Issue: July 2023
Perfect, plastic, pop princesses
The performance art of selling sterile sex
When painters lose their sight
How the loss of vision can both help and hinder artists
We don’t need another (super)hero
The shrinking world of the superhero franchise film.
Diamond geezers in Antwerp
From crime dramas to political thrillers, Adam LeBor reviews television from across the world
Modern houses buyers actually want
Public taste has shifted; the government must catch-up
A countryside for all
Patrick Galbraith wants shooters and mushroom heads to get along
Racing’s greatest-ever trainer
Stephen Pollard says Aidan O’Brien
is racing’s greatest-ever trainer
Hanging out the white flag
It feels cooler, even where it isn’t
Film novelisations
On the ladder of literature, film novelisation was once considered above only pornography
Man in the middle
Football needs more respect for referees