By Tessa Nolan There is a peculiar contradiction at the heart of London’s art world in 2026. The blockbuster exhibitions are extraordinary – perhaps the…
By Tessa Nolan When Karl Ove Knausgård published the final volume of My Struggle in 2011, he had done something few novelists dare attempt: laid…
By Tessa Nolan There is a moment in every Kirill Richter performance when the audience realises it is hearing something that does not fit any…
By Tessa Nolan When Kenneth Branagh strode onto the stage of Wyndham’s Theatre on 21 October 2023, dressed in animal skins and wielding a dagger…
The Book of Elsewhere: How Keanu Reeves and China Miéville Turned a Comic Book Into a Literary Event
By Tessa Nolan When Keanu Reeves announced on Good Morning America in January 2024 that he was co-authoring a novel with China Miéville, the literary…
By Tessa Nolan Kathryn Bigelow does not think of herself as a filmmaker who happens to be a woman. She has always resisted that formulation,…
By Tessa Nolan When the first set photographs of Jude Law as Vladimir Putin emerged from the cobbled streets of Riga in March 2025, the…
By Tessa Nolan When Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre first read Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy, she did not reach for a highlighter or a reference library.…
By Tessa Nolan When this publication surveyed the evolving landscape of Hollywood movies in early 2024, the industry was bracing for disruption. The numbers that…
By Tessa Nolan The film industry entered 2024 wounded. The dual strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA – the former lasting 148…