Voice of a Generation
A one-woman spoken-word odyssey of Kurt Cobain’s life has captured the attention of critics, and Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe
This Quiz Makes Wordle Look Like Child’s Play
Let’s just hope you’re not a sizar
Fifty Shades of Britain
In England, Channel 4 has brought the dating show to uncharted territory by featuring naked contestants
Super Star Power
More than half a century after Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol hooked up, their mystique endures. Now Edie’s sister Alice is making sense of it all
Bad Samaritans
From Glyndebourne, Ethyl Smyth’s ill-starred, tremendous The Wreckers (1906), at last in the original French
Shelf Life
Veteran book editors are getting pushed aside in the publishing industry’s mad dash for youth
A Big Show for a Big Week
Welcome to our 100th episode
Floral Tribute
A dazzling new coffee-table book explores the flower in contemporary photography
Child’s Play
For the past 25 years, South Park has been an equal-opportunity offender. One writer can’t get enough
Crimes of the Mind
How a journalist turned screenwriter stumbled onto the unbelievable but true story that became Rogue Agent
Second-Guessing Puccini
Live from Salzburg 2022, Asmik Grigorian takes on the trifecta Il Trittico
