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Perspective: Shaun Ryder on highs, lows and Happy Mondays: ‘Heroin isn’t a party drug – you can’t just do it at the weekend’

Executive context: The singer reflects on his chaotic life, music career, and the realities of addiction in a candid interview.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Perspective: Len Deighton, spy novelist and author of The Ipcress File, dies aged 97

Executive context: British writer brought wit, realism and class consciousness to cold war espionage fiction, reshaping the genre in the 1960s.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

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Perspective: New York hip-hop experimentalist Elucid: ‘I like the harmony of the city. Everybody’s got a little solo’

Executive context: From a pocket of Zen in the Dream House installation, the rapper/producer talks about channelling the city’s perpetual din.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

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Perspective: Avant-pop Star Mary Ocher on Politics and Leaving Israel

Executive context: Mary Ocher discusses her journey from Israel to Germany, her new album, and her views on nationalism and AI.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

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Perspective: And the winner is ... all of us? How the Oscars have changed for the better

Executive context: The diversified Academy and a mutating industry have changed what many had come to expect from the stuffy, rule-following Oscars.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

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Perspective: One no-show after another: Sean Penn joins an exclusive band of Oscar-winning refuseniks

Executive context: The One Battle After Another star’s failure to collect his best supporting actor award – because he was visiting Ukraine – only serves to burnish his reputation.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

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Perspective: John Oliver on JD Vance: ‘He’s become the archetype of the hyper-online conservative troll’

Executive context: The late-night host dug deep into JD Vance’s political shift into a rightwing troll second in line to the US presidency.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

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Perspective: Oscars 2026: celebrities walk the red carpet – follow the action live!

Executive context: Will Sinners beat One Battle After Another to the big prize? Join us to find out!

Editorial Staff Mar 15

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Perspective: Salman Rushdie says he is tired of being ‘free speech Barbie’ after 2022 attack

Executive context: Author expresses desire to shift focus from symbolism to his literary work post-assassination attempt.

Editorial Staff Mar 15

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Perspective: My cultural awakening: a 60s folk band helped me find my place as a person of colour in Britain

Executive context: Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Perspective: King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven

Executive context: If the long-mooted third instalment of the 80s sword and sorcery series finally gets off the ground, it could be Arnie’s chance to go from ageing action hero to cinematic totem.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Perspective: Add to playlist: the dadaist cubist racket of Angine de Poitrine and the week’s best new tracks

Executive context: This hyped anonymous duo match the oddness of their costumes with shredding metal, microtonal flourishes and Dalek-style vocals.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Perspective: Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer

Executive context: The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star.

Editorial Staff Mar 13

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Perspective: ‘On YouTube, we can reach 2.5 billion people at once’: Oscars head Bill Kramer on TV, AI and 4am starts

Executive context: The Academy CEO on his decidedly non-Hollywood beginnings, bonding with Robert Redford – and a formative watch of All That Jazz.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

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Perspective: The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review | Stevie Chick's album of the week

Executive context: Resurgent brothers Chris and Rich Robinson resurrect the rocker lifestyle with Keef-style riffs.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

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Perspective: Jack Osbourne names baby daughter Ozzy to honour late father

Executive context: TV star announces birth of Ozzy Matilda Osbourne on social media, alongside image of cuddly bat.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

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Perspective: ‘Uncool rules’: the lo-fi pop pranksters reviving the Dutch answer to dada

Executive context: Cheeky and rebellious, the Netherlands’ own brand of ‘ludiek’ zaniness thrives again with the New Dutch Naivety movement.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

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Perspective: Bruce Springsteen, Kate Moss and Johnny Depp to appear on all-star Shane MacGowan tribute album

Executive context: Irish artists, British indie legends and US stars contribute to a tribute celebrating the late Pogues frontman.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

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Perspective: The unbelievable life of Leo Sayer! The songs, the sex, being swindled – and a spooky phone call from Elvis

Executive context: He lit up the 1970s with a string of hits, before falling out of the public eye. But was any man ever more connected?

Editorial Staff Mar 12

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Perspective: John Oliver on the demise of USAID: ‘What this administration has done is beyond cruel’

Executive context: Last Week Tonight host examined the devastating impact of the demise of USAID, the primary federal agency for foreign aid.

Editorial Staff Mar 9