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Perspective: The new Serial is here! Best podcasts of the week

Executive context: M Gessen explores the wild truth about his cousin, who keeps kidnapping his own child. Plus: will the world of porn really be Screwed By AI?

editorial-staff Mar 30

Entertainment

Perspective: Nicole and Natalie Appleton look back: ‘She was my home away from home during the craziness of All Saints’

Executive context: The singers and sisters on growing up in west London, finding fame in the 90s and relaunching their music as a duo.

editorial-staff Mar 29

Entertainment

Perspective: Nick Grimshaw Shares His Honest Playlist

Executive context: The presenter reflects on his musical journey and the songs that shaped him.

editorial-staff Mar 29

Entertainment

Perspective: Fill that Glasto-shaped hole! The 40 best UK festivals you can still book

Executive context: Who needs Worthy Farm? From woodland raves and psych freakouts to fell walks and barbecue hoedowns, there’s a festival for everyone this summer.

editorial-staff Mar 29

Money

Capitalist: Michele Maria Casorati's Jewel for the Major League

Michele Maria Casorati's Capitalist turns high-finance aesthetics into a limited-edition status symbol aimed at luxury collectors and boardroom insiders.

editorial-staff Mar 29

Entertainment

Perspective: ‘I was in the pit of despair’: Non-speaking autistic novelist Woody Brown on his journey from write-off to writer

Executive context: Woody Brown, once underestimated, now shares his story through an acclaimed debut novel that amplifies the voices of those like him.

editorial-staff Mar 28

Entertainment

Perspective: I thought I’d been coping with my sister’s death – a Taylor Swift song showed me I hadn’t

Executive context: A Taylor Swift song helped me confront the grief I had been suppressing for years.

editorial-staff Mar 28

Entertainment

Perspective: Pop maverick Robyn on sleaze, snobbery and dating during IVF: ‘When there isn’t as much at stake, sex becomes more fun’

Executive context: The Swedish musician decided to pursue motherhood alone, and found it came with a surprising sexual awakening – a story she lays out on her new album, her first in eight years.

editorial-staff Mar 28

Entertainment

Perspective: ‘How can a TV show make you feel such emotions?’ The Bluey composer shares the trick to music that ‘hits you in the feels’

Executive context: As the new Bluey album, Up Here, arrives – complete with chamber orchestra – Joff Bush describes how he ‘seeds’ musical elements to draw out powerful emotions.

editorial-staff Mar 27

Entertainment

Perspective: Add to playlist: the coffee-shop pop of Gianna and the week’s best new tracks

Executive context: With her acoustic guitars and trip-hoppy beats, the London musician recalls a particular era of polished 00s boho-pop.

editorial-staff Mar 27