Hello, Louis here, taking over from Annabel this week. I've had a doozy of a week myself – some very enjoyable highlights last weekend and the last couple of days, with a stretch of grotty illness in between. Sort of like a cursed sandwich made with a slab of rancid ham between two slices of fresh-out-the-oven artisan sourdough.
Among the things I did when not convalescing: I went to Oxford to see a folk-rock band called Mazawattee, who were really great, and seem to be making a bit of a name for themselves there. I saw Donbas, a play at Southwest London's Theatre503, set on the Ukrainian-Russian border. It's good, thought-provoking stuff, and Jack Bandeira is terrific as the lead; I'm told the run there has now extended to 7 March.
While I was laid up in bed I also treated myself to Frederick Wiseman's Welfare (if "treated" is indeed the right word for a three-hour documentary about the welfare office). Wiseman died this week at the age of 96, leaving behind an immense, important body of work. I happened to write about him just a few weeks ago. In hindsight it's a blessing I got to do that without these sad circumstances being the reason.
In lighter news: what of The Independent's culture desk this week? Well, we've all had vastly different responses to Wuthering Heights, so much so that we compiled a really quite fun collaborative piece in which everyone gets to vent their feelings. I'm not featured (convalescing!) but my own big gripe is just how little the film actually seems to be saying, underneath the garish opulence and soupçons of kink.
Even so, I have been listening to Charli XCX's soundtrack to Wuthering Heights on repeat. Musically speaking, she's on a major hot streak. Her pivot towards film stardom with the new mockumentary The Moment seems less well-fated, though: Adam White wrote elegantly about Ms XCX's new acting era and its prospects.
Elsewhere, Mark Beaumont spoke to Mike Love for this fab retrospective on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations". Patrick Smith – a man who knows his James Bonds inside and out – weighed in on the mounting rumours that Jacob Elordi is in contention to be the next 007. (Spoiler: he's all for it.)
And I really loved Annabel's interview with the brothers of Chadwick Boseman, who are bringing the late actor's play Deep Azure to the UK.
More stuff below, including this week's Saturday Interview, with the great Emmylou Harris, by me.
Stay well, and remember to drink lots of water!
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