey Thorn

Interviews

The double life of Ian Rankin

The Culture Interview

The double life of Ian Rankin

Kate Mossman

“Society is ableist”: Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid

The Culture Interview

“Society is ableist”: Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Simon Roper: the 23-year-old reconstructing the past for millions of online viewers

The Culture Interview

Simon Roper: the 23-year-old reconstructing the past for millions of online viewers

Kate Mossman

Robert Peston Q&A: “If only Gordon Brown had abandoned his obsession with being prime minister”

Robert Peston Q&A: “If only Gordon Brown had abandoned his obsession with being prime minister”

New Statesman

Reviews

American warfare and the battle for profit

Lawrence Freedman

Radio & Podcasts

BBC Radio 4’s God Squad has borrowed from Life of Brian – but left behind the laughs

Rachel Cunliffe

Impeachment: American Crime Story is a camp portrayal of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

Impeachment: American Crime Story is a camp portrayal of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

Rachel Cooke

Reviewed in short: New books by Michael Brooks, Parag Khanna, John Callow and David Hare

Lola Seaton, Anoosh Chakelian, Michael Prodger and Leo Robson

Jonathan Franzen’s bland late style

Lola Seaton

The return of Succession

The return of Succession

Rachel Cooke

The long read

What George Orwell's garden reveals about his politics of resistance

What George Orwell’s garden reveals about his politics of resistance

In tending to his roses, Orwell created a refuge from industrial capitalism, fascism and war.

By Lyndsey Stonebridge