April 2023 | Perspective Media

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April 2023

Issue

Urban jungles

Letting the wild back into our metropolitan spaces will help cities breathe

Letter from the editors

My generation’s missing out on the naughties

Róisín Lanigan

Don’t look now

We’re being monitored at home, at work and on our streets

The 15-minute protesters

Green measures are stirring up populist dissent

People

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THE INTERVIEW

A Tale of Two Cities

Gavin Esler is inspired by the optimism of two English devolutionaries, Andy Burnham, Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, and Andy Street, Conservative mayor of the West Midlands

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REPUTATIONS

Ken Livingstone

The populist who fell because he thought rules didn’t apply to him

The Surveys

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No place like home

City life or escape to the country?

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Columns

Collateral damage

Survival of the richest

A fish called Squander

Free Cities

Michael Janofsky

Trump still cracks the whip in this four-ring circus

Christobel Kent

The enduring charm of city dressing

Close encounters of the city kind

Nathaniel Tapley

Down but not out on the allotment

Make “people power” more than a slogan

Victoria Bateman

The naked feminist

It’s time for the Commons to call Johnson’s bluff

The end of customer service

Racism, homophobia and misogyny at the Met

Culture

The author Interview

By

Max Porter

Award-winning British novelist, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers discusses his new book Shy

“People ask, is it prose or poetry? Put it on whichever shelf you want, I don’t fucking care!”

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The author Interview

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Max Porter

Award-winning British novelist, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers discusses his new book Shy

“People ask, is it prose or poetry? Put it on whichever shelf you want, I don’t fucking care!”

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New vision at the Sharjah Biennial

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On the bus to Gambetta

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Now That’s Why I Love The 80s

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Latest reviews

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The enduring charm of city dressing

Christobel Kent

Cinema’s fascination with fascism

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Latest reviews

Perspective Magazine

Reviews by SJ Watson, Susanna Forrest, Joanna Grochowicz, Nigel Summerley, Grant Gillespie and Louisa Young

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On the bus to Gambetta

Perspective Magazine

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Now That’s Why I Love The 80s

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The enduring charm of city dressing

Christobel Kent

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New vision at the Sharjah Biennial

Life

Letter from Elsewhere

Lost in Translation

Kevin writes from Trinidad, the country that made him a writer despite the lack of books during his childhood

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Buffalo Gal

Unpacking the formative impact of an iconic 1980s pop video

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The fickle month

Andreas Kornevall

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Shifting filters

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A fish called Squander

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The winner takes it all

Mind Over Matter

Othello syndrome and kitchen wars

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John Lloyd

Perspective Magazine

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

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A fish called Squander

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The fickle month

Andreas Kornevall

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Shifting filters

Out of the Ordinary

Shân Lancaster

The unique photographic legacy of Roger Bamber is now on display in his beloved Brighton

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The winner takes it all

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Buffalo Gal

Unpacking the formative impact of an iconic 1980s pop video

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John Lloyd

Perspective Magazine

Producer of Blackadder and Spitting Image

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