Dan Stevens plays a precision-tooled robot who could be the answer to a single woman’s prayers in this smart, Berlin-set comedyThe last thing that academic Alma (Maren Eggert) wants, following a messy breakup with a colleague, is a man. But in order to…
On my radar: Shaun Keaveny’s cultural highlights
The 6 Music presenter on Schitt’s Creek, Douglas Stuart’s extraordinary Shuggie Bain and the canal-side pub he longs to visitBorn in Leigh, Greater Manchester, in 1972, radio DJ and presenter Shaun Keaveny began his career at XFM and in 2007 joined 6 M…
One to watch: Alewya
Arabic scales and nu-metal converge in this Saudi Arabia-born Londoner’s unique brand of dance-popIt’s a special sort of artist who can rope in one of the main men in UK jazz on a track that sounds like prog-metallers Tool and is about periods, but Ale…
Kano review – rage, joy and seriously pre-pandemic vibes
Shepherd’s Bush Empire, LondonThe grime hero makes an impassioned return to the stage with brass, strings, gospel – and a moshpit making up for lost timeFive singers stand at the lip of the stage, sweet gospel harmonies filling the west London theatre….
Summer in the city: Edmund White on sex and dancing in 60s New York
The hot summer of 1967 was full of cruising and drinking, sleeping on roofs, and listening to music late into the night• Read other authors on their memorable urban summersThere was a hit song in the 1960s by the Lovin’ Spoonful called Summer in the Ci…
Director Ken Loach says he has been expelled from Labour
Leftwing film-maker claims move by party is because he would ‘not disown those already expelled’The veteran leftwing film-maker Ken Loach has said he has been expelled from the Labour party.Loach, whose films are regarded as landmarks of social realism…
Classical home listening: Bruch, Prokofiev and Schumann
The Nash Ensemble are the ideal advocates for Bruch’s chamber music; and violist Timothy Ridout takes on an entire ballet and song cycle• His Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor and the Scottish Fantasy aside, does Max Bruch deserve to be so sorely neglect…
Thank God for Bennifer, a much-needed respite | Hadley Freeman
This is about more than just Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez getting back together. It’s a way to kid yourself that the past 20 years haven’t happenedIt’s OK everyone, you can all stop crying into your toast, anxiously waiting to see if I’m back. Becaus…
ローカルに出現した「衣」と「身」の変容：現代美術のアルケオロジー 第5回 「ファッション イン ジャパン 1945-2020―流行と社会」
先鋭的な表現手法で世界に批評的な視点をもたらす「現代美術」。その表現の深層には、必ずや人類学的、民俗学的な文脈が流れている。気鋭の民俗学者・畑中章宏が現代美術を読み解く不定期連載第5回は、国立新美術館で開催されている「ファッション イン ジャパン 1945-2020―流行と社会」。日本人が身に着けてきたものの流行風俗や社会との関係を膨大な資料とともに詳解する展覧会とその周辺から、「衣」と「身」の変容を「考古学的」に探索する。
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Modesty pouches and masturbation montages: the making of Sex Education
The rude, raucous and revolutionary comedy is back for another term. The stars and creators reveal how it became one of Netflix’s biggest British hitsSex Education is back with a bang. Several, in fact. The Netflix hit’s third series starts with an epi…