Culture
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Bands like us don’t normally get to number one’

Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Bands like us don’t normally get to number one’
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood: Restless and rare talent

No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood: Restless and rare talent
Sophia Loren: ‘Little by little, you see the light at the end of the tunnel’

Sophia Loren: ‘Little by little, you see the light at the end of the tunnel’
Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay: Contemporary and urgent 25 years on

Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay: Contemporary and urgent 25 years on
Choose life, but also choose to take a Trainspotting-themed tour of Leith

Choose life, but also choose to take a Trainspotting-themed tour of Leith
Hugh Bonneville: ‘Acting was something other people did’

Hugh Bonneville: ‘Acting was something other people did’
Irvine Welsh: ‘We’re as much in denial about drug abuse as ever’

Irvine Welsh: ‘We’re as much in denial about drug abuse as ever’
Hugh Bonneville: Mental health wasn’t addressed at school

Hugh Bonneville: Mental health wasn’t addressed at school
WandaVision is not for everyone, but god I loved it

WandaVision is not for everyone, but god I loved it
We Are Not in the World by Connor O’Callaghan: Prose to be savoured

We Are Not in the World by Connor O’Callaghan: Prose to be savoured
Nancy Sinatra: ‘I had to work hard to get beyond my name’

Nancy Sinatra: ‘I had to work hard to get beyond my name’
Paul Greengrass on News of the World: ‘Storytelling is under direct attack’

Paul Greengrass on News of the World: ‘Storytelling is under direct attack’
Darren McGarvey: ‘Poverty is not the problem, the problem is wealth’

Darren McGarvey: ‘Poverty is not the problem, the problem is wealth’
Angela Scanlon: ‘I literally can’t keep a cheese plant alive’
