The best of culture in 2022
December 26, 2022
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December 26, 2022
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<p>A special Boxing Day episode hosted by Rachel Cunliffe, looking back at the best (and worst) of the year in culture. She is joined by Tom Gatti, the <em>New Statesman</em>’s executive editor for culture, Kate Mossman, senior writer, and Rachel Cooke, our regular TV critic, to talk about their picks across TV, music, books, and film.</p><p> </p><p>In music, they discuss the high-art cabaret of Christine and the Queens’ Redcar and Kate’s nerve-wracking interview with Nick Cave about his deepening faith and grieving for two sons.</p><p> </p><p>In film, the stand-out was <em>The Quiet Girl</em>, based on Claire Keegan’s story of early-1980s rural Ireland which left Rachel Cooke and Tom weeping.</p><p> </p><p>In TV, they move from the indulgent theatre of the Harry and Meghan documentary to the exquisite observations made in the BBC series <em>Marriage</em>, and explain why people can’t stop the watching the second season of <em>The White Lotus</em>.</p><p> </p><p>And in books, highlights include the nasty but brilliant novel <em>Vladimir</em> by Julia May Jonas and Katherine Rundell’s <em>The Golden Mole</em>, while the unanimous lowlight is Matt Hancock’s retrospectively constructed and entirely delusional <em>Pandemic Diaries</em>.</p><br /><p>Subscribe to the <em>Morning Call </em>newsletter at <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/morning-call" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/morning-call </a></p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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