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When all else fails, when our compass is broken, there is one thing some of us have come to rely on: music really can give us a sense of something like home. With It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track, legendary music critic Ian Penman reaches for a vanished moment in musical history when cultures […]

Politico Magazine’s chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider’s look at the making of the modern Republican Party—how a decade of cultural upheaval, populist outrage, and ideological warfare made the GOP vulnerable to a hostile takeover from the unlikeliest of insurgents: Donald J. Trump. The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. But, […]

Han har kallats den svenska rockjournalistikens prince of darkness. Hans skärpa har jämförts med Hattori Hanzo-svärdet i Kill Bill. 242 är en samling med Fredrik Strages bästa fredagskrönikor ur Dagens Nyheter. Innehåller bland annat luftgitarrister, ninjor, nazireggae, italodisco, bodysynthare, moshpits, kristdemokrater, Oreo Cookies, vinylfetischism, twerking, gangsterrap, zombieromantik, Depeche Mode, Lana Del Rey och enhörningar.

Gröt är en bok både för dig som älskar gröt och för dig som inte gör det – ännu. För det finns ingen bättre comfort food än en skål med varm gröt. Tänk dig att du serverar den med något krispigt, något fruktigt och något krämigt, med skummad mjölk på sidan. Eller så är gröten […]

Det är inte mycket med julen som gör Eileen Dunlop särskilt glad. Hon är en försynt men djupt bekymrad ung kvinna fångad mellan rollen som sin alkoholiserade pappas vårdare – i ett hem vars eländighet folk

Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle is an irreverent and highly entertaining fantasy about the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. ‘All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.’ Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left […]

Garden gnomes may be small, but their problems are often very big. They have issues with snowmen, magnets, bubblegum and mimes. They really enjoy romance, skinny-dipping and paper airplanes, but they have major issues with watermelons, mousetraps, trampolines, and teddy bears-and through it all they especially love one special thing. Artist Greg Stones turns his […]

Charles (1907-1978) and Ray (1912-1988) Eames are among the most important designers of the 20th century, and the story of the Eames Office is that of visual and material culture in the post-war, modern period. The World of Charles and Ray Eames charts the history of their inspiring and prolific world and brings together key […]