Alex Needham
@alexneedham.bsky.social
Arts editor of The Guardian.
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@alexneedham.bsky.social: Linder - Punk, Pornography And Photomontage At The Hayward Gallery 'Danger Came Smiling' | @theguardian.com
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‘I was always obsessed with death’: how Linder turned pornography and trauma into art
At 70, Linder is having a retrospective at the Hayward Gallery – after years of being overlooked by the art establishment. She discusses punk, porn and politics
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February 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
@alexneedham.bsky.social: Linder - Punk, Pornography And Photomontage At The Hayward Gallery 'Danger Came Smiling' | @theguardian.com
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A random and extremely niche query … can anyone remember who Morrissey’s “four friends” were in the 80s? Linder was deffo one - James Maker and Howard Devoto could have been in the lineup … but who else?
February 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A random and extremely niche query … can anyone remember who Morrissey’s “four friends” were in the 80s? Linder was deffo one - James Maker and Howard Devoto could have been in the lineup … but who else?
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Enjoyed this interview with Andrew Scott by my colleague @alexneedham.bsky.social on All of Us Strangers, the Guardian’s No 1 film of 2024
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‘Love exists beyond death’: Andrew Scott on All of Us Strangers – and whether his character was dead
The co-star of the Guardian’s film of 2024 talks about director Andrew Haigh’s ‘unabashedly romantic’ love story, loneliness – and the idea of seeing your parents as your peers
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December 21, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Enjoyed this interview with Andrew Scott by my colleague @alexneedham.bsky.social on All of Us Strangers, the Guardian’s No 1 film of 2024
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
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This lovely and so very human piece by @helenpidd.bsky.social and Lexi Topping (not on here I don’t think YET) will resonate with many www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
They were best mates. Then one had a baby, while the other struggled. Two brutally honest takes on what happens when motherhood affects friendship
They both had something the other wanted. Could their relationship survive?
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November 16, 2024 at 11:45 AM
This lovely and so very human piece by @helenpidd.bsky.social and Lexi Topping (not on here I don’t think YET) will resonate with many www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Since we’re doing this, please have at my interview with Jordan Tannahill, who wrote brilliant new BBC drama The Listeners, and who also used to engage in gimp play with Tory MPs www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Gimp play is a craft’: how a Canadian writer went from fetish sex work to creating powerful BBC drama
Jordan Tannahill has turned his novel, The Listeners, into a tense, timely BBC drama inspired by cults and conspiracy theories. He talks Brexit, banging raves and exploring kinks with closeted junior ...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Since we’re doing this, please have at my interview with Jordan Tannahill, who wrote brilliant new BBC drama The Listeners, and who also used to engage in gimp play with Tory MPs www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Some thoughts on Oasis www.theguardian.com/music/articl...
‘I’ve waited 25 years for this moment’: Oasis, the reunion – and what made them great
Their sneering vocals, seething guitars and thermonuclear charisma electrified the 90s. But will a reunion be a Champagne Supernova – or a Digsy’s Dinner? Our music writers weigh in
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August 26, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Some thoughts on Oasis www.theguardian.com/music/articl...
I’ve never posted an article I’ve written on Bluesky, so please have at this one - an interview with Andrew Haigh about his masterful film All of Us Strangers www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
December 29, 2023 at 6:27 PM
I’ve never posted an article I’ve written on Bluesky, so please have at this one - an interview with Andrew Haigh about his masterful film All of Us Strangers www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
I miss the Christmas NME (reading it more than making it). Turns out that 20 years ago I was getting, er, festive with the Libertines
December 8, 2023 at 11:57 AM
I miss the Christmas NME (reading it more than making it). Turns out that 20 years ago I was getting, er, festive with the Libertines
Let Suella’s fate be a warning to all writers who refuse to take edits
November 13, 2023 at 8:46 AM
Let Suella’s fate be a warning to all writers who refuse to take edits