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Bret Easton Ellis’s death wish

The Shards, the author’s first novel in 13 years, is an Eighties-set autofiction thriller that plays on our cultural addiction…

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Photo of Bret Easton Ellis’s death wish

The problem with sport’s endless “greatest of all time” debates

The problem with sport’s endless “greatest of all time” debates

Jonathan Liew

How Janis Joplin set the template for rock’s outcasts

Kate Mossman

Stop dithering, British Museum – give the Elgin Marbles back

Andrew Marr

Prince Harry’s Spare is a deeply uncomfortable read

Rachel Cunliffe

How the world turned global

How the world turned global

Gavin Jacobson

Interviews

Karen Bakker Q&A: “I am insatiably curious about Earth’s long-term future”

Karen Bakker Q&A: “I am insatiably curious about Earth’s long-term future”

New Statesman

Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”

The Kate Mossman Interview

Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”

Kate Mossman

Caitlin Rose: “I’ve never been embarrassed of who I am”

Caitlin Rose: “I’ve never been embarrassed of who I am”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Reviews

Tár is a crafty, cryptic take on art and morality in the online age

Ryan Gilbey

The secret lives of Katherine Mansfield

Lyndall Gordon

Exposing the internet’s false prophets

Radio & Podcasts

Exposing the internet’s false prophets

Rachel Cunliffe

Book of the Day

The meaning of Tyson Fury

Declan Ryan

Happy Valley is back – and still richer and deeper than any other police procedural

Rachel Cooke

The White Lotus and the horror of the super-rich

The White Lotus and the horror of the super-rich

Rachel Cooke

The long read

Is Substack the future of media?

Is Substack the future of media?

Elon Musk’s ruin of Twitter has been a boon for the newsletter platform, which is reshaping the market for the…

By Harry Lambert