Katy Perry: Woman’s World – what regressive, warmed-over hell is this?
Perry’s solo return is a dated attempt at writing a feminist anthem about how women really can have it all! It’s a song that made me feel stupider every sorry time I listened to it
Television
Natalie Portman on love, divorce and Paul Mescal: ‘I’m very in awe of his talent’
Books
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench – a class act
Film
‘A magical being’: Shelley Duvall remembered by Woody Allen, Daryl Hannah and Michael Palin
Stalk, slice, bludgeon: how ‘femgore’ is reinventing horror fiction
Games
The Last of Us has three main characters: Ellie, Joel and Gustavo Santaolalla’s music
Culture
Will Biden’s loss of celebrity support make a real difference?
Television
‘Sorry, we don’t want lesbians’: Bridgerton’s problem with racism, homophobia and body-shaming
People
Music
‘I hate the idea of playing music to people’: Griff on shyness, stardom and supporting Taylor Swift
‘Will I just disappear?’ Laura Marling on the ecstasy of motherhood – and why she might quit music
Art and design
Thomas Hoepker, renowned German photographer, dies at 88
Film
Shelley Duvall was a sublime and subversive screen presence
Peter Bradshaw
Film
‘Identity is more unstable than ever’: Riz Ahmed on new short film Dammi
The big picture
‘I celebrate the human condition’: Louis Stettner’s real lives – in pictures
He would take candid snaps on the New York subway while pretending to adjust his camera. Now, a new monograph aims to bring the photographer’s work to a wider audience
Reviews
Music
Clairo: Charm – deeply human songs of desire and distance
Books
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner – trials of the wealthy
Film
Divorce in the Black – Tyler Perry’s dull drama is his worst to date
Television
Exploding Kittens – unfunny, infuriating and life-sapping