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Anna Leszkiewicz is senior commissioning editor at the New Statesman.

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Goldsmiths Prize

Rachel Cusk: “Women are writing more boldly about female experience”

The Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novelist on visual art, writing womanhood, and the value of difficulty in literature.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Rachel Cusk: “Women are writing more boldly about female experience”

Music

Laura Marling’s songs of experience

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Books

From Miriam Gold to Bendor Grosvenor: new books reviewed in short

By Michael Prodger, Anna Leszkiewicz, Tom Gatti and Megan Gibson

Music

Liam Payne was a victim of the pop pin-up machine

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Music

Florence + the Machine at the Proms: a thrilling two hours of pure emotion

By Anna Leszkiewicz

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Can the country house survive?

Can the country house survive?

Tristram Hunt’s Radio 4 documentary The Grand House: Boom or Blight? charts the English manor’s contested legacy.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

The mass psychogenic illness that started with the cheerleaders

The mass psychogenic illness that started with the cheerleaders

The investigative series Hysterical provides a compelling listen about the mind, the body and girlhood in small-town America.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Who’s offended by Virginia Woolf?

Who’s offended by Virginia Woolf?

How the writer’s Tavistock Square statue became a battleground for her legacy.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

At Hyde Park, Stevie Nicks is a powerful presence

At Hyde Park, Stevie Nicks is a powerful presence

The Fleetwood Mac singer is 76 years old – but she doesn’t sound it.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

The immersive sounds of the Polish wilderness

The immersive sounds of the Polish wilderness

“Sounds of Wild Poland”, this week’s instalment of BBC Radio 3’s The Essay, treats listeners to an atmospheric soundscape.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

From the feral to the glamorous at Glastonbury 2024

From the feral to the glamorous at Glastonbury 2024

Little Simz and SZA made Coldplay look bland in a festival full of politics, nostalgia and peeing in cups.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Dua Lipa’s spectacular Glastonbury set

Dua Lipa’s spectacular Glastonbury set

The pop star won the diverse festival crowd over by giving her usually light as air, candy floss pop…

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour conquers London

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour conquers London

At Wembley Stadium, the pop star presented a kaleidoscopic, whiplash-inducing spectacle that passed by in a blur.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

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