From major new dramas featuring Olivia Colman and Stephen Graham to Peter Jackson’s Beatles series and the return of Succession, here are the must-see shows for the coming monthsAngela BlackITV, date tbcITV has a reputation for delivering taut, female-…
Afghan musicians silently await their fate as Taliban’s ban looms
Amid upheaval across the country, it remains unclear whether a new government will forbid music as it did 25 years agoThe shutters have been down all along Kharabat Street, the storied heart of Afghan musical life, since the Taliban swept into Kabul in…
Miriam Margolyes: It was my duty to tell truth about Du Pré’s death
Veteran actor has no regrets about controversial claims that tragic cellist died from lethal injection in assisted suicideMiriam Margolyes has defended her controversial decision to reveal what she believes is the truth about the early death of the gre…
You’ll be sorry when Gove puts the moves on No 10 | Stewart Lee
The Cabinet Office minister’s seemingly spontaneous gyrating could make him a natural successor to Funny Boris“Dance, dance, wherever you may be!I’m the Chancellor of the Duchyof Lancaster, and Surrey Heath’s MP,And that’s why I get into clubs for free…
Joshua Jackson: ‘Patrick Stewart relit my fire’
The Dawson’s Creek star on turning bad in Dr Death, becoming a pandemic parent, and how the veteran actor helped his careerThe Canadian-American actor Joshua Jackson, 43, made his name playing Pacey Witter in teen drama Dawson’s Creek. Subsequent TV sh…
情報社会の理想を打ち砕く、全体主義ならぬ〈道具主義〉がもたらすディストピア：『監視資本主義』池田純一書評
2019年に米国で刊行され、世界的ベストセラーとなった『監視資本主義：人類の未来を賭けた闘い』。巨大テック企業が統治するディストピアに抗い、人間の意志がもたらす「未来」を目指す手引きとなる本書を、デザインシンカーの池田純一が解題する。
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Jailhouse rock: how history’s crimes live on in music
From Maggie May to Ronnie Kray, crooks have long inspired songs, as a new book provesIn the 1960s when Sir Stephen Sedley, the former appeal court judge, was a young barrister, he successfully defended a number of Travellers in Kent who had been charge…
A lust for life … my years backstage with the giants of punk
From Ramones to Iggy Pop, photographer Michael Grecco met them all. An exhibition of his work recreates the movement’s glory daysMichael Grecco had low expectations the night he walked into a Boston dive bar known as The Rat. A local punk band was on s…
The arts have had it tough, but critics need to take off the kid gloves
Mediocre productions have been rewarded with glowing reviews during the pandemic. It’s time to be a little less gentleSeen anything good lately? It is a common bit of small-talk, but often a reliable way to find the next play or film worth watching. Th…
ライアン・レイノルズ、映画『フリー・ガイ』の“秘密”を語る
ゲームの世界を舞台に、名もなき平凡な“モブキャラ”が世界の危機を救うべく戦う姿を描いた映画『フリー・ガイ』。観客の気を引くべく監督や主演のライアン・レイノルズが思いついたのが、スターのカメオ出演と、作中にさまざまなジョークやキャラクターなどを隠すイースターエッグのような仕掛けである。その“秘密”について、レイノルズが『WIRED』US版に語った。
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