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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

Robert Johnson, RIP: In Heaven Or In Hell, Your Spirit Lives On In The Mississippi Delta

Elvis, Memphis, and the Ghosts of Libertyland

Cass: Frodo Baggins, Margaret Thatcher And The Exploitation Of Violence, West Ham-style

Postcard from Mr Ivor Cutler

Mike Leigh Watches Gavin And Stacey, Is Reminded Of His Younger Self, And Tries To Imagine What It Would Be Like To Be Happy

One Nation Under CCTV

Sinew and Duracell: Martin Scorsese and the Frightening Endurance of the Rolling Stones

I'm An Ape Man, I'm An Ape-Ape Man: Another Disaster From Roland Emmerich

Putting Britain On The Couch: Hanif Kureishi And The Country's Midlife Crisis

Kenneth Anger: Not Gay, But On Fire Like A Phallic Sparkler In A World Full Of Damp Squibs, Baby

Denzel Washington: From Watching Jimmy Cagney To Playing Frank Lucas As A Gentleman Gangster In A Chinchilla Coat

If You Really Want To Get Straight, Read Norman Mailer, Get A New Tailor (RIP, Norman)

Warhol, Money, and the Emperor's New Clothes: The Art of Gavin Turk