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Katie Rosseinsky wrote this week about [The Boyfriend](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL25ldGZsaXgtdGhlLWJveWZyaWVuZC1qYXBhbi1iMjU3NzMyMS5odG1sP2xpZD0zMm13b3BiNG9vZWEmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), a new Japanese dating show on Netflix that will melt your heart. It’s the country’s first ever same-sex dating show, and although it’s quietly radical – Japan is the only G7 nation that does not yet fully recognise same-sex marriage – it’s also just really lovely. Rather than steamy snogging challenges, the contestants have to work in a coffee van together to help them bond. “It’s the perfect antidote to Love Island fatigue,” [writes Katie](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL25ldGZsaXgtdGhlLWJveWZyaWVuZC1qYXBhbi1iMjU3NzMyMS5odG1sP2xpZD12bDNlNXo1MWQ3aHkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Less cute? The fact that recently ousted Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is about to become a reality star. Now, that didn’t take long, did it? Helen Coffey wrote this week on why the forthcoming fly-on-the-wall doc has [left her feeling conflicted](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2phY29iLXJlZXMtbW9nZy1yZWFsaXR5LXR2LXRlbGV2aXNpb24tZG9jdW1lbnRhcnktYjI1NzYwNDkuaHRtbD9saWQ9ZWg2OWw2bms3YWo4JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNy0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmaRPyaSZskrRylSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). ~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL25ldGZsaXgtdGhlLWJveWZyaWVuZC1qYXBhbi1iMjU3NzMyMS5odG1sP2xpZD1nM3c1MWNyajl0bnYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Two contestants on ‘The Boyfriend’ (Netflix) Elsewhere this week, Michael Church [picked his highlights for this year’s BBC Proms](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2NsYXNzaWNhbC9mZWF0dXJlcy9iYmMtcHJvbXMtMjAyNC1ndWlkZS1iMjU3NDc4MC5odG1sP2xpZD11MHVtdWxyMzludjkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Katie wrote a fascinating piece that asks: [are novelists now writing for TV producers rather than readers](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P4QPAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9ib29rcy9mZWF0dXJlcy9sb25nLWlzbGFuZC1jb21wcm9taXNlLXRhZmZ5LWJyb2Rlc3Nlci1ha25lci1hcHBsZS10di1hZGFwdGF0aW9uLWIyNTc3OTI5Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWd5dzdydjRmMnl2MyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDctMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmkT8mkmbJK0cpUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)? Ellie Harrison interviewed Michelle de Swarte, the star of new BBC series Spent, [about her journey from modelling to homelessness](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL3NwZW50LW1pY2hlbGxlLWRlLXN3YXJ0ZS1tb2RlbC1iYmMtYjI1NzM5NTYuaHRtbD9saWQ9NXFyd3AyYnBlbHltJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNy0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmaRPyaSZskrRylSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Ellie Muir had a highly enjoyable conversation with [ex-Eastender Ben Hardy](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2Jlbi1oYXJkeS1pbnRlcnZpZXctdW5pY29ybnMtYjI1NzM5NDYuaHRtbD9saWQ9N28zNTYxN2h6bXUzJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNy0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmaRPyaSZskrRylSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~), who told her why he “wasn’t keen on getting my willy out to be perfectly honest” in one theatre production. And in sad news, The Shining star [Shelley Duvall has died at the age of 75](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL25ld3Mvc2hlbGxleS1kdXZhbGwtZGVhZC10aGUtc2hpbmluZy1iMjU3ODIwNy5odG1sP2xpZD02bGVrYXRkNTFreG0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Kevin EG Perry paid tribute to an actor who gave one of the most unforgettable performances in modern movie history. Tomorrow, don't miss a really brilliant interview with Nanette comedian Hannah Gadsby by Louis Chilton, and everyone's favourite bit of random Nineties cinema history: the story of the flying cow from Twister, told by Tom Murray. 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It’s never an easy watch – and its Black Out nights feel like an important gesture to Black audiences who don’t want white discomfort to define their experience of it. But it is a necessary one, showing how old power structures linger, covered over by messy, fleshy protuberances of desire. Alice Saville | Chief theatre critic   TV | [Sunny](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0S0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2P2xpZD1kbm9zMW41ZjByaG0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Sunny is easy to misjudge](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3Mvc3VubnktcmFzaGlkYS1qb25lcy1hcHBsZS10di1iMjU3NjEwMi5odG1sP2xpZD16d2Z6djZleXVqMmEmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). The show’s opening scenes, with their moody lighting and cool A24 colour palette (the series is the latest TV venture from the [production company behind Moonlight and Euphoria](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2EyNC13aG8tYXJlLWV2ZXJ5dGhpbmctZXZlcnl3aGVyZS1hbGwtYXQtb25jZS1iMjA0NzQzNi5odG1sP2xpZD1nanFvcWNic280MnYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj)), set us up to expect some cross between Ex Machina (another A24 vehicle about the perils of unfettered artificial intelligence) and the expat ennui of Lost in Translation. But it goes on to defy expectations. Katie Rosseinsky | Senior culture and lifestyle writer   Film | [Longlegs](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD16MmFpMTZjbnl3ODMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) For my (perhaps already cursed) sensibilities, Longlegs isn’t some unshakeable artefact of malevolence, and more like a knife in the back – [nasty, precise, and unexpected](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvbG9uZ2xlZ3MtcmV2aWV3LW1vdmllLWIyNTc4MDIyLmh0bWw_bGlkPWx0ZzF6NDIyYnFhMyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDctMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmkT8mkmbJK0cpUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). From its first frame to its last, it shifts from a morbid chill to a freaky little satanic jaunt. It’s as subtle as a magic trick, and a way for writer-director Osgood Perkins (son of Psycho star Anthony, a useful heritage in this context) to have his cake and eat it, too. