An Absurdist's Exile in Buenos Aires: Witold Gombrowicz's Argentine Years Outsider Everywhere follows the Polish author's 24 years in Argentina. Reason · Nov 10
Where to start with: John Berger The influential British writer and critic was born 100 years ago today. Here’s a guide to his genre-bending writing on art, love, sex, mortality and more The Guardian - UK · Nov 5
Quote of the day by Susan Sontag: ‘It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects…’ – American author on why paying attention can make life richer, more curious and more alive Susan Sontag, an influential American writer, advocated for deeper attention in life. She urged people to look harder and remain curious about the world. Her message remains relevant today amidst constant distractions and information overload. Sontag believed paying attention connects us with others and fosters vitality. This approach encourages a… The Economic Times · Aug 14
Periodic Bitch: PMDD may be a ‘life curse’, but this memoir reveals its stigma as the real horror “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick,” writes Susan Sontag in the opening of her landmark book Illness as Metaphor. Although we prefer to use only our “good passports”, she says, sooner or later each of us… The Conversation · May 18
Greta Thunberg and Gary Lineker sign letter defending Southbank Centre chair Misan Harriman accused of promoting Golders Green attack ‘conspiracies’ and comparing Reform voters to Nazis The Guardian - UK · May 13
The Wonderful World that Almost Was by Andrew Durbin review – the queer artists who shaped New York cool A tender but unflinching account of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, forgotten stars of the 1960s scene The Guardian - UK · Apr 22
A love letter to the contact sheet, and what 5,700 of them reveal about one of photography's most essential names Before Lightroom, there was the contact sheet. Peter Hujar's archive offers a masterclass in editing your own work Digital Camera World · Apr 12
The Guardian view on the future of cinema: gen Z is falling in love with the big screen Editorial: Film is in a state of existential crisis. But a new generation of cinephiles might save it from the streaming giants The Guardian - UK · Jan 25
The Housemaid review – Sydney Sweeney has a camp hit on her hands 3/5 Paul Feig nods to ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Vertigo’ in this pulpy adaptation of the Freida McFadden bestseller, which has a secret weapon in the form of a quite brilliant Amanda Seyfried The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum review – a grotesquely bleak but brutally truthful vision of humanity From cruel pictures of elderly widows to a shocking image of motherhood, the American photographer’s genius is on full display in a show that finds ugliness all around her The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025
Why Annie Leibovitz is still asking what women look like The legendary portrait photographer revisits a landmark 90s series, with a new book and a London talk. Digital Camera World · Oct 21, 2025
Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – long Covid from the inside The cult author’s autofictional follow-up to No One Is Talking About This is the story of a breakdown The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
More sex please, we’re bookish: the rise of the x-rated novel From the Women’s prize to the bestseller lists, authors are pushing the boundaries of how explicit the novel can be – and readers can’t get enough The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025
Blind date: ‘He told me off for looking at my phone’ Tope, 27, a doctor, meets Eden, 28, a software engineer The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2025 Edmund White obituary One of the leading gay writers of his generation known for his bestseller A Boy’s Own Story and his biography of Jean Genet
The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025 The Boys by Leo Robson review – a likeable debut with aimless charm The critic turned author’s witty, eccentric novel follows a Londoner reading Susan Sontag and looking for love
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025 Peter Hujar: Eyes Open in the Dark review – visions of a vanished world The American photographer Peter Hujar, who died of Aids complications in 1987, chronicles New York’s 70s and 80s gay scene – and much else besides – in this haunting retrospective
Digital Camera World · Dec 23, 2024 “Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. The very activity of taking photographs is soothing and assuages general feelings of disorientation exacerbated by travel" Art of Seeing #81. Benedict Brain examines the tourist gaze and explores why we take ‘travel’ photographs with the help of Susan Sontag
The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2024 Covid was supposed to kill cinema – but did lockdown and gen Z save cinephilia? Sites such as film discovery platform Letterboxd promote a new way of film-viewing, eschewing sneering gatekeepers for a more open-minded and eclectic experience
The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2024 Photos of myself make me shudder in horror. Does that mean I’m hideous? Obsessing over pictures of yourself isn’t necessarily superficial. It’s almost inevitable, writes advice columnist Jessica DeFino
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024 ‘Sex writing feels less cringe now’: are we entering a new era of erotic literature? As the Erotic Review is joined by dating app Feeld’s literary magazine and Gillian Anderson’s anthology of women’s fantasies, there seems to be a fresh appetite for writing about desire
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024 Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell review – the superspreader returns The acclaimed popular science writer follows up his highly influential study of social contagion
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024 Is the fizz up to Edith Wharton’s standards? The joys of launching a book A party supported by pals who made it through rush hour rain was appropriate for an anthology celebrating female friendship
The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024 Audiobook of the week: On Women by Susan Sontag – clear-eyed wisdom A polemical collection of the writer’s 70s journalism on feminism read by the voice actor Laurel Lefkow is just as relevant today
Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2024 Why Gen Z love city breaks in Sarajevo Between the cuisine, museums and great humoured locals, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital is a place full of stories, says Suzanne Moore