A great Cannes lineup nytimes.com/2024/04/11/mov… (although with Coppola, Schrader and Cronenberg, it could also be a Cannes lineup from 1982)

Ivo van Hove's 'Opening Night' shutting on May 18, over two months early! Producers: 'In a challenging financial landscape, OPENING NIGHT was always a risk and, while the production may not have had the life we had hoped for, we feel immensely proud of the risk we took...'

Sounds essential viewing theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

Judging the International Booker shortlist by its covers nytimes.com/2024/04/09/art… I most want to read 'What I'd Rather Not Think About.' Always a great list

For some reason, Denmark's music association has just released a list of the musicians who made a fortune in that country last year. Top was Tobias Rahim, which gives me an excuse to re-up this piece on one of the biggest pop stars you've never heard of nytimes.com/2023/04/19/art…

If anyone loved Frankie Thompson/Liv Ello's 'Body Show' - and many people did (theguardian.com/stage/2023/aug…) - this is a fascinating listen and makes me want to see it again open.spotify.com/episode/7hqJO9…

Fascinating piece, including Harry Redknapp on his introduction to Ramadan nytimes.com/2024/04/03/wor…

Yesterday the Daily Mail claimed National Trust has 'secretly' stopped using butter in its scones in a 'virtue-signalling betrayal' of heritage. It now transpires the very same Daily Mail glowingly published our scone recipe in 2018 MADE WITH MARGARINE!!!
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Disaster tourism an hour outside Birmingham - the villages lost to HS2 nytimes.com/2024/04/03/wor…

The great Maryse Condé has died lemonde.fr/disparitions/a… When the Nobel Prize in Literature was in scandal and cancelled, Swedish librarians gave Condé a prize to fill the gap nytimes.com/2018/10/12/boo…

The British Museum is getting a new director - Nicholas Cullinan of the National Portrait Gallery nytimes.com/2024/03/28/art…

Richard Serra, the sculptor you’ve undoubtedly been engrossed by, has died nytimes.com/2024/03/26/art…

New Yorkers, I listen to your podcasts and know you have lots of problems: The subway! Rats! Life! So go and see Julia Masli in May and get her to solve them ci.ovationtix.com/35583/producti… She has solved much of Britain's, hence is now allowed to travel

“It is unnerving to be heading into an election year in Britain with the political conversation so small, next to questions that can feel immeasurable” Time’s Up newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

I also really enjoyed this last week - for anyone who saw 'Dear England' and wanted actors who looked like they could play football, for anyone who's ever played five-aside, for anyone who thinks about male friendship

And there it is, IS claims the attack in Russia. I'm sure we'll get an even longer statement with more details soon based on past precedent of how IS central media works.

The great OOF gallery’s new show treats chicken shops rightfully as religion. I can’t afford the stained glass. Or even the prayer cushion but would very much like to. All by Jack Hirons. As with all OOF shows, worth the trip to Tottenham

I've bizarrely vox popped lots of mini celebrities while researching stories - Steph McGovern, Penny Smith... - but it's taken until now to get one into print, so here's Kerry Godliman banging on about the Last Dinner Party nytimes.com/2024/03/21/art…

“I’m sure people do romantic things now,” she added, “but I can’t imagine what they are. If you know, please tell me.” Alex Marshall nytimes.com/2024/03/20/art…

While writing this, I learned that 'Layla' - a song I previously associated with a compilation called something like 'Top Gear: Music For Gearheads' - is only appropriate for driving in floods of tears nytimes.com/2024/03/20/art…