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As two major exhibitions in Norwich explore the life and work of WG Sebald, Adam Scovell looks at his writing and photographs and uncovers fears at the circular nature of history that chime with contemporary anxieties. Photographs courtesy of Norwich Castle Museum. Colour portrait of Sebald by Basso Cannarsa.
As Nitzer Ebb gear up to play Helsinki's Flow Festival, Douglas McCarthy talks Luke Turner through his favourite music, from listening to classical while eating offal on Canvey Island through David Bowie, Killing Joke, Brian Eno, JJ Cale, Thelonious Monk and more
Dorian Lynskey's recent book The Ministry of Truth looks at the culture and context of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Ahead of a talk about the book this coming Tuesday at Waterstones, Covent Garden, he picks out ten of the best examples of pop songs adhering to that nebulous genre, 'George Orwave'
In an exclusive extract from the new book, Ultra Sounds. The Sonic Art of Polish Radio Experimental Studio, David Crowley introduces the trailblazing electronic workshop’s place at the forefront of the Scientific-Technological Revolution