Joe Alwyn: ‘Soulful? I’ll take it.’ Photograph: Elliott Wilcox/The Guardian. Shirt: brioni.comJoe Alwyn: ‘Soulful? I’ll take it.’ Photograph: Elliott Wilcox/The Guardian. Shirt: brioni.comTelevision & radioInterviewJoe Alwyn on Conversations With Friends and sex scenes: ‘They’re like filming fights – quite mechanical’Rebecca NicholsonHe’s about to make you swoon in the new adaptation of the Sally Rooney blockbuster. The actor talks about earning the author’s seal of approval and winning a Grammy alongside Taylor Swift Read More...
Books blogFiction in translationA groundbreaking poet and novelist, Lange has been reduced to a decorative footnote in male authors’ careers. Might the first English translation of her fiction change that? Outside Greek mythology, muses are passive; artists are active. One inspires, the other creates. The two roles are not mutually exclusive, though it is rare to be remembered as both. Norah Lange was renowned for her beauty and flamboyance. A young Jorge Luis Borges, arguably Argentina’s most famous literary export, once gushed about “the double brilliance of [Lange’s] hair and her haughty youth”. Read More...
If the cap fits … rapper NF. Photograph: Jon Taylor SweetIf the cap fits … rapper NF. Photograph: Jon Taylor SweetRapInterviewRapper NF: ‘In the Christian world everyone wants to pretend everything is OK’Michael SegalovThe Nashville-based artist has attracted a huge audience with his deeply personal rhymes about depression, trauma and ‘the Almighty’ – just don’t call him a Christian rapper
The week I meet Nashville-based rapper Nathan John Feuerstein, AKA NF, at his Tennessee home in April, his latest record – Hope – hits No 2 in both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK album chart, as well as in Australia, Canada and Norway, and No 1 in the Netherlands. Read More...