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   Film | ~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPTh0Y2EwMTRxNzI1dyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDctMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmkT8mkmbJK0cpUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD1mZWo5aXFodHdsNDMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj[Twisters](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD1mZWJwbDRiNWhsNm8mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) No one tries to headbutt a tornado. And no one suggests they drop a nuke on it, either. [Twisters](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvdHdpc3RlcnMtcmV2aWV3LW1vdmllLWIyNTc3MzU5Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWk3cnVzZDB1Y2RlZyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDctMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmkT8mkmbJK0cpUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), like its predecessor, offers us compassionate, rational heroes faced with unparalleled destruction. And, here, that force rattles right through your bones. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   [The Saturday Interview – Glass Animals](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2dsYXNzLWFuaW1hbHMtaGVhdC13YXZlcy1kYXZlLWJheWxleS1iMjU3ODI0Mi5odG1sP2xpZD1iYjhzOXd5Zzh3YmMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) ~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2NhbWlsYS1jYWJlbGxvLWdsYXN0b25idXJ5LXNoYXduLW1lbmRlcy1iMjU3NDcxMi5odG1sP2xpZD1hNGM4cWxqamdvZ3EmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Fronted by Dave Bayley, Oxford outfit Glass Animals broke chart records with their 2020 hit ‘Heat Waves’ (Supplied by label) The band's 2021 synth-pop anthem 'Heat Waves' made Glass Animals the most successful British group in the US since the Spice Girls. Four years on, frontman Dave Bayley [sits down with Annabel Nugent](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2dsYXNzLWFuaW1hbHMtaGVhdC13YXZlcy1kYXZlLWJheWxleS1iMjU3ODI0Mi5odG1sP2xpZD1xemN1a3RvYTl0NzkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) to chat about their new album, his near-death experience on a hilltop Airbnb – and all things love ~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2dsYXNzLWFuaW1hbHMtaGVhdC13YXZlcy1kYXZlLWJheWxleS1iMjU3ODI0Mi5odG1sP2xpZD14YzFqMmhzYWgzYzImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Glass Animals performing in 2022 (Getty) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… The outside world feels distant – as if we’re in a galaxy far, far away. Bayley loves space: taped next to the door is a drawing of a rocket in blue and orange crayon; his favourite emoji is the planet. Initially, he had set out to make a “space album” in the same vein as Dark Side of the Moon, but the results left him cold. “I scrapped the whole thing,” he says. “Every time I tried to write it, it felt really cold. It felt thin and there wasn’t enough humanness. Not enough heart, or soul.” The new record has more emotional scaffolding beneath it than the 2020 album, Dreamland. There are the same day-glo synths and hummable melodies – but they often belie something more serious, a sonic sugar cube to help get the medicine down. It makes sense: emotions tend to run high after a near-death experience. In April last year, Bayley had set up camp in a hilltop Airbnb for a fortnight in Los Angeles, sheltering from the world with only a positive Covid test and his recording equipment for company. Then a storm hit – not your everyday storm, this was the punishing kind of downpour, downright biblical. “There was no way out,” Bayley recalls. “Or in. I didn’t know how I was going to get food; the roads were too muddy to drive. I was like, this is the end.” The owner of the Airbnb texted him to ask if he was alive. “She sent that message every day for three days,” he says. “It was genuinely scary.” [Read the full interview here](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2dsYXNzLWFuaW1hbHMtaGVhdC13YXZlcy1kYXZlLWJheWxleS1iMjU3ODI0Mi5odG1sP2xpZD14cnZ5NGprazFkenYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj)   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0SsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvc3Vic2NyaWJlL2FwcD9saWQ9bm05NGtlNzhnNGI4JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNy0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmaRPyaSZskrRylSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ ~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0StaHR0cHM6Ly9pbmRlcGVuZGVudC5vbmVsaW5rLm1lL25vNXgvZDI1ZTc0Y2M_bGlkPW1jMG13M3ZzcHoyZiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDctMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmkT8mkmbJK0cpUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~   [INDYBEST](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0SuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvZXh0cmFzL2luZHliZXN0P2xpZD1wemRveHZjYjNwb3UmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) / [BEST BUYS](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0SuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvZXh0cmFzL2luZHliZXN0P2xpZD0yYTB3aXRrYjJmengmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Devil wears prada](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvZXh0cmFzL2luZHliZXN0L2Jvb2tzL3RoZS1kZXZpbC13ZWFycy1wcmFkYS1zZXF1ZWwtYm9vay1iMjU3Njc1MS5odG1sP2xpZD14Njl3bXlvYmI4cngmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [The Devil Wears Prada](~/AAAHagA~/RgRodKs_P0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvZXh0cmFzL2luZHliZXN0L2Jvb2tzL3RoZS1kZXZpbC13ZWFycy1wcmFkYS1zZXF1ZWwtYm9vay1iMjU3Njc1MS5odG1sP2xpZD1yeXoxeGV3aHdoMGUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA3LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZpE_JpJmyStHKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) is officially getting a sequel – and it could be based on this book.   Take a look at our subscriber-exclusive newsletters As a subscriber, you'll also enjoy unlimited access to Premium analysis and opinion along with ad-free reading, the daily edition newspaper, and more exclusive newsletters. 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