Abandonment issues
"The Lost Daughter", adapted from Elena Ferrante’s novel, brings her bold tale of motherhood and loss to the big screen.
Culture
A funny old island
The current government often frames "Britishness" as imperilled by outsiders. Our "unique" sense of humour, so it thinks, is under particular threat.
Predators in the Church
Revelations that Catholic clergymen in France abused 230,000 children over 70 years is irrefutable evidence of a deep rot within the Church
“Cave paintings of animals show a quest for knowledge, a sense of admiration and love”
We spoke with art historian John-Paul Stonard on the evolution of human image-making, from cave paintings to modern art.
Inside the new Space Race w/Nick Schmidle
As the private sector promises to make us all "astronauts", we talk to author Nick Schmidle about wealth, machoism and the people working behind the scenes of the new Space…
Book review: Terminal Boredom: Stories
Izumi Suzuki's fiction melds the mundanity of the present - addictions, heartbreaks - with the robots and alien races of the future.
Black resistance and racist policing w/Adam Elliott-Cooper
A conversation about institutional racism and the mobilising of whiteness in the UK with sociologist Adam Elliott-Cooper.
(M)otherhood and choice w/Pragya Agarwal
A candid conversation about maternity and reproductive justice with behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal.
“Britain’s ancients shaped the land. Their remains fuel our imaginations”
We speak with Mike Pitts, author of a new history of ancient Britain, on human social transformation on these isles over a million years.
Chronicles of decline
Rather than ignoring the ageing process, Laurie Taylor decides to develop a "Personal Deterioration Index".