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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Full marks for the typo. Chef’s kiss for the reply.

Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Friends and pod peeps. Last Nov, the FT canned my pod column after ten years (a good innings for any column, tbh). Happily, BBC Culture has decided now is a good time to start running pod reviews, so here they are and here I am. Hurrah! Pls do share to get the word out. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

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The Book Club to Get Birding with Sean Bean: Eight of the best podcasts of 2026 so far

From a new literary discussion show to a Games of Thrones star waxing lyrical about our feathered friends, we pick the best new podcasts for you to listen to and watch.

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

If, like me, you're feeling the commentary around the Epstein files has depressingly shifted focus away from the crimes against women and girls, and the gross misogyny of powerful men, this piece by Helen Rumbelow sets things right. Free to read. www.thetimes.com/article/3c43...

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I studied the latest Epstein files. As a woman, this is what I felt

They show a hidden world oiled by porn-saturated misogyny. I spent two days reading them

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Wrote this about the craggy stars of 1970s and 80s cinema having a second wind on the small screen. Appearing on TV was a step down for the stars of Old Hollywood - remember Charlton Heston on the Colbys? - but there's no sense of them slumming it now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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It’s the Hollywood sensation we’re all enjoying: cinema megastars lured to a TV screen near you | Fiona Sturges

The stars get big audiences and complex characters to develop. We’ve lucked out in this golden age of streaming shows, and so have they, says arts writer Fiona Sturges

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Today's Film & Music cover! My interview with the incomparable Emmylou Harris: we talked about dogs, Gram Parson, Dolly, Pete Seeger, the strain of writing a memoir and why she's embarking on her European farewell tour. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

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‘There’s serendipity to my story’: Emmylou Harris on Gram Parsons, her garlanded career – and her dog rescue centre

Ahead of her final European tour, the US songwriter discusses her unlikely life as a country star, seeking advice from Pete Seeger – and why retirement isn’t on the cards just yet

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

My rules for superior arts experience in 2026: *Don't let musicians go bankrupt making/playing the music WE love *Cinematographers! Turn the lights up! *Stop paying celebs stupid ££ to pretend to be children's authors *Enough with the shit biopics And so on.... www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

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Thou shalt say no to AI! Ten commandments for a superior arts experience in 2026

From banning bad music biopics to making TV shows we can actually see without squinting, Fiona Sturges has devised a new set of rules for the year ahead

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Sophie Heawood @heawood.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Asking people, again, to pay me for the work that was commissioned, written and published in November. It’s illegal to make us wait this long and I‘m too old to be begging like this. So if anyone dares to give writers shit for monetising their Substacks - it’s better than begging the broadsheets…

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Just putting a seasonal hex on those publications who haven't yet paid their October/November invoices. Merry Christmas, especially to all the struggling freelancers! 🎄🫠

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

In today's Guardian, I interviewed 1980s punk pioneer Lesley Woods about rebooting the Au Pairs, industry sexism, her 35 years as an immigration lawyer and how, as a musician, she still has more to do ("I don’t think I’ve given the best of me yet"). www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

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Au Pairs frontwoman Lesley Woods: ‘We were the antithesis to all that boy-meets-girl stuff’

Her post-punk trailblazers were a key influence on riot grrrl. Now, after decades working as a lawyer, she is taking the name – though, contentiously, not the rest of the band – back on the road. ‘I h...

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Another piece from the weekend: I interviewed Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe about playing Salieri and Mozart, respectively, for the upcoming reboot of Amadeus. It's GREAT (the series, I mean, though the piece ain't bad either). www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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‘It’s fun to go to war with God’: Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany on their sweaty, sacrilegious take on Amadeus

Last time the fierce enmity between Mozart and Salieri was adapted for the screen, it won a best picture Oscar. Now a new TV version turns up the temperature several notches – but will its stars devel...

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

For this long read in @theguardian.com, I visited a Threshold Choir - people who sing to those on their deathbeds - and interviewed the choir's leader, Nickie Aven, who has turned her experiences of grief into something beautiful. Please give it a read if you can. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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‘He was struggling with his breath. I sat beside him and sang’: the choir who sing to people on their deathbeds

Just as lullabies send babies to sleep, so songs can help those at the other end of life on their way. The leader of a Threshold Choir reveals what they do – and the personal tragedies that convinced ...

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

My memoirs & biogs of the year in @theguardian.com. It's never easy to whittle it down and you always mourn the books you can't include for reasons of space/variety. 2025 has been a punishing year for those in the creative industries but a great one for readers. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

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The best memoirs and biographies of 2025

Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke on acting, Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon on politics, plus Margaret Atwood on a life well lived

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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

It's Monday so here's my @FT pod column on an immersive and gripping new series about the real-life family who were shipwrecked in the Pacific for 38 days. www.ft.com/content/0fd9...