It’s as if I phoned Springsteen and told him just what he could do with himself and his book
I was shocked to find out how vehemently others could disagree with my opinion.
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SRSLY #93: Harry Styles / Anne with an E / Sympathy
On the pop culture podcast this week: Harry Styles’s debut solo album, the Netflix series Anne with an E and Olivia Sudjic’s…
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Why Prince wanted to make his listeners feel inadequate
Prince aimed to make his listeners want to have him or be him. He did not like them to consider…
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Man in the mirror-ball: Simon Armitage’s The Unaccompanied
With this mature, engaging and empathetic work, the poet softens the pain of passing years.
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Why Prince’s wife ate other people’s room service (and other Paisley Park tales)
She couldn’t afford to order her own on the $300 a week he was paying her.
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Death of a dictator
How Caesar’s murder set the template for political assassination.
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SRSLY #88: 13 Reasons Why / Decline and Fall / Becoming Unbecoming
On the pop culture podcast this week: the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, the new BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and…
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The NS Q&A: Susan Hill on North Korea, Tony Benn and Say Yes to the Dress
The award-winning novelist and publisher answers our questions.
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