8-14 March 2024

IN THIS ISSUE

11 The revolution will be televised Michael Sheen on Port Talbot and The Way

20 How Britain went bust Anoosh Chakelian on our crumbling public sphere

31 The city that always sleeps Will Lloyd on London’s lost bohemian spirit

32 A whole new world Amelia Tait on how Disney created the adult superfan

38 The call of the wild Helen Macdonald on reintroducing wolves to Britain

44 How Vice lost its grip Clive Martin on the collapse of a modern media company

48 Blood, oil and music Aidan Monks on Robbie Robertson’s Scorsese scores

Hey, Mickey: confessions of Disney adults

Britain after the miners’ strike

The late Robbie Robertson

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