Author: Emily Davis
Distant Voices, New Worlds review | John Lewis’s contemporary album of the month
Musical invocations of Englishness can mean anything from Elgar to Davey Graham to the Sex Pistols. They can be nostalgic and pastoral, mournful or dystopian. [more…]
Sofie Royer: Young-Girl Forever review – existential crises you can dance to
Old-school European glamour emanates from this excellent album by Austrian-Iranian pop singer Sofie Royer – the stuff of chilled rosé on an Antibes balcony or [more…]
‘Women are made to feel as if they’re against each other’: the hit Indian film that challenges the patriarchy
There is nothing ostensibly special about Mumbai, according to Payal Kapadia. There is no iconic building to photograph, no ancient history to mine. “It’s a [more…]
Point Break review – Keanu and Swayze ride the waves with freaky, genre-hopping style
Director Kathryn Bigelow’s crazy action romp from 1991 now gets a rerelease. Eric Hobsbawm might have called it the final moment of The Long Eighties [more…]
Anger is an energy! Stars and writers on the songs that define punk spirit
Patti Smith – Pissing in a River (1976) Chosen by Phoebe Lunny, singer/guitarist of Brighton duo Lambrini Girls This is so beautiful and heartfelt, but [more…]
‘A total waste of time’: why Papua New Guinea pulled out of Cop29 and why climate advocates are worried
Papua New Guinea’s decision to pull out of an upcoming UN global climate summit due to frustration over “empty promises and inaction” has prompted concern [more…]
Chinese state television lionises Xi Jinping’s father in 39-part serialised drama
Xi Jinping’s father is the subject of a rousing new historical drama that premiered on Chinese state television on Tuesday. Funded by the Central Propaganda [more…]
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
1 Bees susceptible to constant crosses Brentford have scored nine and conceded six in their past two Premier League home games. Their leaky defence did [more…]
Lee Carsley says he has not spoken to Thomas Tuchel about England squad
Lee Carsley has revealed he is yet to speak to Thomas Tuchel about the England squad he will hand over to him in the new [more…]
Three people charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death in Argentina
Three people have been charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death in Argentina for supplying narcotics and the abandonment of a person followed by death. [more…]
