5 Nov 2021 - 12:00am

The Velvet Underground had to die Nobody wants their heroes to survive

Ann Manov

29.10

Lord of the Rings is better than Dune Tolkien understood the corrupting effect of power

Peter Franklin

26.10

Why Wes Anderson loves the New Yorker The French Dispatch is an ode to the most fetishised magazine in the world

Dorian Lynskey

14.10

Would you sell a kidney to be famous? Success is now determined by our hunger for clout

Mary Harrington

13.10

We’re all playing Squid Game The appeal of class war isn't confined to South Korea

Dorian Lynskey

21.09

The death of British television It is being produced by people with a skewed view of the country

Gareth Roberts

03.09

Sally Rooney needs to be famous She has become a prisoner of her own perspective

Sarah Ditum

18.08

The beautiful world of heavy metal Why does a genre obsessed with death attract the kindest people?

Tom Chivers

17.08

Quentin Tarantino’s mummy issues He clings on to trauma — and turns it into art

Tanya Gold

05.08

The Ramones didn’t want to grow up They invented punk rock — but couldn't survive it

Dorian Lynskey

05.08

How activists captured publishing Resistance to capitalism has become just another way of selling things

Sam Leith

27.07

Can opera survive the culture wars? A singer's skin colour has become more important than his voice