Masoud Golsorkhi speaks to Faisal Devji on his new book Waning Crescent, an inquiry into why the Islamic movements of the 20th century – militancy, modernism, Islamism – have all run out of steam.
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The fragrance of fish
In Florence, a new perfume is launched – and this one is inspired by a silver fish that feeds on algae and has equisitely sweet flesh.
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In conversation with John Maus
Philosopher-bard of the apocalypse John Maus reflects on the role of art as resistance, why he was at the Capitol on January 6th, and why pop music should remain haunted.
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Erik Davis on High Weirdness
Erik Davis discusses his canonical book High Weirdness, an enquiry into the thin line between psychosis and religious experience in 1970s, post-hippie California.
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Rosie Stockton reads from 'Fuel'
Jelly shots, poisoned fish, artichoke plants breaking under their own weight: the poetry in Rosie Stockton's 'Fuel' contends with the detritus of our late capitalist hellscape. Stockton reads three poems from the collection.
Ireland