Archive - PassTheAux

Hun, your pop culture is showing

Life imitates art, or maybe just TikTok

Aug 1 •

June 2024

Do artists need 'lore'?

Taylor Swift has too much, Dua Lipa has too little

Jun 19 •

March 2024

Writing as deception

Anatomy of a Fall asks disturbing questions about a writer's intentions

Mar 29 •

Why is it so hard to get red carpet interviews right?

Every year, watching the Oscars red carpet brings back gruesome memories

Mar 11 •

February 2024

Ben Affleck and the female gaze

Plus culture picks across film, TV, books and music

Feb 22 •

January 2024

Culture picks across books, film, journalism and theatre – plus a guide to Goa

Jan 18 •

Fandom has the media in a chokehold

The New York Times vs Taylor Swift drama is more revealing than you think

Jan 11 •

Mic Wright on masterminding the most feared newsletter in journalism

I speak to one of my favourite Substackers on his one-man mission to hold the media accountable

Jan 4 •

November 2023

What could be better than a Taylor Swift interview?

Plus: two glorious film oddities, literature and Martinis, Tom Hank's son

Nov 14, 2023 •

October 2023

The reality of online spaces

Plus: meeting Julia Fox, re-reading old Britney interviews, and struggling with Zadie Smith

Oct 26, 2023 •

September 2023

The problem with 'emotional truth'

When artistic license goes too far

Sep 29, 2023 •

The worst tropes on TV

Plus the best hotel I've ever been to

Sep 22, 2023 •

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