You haven’t read a lesbian breakup novel quite like this before: Ruth Novaczek on Wrongness
“Violette Leduc first taught me that happy endings aren’t very queer”: in her 60s, Ruth Novaczek had her heart broken…
Theatre & Literature
A book lover’s guide to Dolly Parton
“If I’m remembered 100 years from now, I hope it will be not for looks but for books”: a reading…
In the age of ‘rizz’ and AI slop, Wodcast wants us to take words seriously
In the age of 'rizz' and AI slop, Wodcast wants us to take words seriously: the podcast bringing the dictionary…
Who is Pepper Slit? SNL alum Chloe Troast unpacks her new alter ego
Experience Pepper Slit and her captivating performances in New York. Join her for a night of nostalgia and entertainment.
Sachiko Nakahara on building gods of death from ink, paper and dirt for Death Note the Musical
Sachiko Nakahara on building gods of death from ink, paper and dirt for Death Note the Musical, from manga to…
The Barbican’s Death Note knows exactly how to play God
Experience the thrilling production of Death Note that challenges ethics and explores the feelings of a god of death.
What if Bluebeard passed the Bechdel test? (And other ways we retell our oldest stories)
What if Bluebeard passed the Bechdel test? Why the world is obsessed with a 2,700-year-old story, and how writers retell…
Why Simon Wroe’s Ghost Month is the ultimate modern London novel
Why Simon Wroe's Ghost Month is the ultimate modern London novel: every September the dead return, then vanish in green…
Inside the trans writing school disrupting London publishing
Inside the trans writing school disrupting London publishing: sixteen weeks of workshops, community and new trans voices.
Weird books are back: Cold’s guide to the 2026 Booker Prize longlist
“We’re due a return of weird literature”: 13 works chosen from 163 titles, and it seems the prophecy has come…
Ann Scott’s Lesbian Cult Novel, ‘Superstars’, is Finally Available in English
Diaristic, hedonistic, full of sex, drugs and techno music: a group of queer women chasing fame, and love, on the…
Was Leonardo da Vinci Queer? Inside the History That Inspired Phil Melanson’s ‘Florenzer’
In April 1476 a young artist was arrested by Florence’s vice squad, the scarily-named Office of the Night, on charges…
