‘It was a way to share your musical experiences’: why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure
Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash metal and experimental music around the world one mixtape at a time
February 2023
How we made
‘Bruce Springsteen was very nervous about his cameo’: Nick Hornby and Stephen Frears on High Fidelity
TV review
Funny Woman review – Gemma Arterton is absolutely captivating in this Nick Hornby adaptation
November 2022
Dickens & Prince by Nick Hornby review – a tale of two greats
Hornby draws parallels between the Victorian novelist and the musician in this heartfelt homage to these brilliant, driven individuals
October 2022
‘It provoked an erotic shock in me’ – Marian Keyes, Nick Hornby, Leïla Slimani and other writers on the books that changed them
Dickens and Prince by Nick Hornby review – cultural greats collide
A tale of two geniuses: how Dickens and Prince inspire Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby on Dickens and Prince: ‘They were both superstars in their own lifetimes’
May 2022
TV review
State of the Union review – Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson lift a sticky, slovenly script
At first, this marriage drama about a couple in therapy feels so contrived it’s hard to get through. But outstanding performances turn it into something far more endearing
March 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links The Batman to High Fidelity and The Satanic Verses?
From Robert Pattinson to an indie record store and a New York super publisher, we steer the Batmobile down the rabbit hole
February 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 single mothers in fiction
They often get as rough a ride from books as they do from the world, but some writers, from Jane Austen to Sue Townsend, have given lone parents authentic life beyond the cliches
February 2021
Top 10s
Top 10 books about football
From Barry Hines’s social realism to Nick Hornby’s account of all-consuming fandom, these are books about far more than sport
September 2020
Just Like You by Nick Hornby review – ladlit meets mumlit
Book of the day
Just Like You review – Nick Hornby tackles race, romance… and Brexit
April 2020
Nick Hornby: BBC should be 'untouchable' after coronavirus
High Fidelity author writes fierce defence of broadcaster, praising work to help audience ‘live through and understand a crisis’
March 2020
High Fidelity at 20: the sneakily dark edge of a comedy about bad breakups
Stephen Frears’ smart adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel of stunted growth remains as compelling as ever with one of John Cusack’s best performances
November 2019
The week in theatre: Ghost Quartet; High Fidelity; When the Crows Visit – review
High Fidelity review – Nick Hornby's vinyl nerd back in the groove
October 2019
Crossword blog
Crossword blog: how a Guardian setter came to appear in BBC comedy State of the Union
Having used a puzzle by Arachne as part of a plot in his recently televised novel, Nick Hornby discusses the temptation to set one himself
September 2019
TV review
State of the Union review: a brutal, tender and perfectly curated portrayal of marriage
In a pub before marital therapy sessions, a couple unravel 15 years of familiarity, love and betrayal. The temptation to binge is terrible
