Culture

The 9 best interviews of 2023

This year we met the best pop star on the planet, the most influential producer in music and a TikToker whose fans crashed our website. Not bad, eh?

The best FACE Podcast episodes of 2023

Listen back to the highlights of our weekly podcast series, including a tribute to Sinéad O’Connor, a celebration of Martine Rose and, somewhat inexplicably, an interview with Eric Cantona.

How folk culture made a comeback in 2023

This year, as we searched for a new identity, English culture went forward into the past, from folk horror Enys Men to Morris dancers at the Brit Awards, via Green Man-themed Coronation invites and ritualistic raves. What's going on?

The best film and TV of 2023

From M3GAN’s first ever interview to How to Have Sex and Kendall Roy, here are our favourite big and small screen articles of the year.

The twisted queer thriller that uses sex as a weapon

Femme (noun): “an LGBTQ+ person whose gender expression is considered to be feminine”. Femme (film): a brilliant, brutal British story of a drag queen’s thirst for revenge. We speak to stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George Mackay.

The best of British South Asian talent

Twenty-five years after British South Asians first broke into mainstream culture, a new wave of young brown talent is bringing a collective burst of cultural excitement, racking up big ideas rooted in politics, sexuality, race, nightlife and modern-day romance.

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