Dakota Johnson: making Fifty Shades of Grey was ‘psychotic’, ‘crazy’ and ‘always a battle’ | Film
Dakota Johnson has described the making of the hit erotic drama Fifty Shades of Grey as “crazy” and that she “signed up to do a very different…
Read moreWhy superhero satire The Boys turned off its rightwing fanbase | Superhero TV
There seems to be a low-key competition within the culture at the moment as to who can produce the worst sort of fan. For years, Star Wars…
Read morePhilip Pullman leads outcry after Sheffield Hallam withdraws English lit degree | Arts and humanities
The award-winning author Philip Pullman has said the study of literature “should not be a luxury for a wealthy minority of spoilt and privileged aesthetes” after it…
Read more‘I accidentally invented trip-hop’ – how we made DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing | Culture
By 1991, sampling had entered a golden era with De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising, NWA’s Straight Outta Compton and the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique….
Read moreMad House review – David Harbour and Bill Pullman spar in dark family psychodrama | Theatre
Theresa Rebeck’s play opens as a dysfunctional father-son drama with dark laughs. The father is terminally ill, sucking on an oxygen cylinder, though still able to hurl…
Read moreGlastonbury 2022: Sunday’s build up to Kendrick Lamar, with Diana Ross, Jack White and more – live | Glastonbury festival
Kacey Musgraves reviewed Other stage, 6pm Bringing some welcome Nashville razzle-dazzle, it’s Kacey Musgraves, resplendent in a tiny glittering mini-dress and, a knowing Glasto twist, Hunter wellies….
Read morePaul McCartney at Glastonbury 2022 review: Grohl, Springsteen and a euphoric trip through time | Glastonbury 2022
‘When we do a Beatles song, all your phones light up and it’s like a galaxy of stars,” says Paul McCartney as he seats himself at his…
Read moreTaymour Soomro: ‘I want to challenge reductionist narratives about Pakistan’ | Fiction
Taymour Soomro was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and read law at Cambridge University and Stanford. After a brief career as a solicitor in London and Milan, and…
Read moreHouse music had its Black roots ripped up – now Drake and Beyoncé are reclaiming them | Michelle Kambasha
This week, Drake treated fans to a surprise drop of his new album Honestly, Nevermind. Its release, just nine months after his last record, Certified Lover Boy,…
Read moreFrom nipple pasties to giant wings: five style trends at Glastonbury | Glastonbury 2022
Glastonbury style is a microcosm of collective silliness, subcultures and site-specific codes. This year, thanks to an almighty buildup of anticipation and planning, it’s all the more…
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