Sounds and Visions

A Beatles-adjacent reading list — part two

Five more illuminating books on the story everybody thinks they know

Jul 18 • Helen Barrett

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My Beatles-adjacent reading list — part one

Illuminating books from the backwaters of Fab Four history

Jul 4 • Helen Barrett

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June 2026

How to make a killer meme

What are the ingredients? Wit, topicality, banality — OK, sure. I have another theory

Jun 20 • Helen Barrett

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December 2025

What Dickens knew about Christmas decorations

Baubles and ornaments sent the author wheeling through time and space. How do they affect you?

Dec 20, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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November 2025

The delightfully reductive costumes of Wes Anderson's films

Ingenue, battleaxe, put-upon spouse: the film-maker uses clothes as signifiers, as a new show at the Design Museum shows

Nov 21, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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August 2025

How to save a London caff

London's favourite greasy spoon plans to go global. Is it such a bad idea?

Aug 1, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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July 2025

Cool places to work when London is hot

Air-conditioned pubs, cafes and libraries (mostly) with architectural flair and where you can hear yourself think

Jul 4, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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June 2025

Drunken quarrels, flouncing, pomposity — whatever happened to late-night arts TV?

Things to see and do

Jun 13, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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May 2025

The strange prescience of 80s youth cults

Things to see and do

May 30, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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My futile battle with architects' claptrap

Things to see and do

May 16, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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What Edna O'Brien and David Bowie taught me about work

Things to see and do

May 2, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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April 2025

Lewd beasts, wild-eyed demons, Kurt Cobain's vomit

Things to see and do

Apr 14, 2025 • Helen Barrett

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