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Catching sparks

From a historical novel about identity in a time of plague to retro-Persian electro music secretly recorded in Istanbul, we survey the brightest of the cultural highlights to come.

  • Issue #157
  • 9 min read
Book cover of Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk showing silhouetted figures in archway
Culture

French touch

From poodles on album covers to Hermès neckerchiefs, Corine embodies a new wave of French electro-pop artists reclaiming the '70s with organic live sound, personal lyrics and unapologetic glamour.

  • Issue #124
  • 4 min read
French touch
Culture

Talking point

Provoking the ire of authority, reversing a decade of nationalism, taking the sting out of the news and the evolution of a pop persona.

  • Issue #119
  • 23 min read
A short-haired person in a colourful printed shirt and black turtleneck reclines in a red chair against a warm wood-panelled wall.

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