From the jolly naffness of Changing Rooms to the glitz of Selling Sunset, TV shows about property reveal that as housing becomes less attainable, its value in entertainment skyrockets. Caroline Issa reads from Billie Muraben's essay on the strange world of contemporary housing.
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Faisal Devji on the rise and fall of global Islam
Masoud Golsorkhi speaks to Faisal Devji on his new book Waning Crescent, an inquiry into why the Islamic movements of the 20th century – militancy, modernism, Islamism – have all run out of steam.
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The fragrance of fish
In Florence, a new perfume is launched – and this one is inspired by a silver fish that feeds on algae and has equisitely sweet flesh.
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In conversation with John Maus
Philosopher-bard of the apocalypse John Maus reflects on the role of art as resistance, why he was at the Capitol on January 6th, and why pop music should remain haunted.
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Erik Davis on High Weirdness
Erik Davis discusses his canonical book High Weirdness, an enquiry into the thin line between psychosis and religious experience in 1970s, post-hippie California.
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