As Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights gets a boost from a new film adaptation, we survey the surprising, seditious and sensual ways in which prose has influenced pop The oeuvre of Katy Perry occasionally has some profoundly unexpected inspirations: California Gurls is spelt in homage to Big Star’s September Gurls, while […]
After a week when it seemed all but over for Keir Starmer, John, Pippa and Kiran unpack how the prime minister survived – and what it means for Labour in the long run Continue reading…
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To help combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestions Children’s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie Dent Children’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, the Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent has suggested, as she urged […]
From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that’s why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot ‘If you want to paint, put your clothes back on!” That was how […]
The late actor became known for his role in Kevin Williamson’s era-defining teen show but in the years after he worked hard to subvert his persona James Van Der Beek, star of Dawson’s Creek, dies aged 48 James Van Der Beek: a life in pictures When an actor like James […]
In the 1980s, spearheaded by Channel 4, British TV stopped telling Black and Asian people how to assimilate and gave them a voice. A golden age of dissent, activism and culture ensued – but have we since gone backwards? One afternoon in 1984, Farrukh Dhondy went for lunch, not realising […]
Gen Z fell in love with him on the small screen, but with the release of Emerald Fennell’s steamy new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the Aussie actor’s star is set to shine even brighter Jacob Elordi is Heathcliff. The 28-year-old Australian actor has scarcely been out of the headlines since […]
In interviews with community leaders, lawyers, security specialists and bereaved relatives, the Guardian pieces together how an operation targeting a criminal gang left 122 people dead last October Warning: contains graphic images Visual investigation: how Rio’s deadliest police raid unfolded The Long Wave newsletter: ‘It doesn’t shock that it’s Black […]
The Tory leader thinks she has masterminded the PM’s series of crises. You could put her on a fairground ride and she would still think she was in control of where she was going UK politics live – latest updates To have one Labour peer with a close association to […]