Alex Needham
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Arts editor of The Guardian.
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: Linder - Punk, Pornography And Photomontage At The Hayward Gallery 'Danger Came Smiling' |
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‘I was always obsessed with death’: how Linder turned pornography and trauma into art
At 70, Linder is having a retrospective at the Hayward Gallery – after years of being overlooked by the art establishment. She discusses punk, porn and politics
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/10/i-was-always-obsessed-with-death-how-linder-turned-pornography-and-trauma-into-art
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A random and extremely niche query … can anyone remember who Morrissey’s “four friends” were in the 80s? Linder was deffo one - James Maker and Howard Devoto could have been in the lineup … but who else?
about 1 year ago
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Graham Snowdon
about 1 year ago
Enjoyed this interview with Andrew Scott by my colleague
@alexneedham.bsky.social
on All of Us Strangers, the Guardian’s No 1 film of 2024
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
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‘Love exists beyond death’: Andrew Scott on All of Us Strangers – and whether his character was dead
The co-star of the Guardian’s film of 2024 talks about director Andrew Haigh’s ‘unabashedly romantic’ love story, loneliness – and the idea of seeing your parents as your peers
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/20/love-exists-beyond-death-andrew-scott-on-all-of-us-strangers-and-whether-his-character-was-dead?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Sam Wollaston
about 1 year ago
This lovely and so very human piece by
@helenpidd.bsky.social
and Lexi Topping (not on here I don’t think YET) will resonate with many
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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They were best mates. Then one had a baby, while the other struggled. Two brutally honest takes on what happens when motherhood affects friendship
They both had something the other wanted. Could their relationship survive?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/16/friendship-after-motherhood?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Since we’re doing this, please have at my interview with Jordan Tannahill, who wrote brilliant new BBC drama The Listeners, and who also used to engage in gimp play with Tory MPs
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘Gimp play is a craft’: how a Canadian writer went from fetish sex work to creating powerful BBC drama
Jordan Tannahill has turned his novel, The Listeners, into a tense, timely BBC drama inspired by cults and conspiracy theories. He talks Brexit, banging raves and exploring kinks with closeted junior ...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/15/gimp-play-is-a-craft-how-a-canadian-writer-went-from-fetish-sex-work-to-creating-powerful-bbc-drama
about 1 year ago
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Some thoughts on Oasis
www.theguardian.com/music/articl...
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‘I’ve waited 25 years for this moment’: Oasis, the reunion – and what made them great
Their sneering vocals, seething guitars and thermonuclear charisma electrified the 90s. But will a reunion be a Champagne Supernova – or a Digsy’s Dinner? Our music writers weigh in
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/26/oasis-reunion-what-made-them-great
over 1 year ago
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I’ve never posted an article I’ve written on Bluesky, so please have at this one - an interview with Andrew Haigh about his masterful film All of Us Strangers
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
about 2 years ago
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I miss the Christmas NME (reading it more than making it). Turns out that 20 years ago I was getting, er, festive with the Libertines
about 2 years ago
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Let Suella’s fate be a warning to all writers who refuse to take edits
about 2 years ago
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