Why we lie about reading the greats
Emily Hughes analyses why we lie about reading the greats by dissecting our need to appear more cultured to both ourselves and others.
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Emily Hughes
‘Video Games’: what defines a song of the decade?
Illusions of glamour and decadence underlined by a sense of doom – what is it about ‘Video Games’ that characterises the 2010s. Since her breakthrough in 2011, Lana Del Rey’s music has embodied the vision of an idealised Americana, the dying American dream disguised by nostalgic fantasies of red lipstick and romance.
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