Josie Long’s charm and energy have established her as one of our funniest stand-ups. Now she wants to change the world. Interview by Ariane Sherine
HBO’s hit comedy-drama Girls depicts a white, educated middle-class America in the midst of its own demise, writes Mark Fisher
The visionaries of the post-war era aimed to revolutionise urban living. Is it time we rediscovered their utopian spirit? asks Douglas Murphy
The films of Adam Curtis tell the histories of utopian ideas gone disastrously wrong. So why does he think we need more of them? Daniel Trilling meets the acclaimed documentary maker
If your Nordic knowledge is limited to ABBA, snow and Vikings, read this book, says Anna Vesterinen
Jonathan Lethem has become the leading American novelist of his generation by chronicling the hopes and failures of the Left, writes Fatema Ahmed