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Film
Behind Jean-Luc Godard’s Shades: Agnès Varda’s Ways Of Seeing
Elsa Court unpicks the cinematic relationship between Agnès Varda and Jean-Luc Godard. With her new film, Faces, Places, in UK cinemas soon, and a retrospective currently on screen at the BFI Southbank, a reassessment of the often marginalised Varda feels more vital than ever
Black Sky Thinking
Junk Shop Classical on Mstislav Rostropovich: Music Stories Told £1 LP By £1 LP
Fifty years ago, the Proms became the scene of a protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. It was a night of high drama, says Phil Hebblethwaite, defined by Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich giving a performance that has gone down in legend
Books
Masculinising Spaces: Inside The Seduction Industry
In an edited extract from her book Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy, sociologist Rachel O’Neill explores the way an industry based on the promise of sexual access reconfigures men’s relationships with women – and with other men
Live Reviews
Bosskilde: Roskilde Festival 2018 Reviewed
When we return from a festival bursting with effusive praise, it’s hard not to approach our recollections with a hint of suspicion. Surely, looking back, Roskilde can’t have been quite that good? But on reflection we’ve realised that yes, Scandinavia’s flagship festival really is a marvel
