A new biography puts Baldwin’s sexuality – and the men he loved – front and centre
Today, James Baldwin’s legacy seems assured, but this wasn’t always the case. His critical reputation, already on the…
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‘Orwell went off to fight. I thought I’d have to do the same’: Raoul Peck on his intimate connection with the writer ⊕
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The Haitian director was given unprecedented access to George Orwell’s archives – and found a fellow crusader for truth. His extraordinary new film highlights the sinister links between Big Brother, …
4 months ago
‘Adults think with their mouths open’: five modern aphorisms to help us make sense of 2025 ⊕⊕
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In his new book The World in a Phrase, author James Geary shares aphorisms from David Byrne, James Baldwin and more that speak to the modern day
When it comes to aphorisms, the biggest hits are famili…
6 months ago
Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation review – revisiting the legacy of a counterculture classic ⊕
Wild-spirited but laced with dim views on race and women, On the Road is due a reckoning. This elegant talking-head doc works best when its unpicking is most forensic
This is a generous-spirited and e…
Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World review – sex, squalor and jungle sweat for an eternal outsider ○
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Michael Werner Gallery, London
Artists as varied as Sarah Lucas, Gwen John and Georg Baselitz are called upon by critic-curator Hilton Als to chime with the writer of Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys was a …
9 months ago
My unexpected Pride icon: indie breakup songs said all the things I couldn’t say to other boys ○
From John Lennon’s takedown of Paul McCartney to the Libertines’ Can’t Stand Me Now, songs by straight men about falling out with their friends were strangely romantic to me
When I was a teenager, in …
12 months ago
Why decolonise Shakespeare when all the world’s a stage for his ideas on injustice? | Kenan Malik ○
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The trend for cultural reappraisal could risk upholding the very ideas it aims to dismantle
‘My quarrel with the English language,” James Baldwin wrote in his essay Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare, h…
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