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I wrote an extended version of my interview with Jane Birkin in which she talked about Serge Gainsbourg, motherhood, and the subversive legacy of Je T'Aime. https://open.substack.com/pub/alastairmckay/p/histoire-de-jane-birkin-an-english?r=695tp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Children Of Terror: The Slovo Sisters, Catch A Fire, And The New South Africa

The Modest Genius of Bert Jansch: "I'm quite happy. I don't have to borrow guitars anymore."

Alaa Al Aswany: Tolerance Versus Dictatorship; Tales From A Muslim City

The Travails of Idlewild by Roddy Woomble OR "Scottish People Can't Look Cool in Shades"

Notes on Zoe Heller: Not Wacky, Not Writing About Her Knickers

White Light, White Heat: The Brilliant Art of Alison Watt

Eastern Deth Kult: A Journey Into The Super Average World of Gilbert and George

I Smiled A Lot And I Got The Job: The Redcoat Life Of Michael Barrymore

The Umamerican: An Audience With Reluctant Filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki

Al Gore, Global Warming, And How The Internet Can Solve The Crisis of Democracy

Echoes and Earbleeds in a Diving Bell: the Undersea World of the Pixies