Michelle de Swarte talks comedy and Katherine Ryan
From the glamorous world of the New York modelling scene to London's comedy circuits, this week’s guest, Michelle de Swarte, has done it all. Rob finds out how Michelle was…
We Should All Be Archivists
When people ask me for advice about queer archiving, I usually say that the most important thing is to recognize your importance. You need to see yourself as a as…
Grant Cramer on “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”
Interview with actor Grant Cramer on his contribution in "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" (1988) directed by Stephen Chiodo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fht2W3JsCFk
Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex
Cultural historian Dr Fern Riddell appears regularly on tv and radio as an expert in Victorian sex and suffrage, and if anyone knows their history in this area, it’s Fern.…
Isabella Rossellini Has Defined—and Redefined—Beauty for Decades. She Doesn’t Intend to Stop Now.
The 68-year-old model, actor, and filmmaker opens up about refusing to be hemmed in by Hollywood {read}
Q&A: Girmay Edits BOA Selections
What do you predict will be difficult about reading for these selections?I feel as certain as I can be that there will be many manuscripts that are just incredible—I imagine…
Maybe Depression Is the Natural Reaction to a World Full of Pain
That’s the journey of life really, figuring out the balance between what’s cynicism and what’s hope, and what’s protecting yourself and what’s closing yourself off. That’s why we’re all in…
Living Like a Legend with Minari’s Yuh-Jung Youn
Staying in my bed the whole day is my pleasure and my hobby. I like to watch TV or just doze, not thinking about anything—it’s whatever I want to do.…
The French father of Hollywood sci-fi is still planning his masterpiece
Caro is the artist responsible for Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children; a pair of game-changing dystopian fantasy films from France, co-directed with Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) in 1991 and…
Hannah Gadsby on the “Comfort Cocoon” She Calls Her Clothes
The comedian and writer decided to drastically minimize her wardrobe “because my sense of self is not defined by how the world sees me, it is defined by how I…