Visions of St Francis
For nearly eight centuries, artists have been among the saint’s most avid followers, as a major new exhibition at the…
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The memeification of George Orwell
The writer has become a national treasure, moral arbiter and begetter of biographies: do we need a new one?
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Kae Tempest’s Q&A: “I can go from ‘Stayin’ Alive’ to Mozart in an afternoon”
The poet on the works of Leslie Feinberg, being photographed by Wolfgang Tillmans, and James Joyce.
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From Katja Hoyer to Charles Foster: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me? by Rob Burley and The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan.
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Why read life-writing?
Joanna Biggs’ A Life of One’s Own looks to the letters and journals of literary women for guidance. Can they…
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Thanks to a shoulder in agony I meet Dr H—, possessed of a lively mind and deep humanity
I tend to get on with the medical profession, but her demeanour suggested an even broader hinterland than usual.
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Beau Is Afraid is a cartoonishly Freudian horror
Ari Aster’s black comedy about malign maternal influence is full of cod-psychology that makes Psycho look like a Mother’s Day…
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Subscriber of the week: Joff Wild
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BBC Sounds podcast Believe in Magic: a dark and strange story of online deception
A new series by Jamie Bartlett investigates a charity and its founders, and becomes a cautionary tale of social media…
Letter of the week: A problem of scale
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Penny Mordaunt’s coronation sword-bearing cuts a sharp contrast with fellow Tories
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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First we canonised Emma Raducanu – then we hounded her off the tennis court
Since her US Open victory, the 20-year-old has been pursued by a hurricane of hype not remotely of her own…
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Haiti’s descent into hell
Once a symbol of black liberation, Haiti has collapsed into anarchy. Now many see foreign intervention as their only hope.
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The Met on the prowl, welcome to our new Lord Chancellor, and being mistaken for a minor royal
An American lady leaned in and whispered, “Are you going to the coronation?” This is where things went wrong.
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This England: We can’t cone-done it
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Ukraine might win its war – but it won’t help the West’s wider struggle against autocracy
Led by hawks in the Biden administration, liberal democracies are stumbling into a commercial cold war with Beijing.
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The NS Poem: All Points of Light
A new poem by Maya C Popa.
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What could go wrong for Keir Starmer?
The “coalition of chaos” attack line won’t work but Labour still faces big questions over its plans for government.
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Labour needs to do more to win
Keir Starmer can credibly claim he is on a path to No 10, but it is uncertain whether his party…
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When Eurovision came to Liverpool
In a festival of geopolitics, money, culture and high camp, the proud outsider city spies a chance for renewal
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