Paloma Faith on her heartbreak and being a single mum

The Independent’s arts and culture newsletter [The Independent](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0QvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvP2xpZD15MHE4dTRrMmw0d2lXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Saturday, October 14, 2023   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD1zdGFxOGloNzlvMHBXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD0wbWo4bnpxOHJ1ZmRXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ Hang on, is it 2005? Because I think I am addicted to [Big Brother](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvYmlnLWJyb3RoZXI_bGlkPTRlaHQxa2I1MzdpbVcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). After five years away, the original reality TV show has returned to our screens via its new ITV2 home, and I am finding it deeply, deeply watchable. It seems strange that a show with so much to answer for, one that ended up being dismissed as tired, trashy and tacky, should now feel like exactly the kind of innocent, nostalgic escapism that we yearn for. We've even got [Marcus Bentley's famous voice](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JpZy1icm90aGVyLW5hcnJhdG9yLWl0di1kaWFyeS1yb29tLWIyNDIyOTY2Lmh0bWw_bGlkPW5qcmhkMnZsbjg5MVcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) back! Its producers have done the right thing by going back to what made Big Brother a success in the first place – [genuinely brilliant casting](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L25ld3MvYmlnLWJyb3RoZXItMjAyMy1pdHYtaG91c2VtYXRlcy13aG8tYjI0Mjg2NDkuaHRtbD9saWQ9a3VscHI1bTZ4M3RzVwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), and just the right level of chaos-inducing interventions. Laura Barton wrote about [one of the most compelling moments so far](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JpZy1icm90aGVyLWhhbGxpZS10cmFucy1jb21lLW91dC1iMjQyNzM2Ny5odG1sP2xpZD0zb2g5cmZsamh5aDBXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), one that unfolded gently and unfussily: Hallie told her housemates that she is transgender, was met with genuine warmth, and then everyone went round the table sharing their pronouns. As Laura says, [it shows how easy and effortless tolerance can be](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JpZy1icm90aGVyLWhhbGxpZS10cmFucy1jb21lLW91dC1iMjQyNzM2Ny5odG1sP2xpZD1hcGJ1cnkyZHM0MmtXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvYmlnLWJyb3RoZXI_bGlkPTk0MDRwbHU1dXluZVcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ Big Brother has returned to our screens (ITV) Also this week: [the Frasier reboot is… fine](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvZnJhc2llci1yZXZpZXctcGFyYW1vdW50LWtlbHNleS1ncmFtbWVyLWIyNDI5MDcwLmh0bWw_bGlkPTdxMGp1dmxqN3Vqc1cFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~)? Susie Mesure uncovered some of Tove Jansson’s [most loved illustrations (for other writers)](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SLaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9mZWF0dXJlcy90b3ZlLWphbnNzb24tbW9vbWlucy1qcnItdG9sa2llbi1sZXdpcy1jYXJyb2xsLWIyNDI0NDY3Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXlzbjFweXBoNDFzeVcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Robert McCrum found that a new John le Carré biography feels a bit like [two literary men having a nervous breakdown](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2pvaG4tbGUtY2FycmUtc2VjcmV0LWxpZmUtYWRhbS1zaXNtYW4tYjI0MjY1NTkuaHRtbD9saWQ9bDJwY2NxbmY4dHdsVwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Claire Allfree [interviewed Francis Spufford](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2ZyYW5jaXMtc3B1ZmZvcmQtaW50ZXJ2aWV3LWNhaG9raWEtamF6ei1iMjQyNTI5MS5odG1sP2xpZD05amprZTVrdzkxZThXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) (whose Light Perpetual is one of my favourite novels of the last five years). The Rolling Stones are [back bringing us the riffs](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL3Jldmlld3Mvcm9sbGluZy1zdG9uZXMtaGFja25leS1kaWFtb25kcy1yZXZpZXctYjI0MjY3MDkuaHRtbD9saWQ9eXdxNzI5b291MWg5VwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Oh, and I [interviewed Myleene Klass](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbGlmZS1zdHlsZS9teWxlZW5lLWtsYXNzLWludGVydmlldy1taXNjYXJyaWFnZS1wb2RjYXN0LWIyNDI1NDQwLmh0bWw_bGlkPTRpYWRmeDUwMm5peVcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Have a great weekend, Jessie [@jessiecath](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0QyaHR0cDovL3d3dy50d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9qZXNzaWVjYXRoP2xpZD04M2dwbmwxMWp6bmhXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) What to do this weekend Books | [The Secret Life of John le Carré](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzP2xpZD10dHFkbHc2NGppODdXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) [The Secret Life of John le Carré](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2pvaG4tbGUtY2FycmUtc2VjcmV0LWxpZmUtYWRhbS1zaXNtYW4tYjI0MjY1NTkuaHRtbD9saWQ9YXV3dWI2MGp5bnpvVwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) is his biographer’s painfully honest and anguished retrospective on his torturous collaboration with a living literary icon, a project that dragged him to the depths. [Adam Sisman](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvYWRhbS1zaXNtYW4_bGlkPXdvbXhreDJoZGFoaFcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) is the respected author of Boswell’s Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr Johnson. He was probably aware of the risks in such a contract. Long before he proposed himself for mission impossible, he must also have known that Le Carré’s alter ego would not freely comply with the merciless audit of life-writing. Robert McCrum | Book critic   Film | [Sumotherhood](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG0_bGlkPWt4a2toYmZ2bXN2dVcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) [Sumotherhood](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3Mvc3Vtb3RoZXJob29kLXJldmlldy1qZXJlbXktY29yYnluLWVkLXNoZWVyYW4tYjI0Mjg1NjguaHRtbD9saWQ9M3Jsb24yZXB5MXB4VwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) is, at times, so overstuffed that it starts to wear on the nerves. Yet, Adam Deacon has also found a wholesome, and funny, heart to his film, circling back to the awkwardly desperate performance of masculinity that drove its prequel, and simply doubling it up. Sumotherhood is a true bromance comedy, as best friends and wannabe players Rico (Deacon) and Kane (Jazzie Zonzolo) try to pay off their debts with hapless attempts to rob rapper Lethal Bizzle, and then a local bank. Clarisse Loughrey | Chief film critic   Dance | [Pam Tanowitz and David Lang’s Song of Songs](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy9zb25nLW9mLXNvbmdzLXJldmlldy1wYW0tdGFub3dpdHotZGF2aWQtbGFuZy1iMjQyODQ0Ni5odG1sP2xpZD11ODI1NnV5Mmp6NDZXBXNwY2V1QgplJKk8KmVmk-lCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Both poised and intense, this new collaboration between choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer David Lang glows with ideas. Responding to the Biblical “Song of Songs”, it’s filled with images of connection and boundaries, community and self. If the surface is serene, it has complex undercurrents. [Tanowitz, who founded her own company in 2000](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0SKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvaW5kZXBlbmRlbnRwcmVtaXVtL2N1bHR1cmUvcGFtLXRhbm93aXR6LXJveWFsLW9wZXJhLWhvdXNlLXJldmlldy1yb3lhbC1iYWxsZXQtYjIyNzY0OTUuaHRtbD9saWQ9MnRrM3lta2E0djZhVwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), had an international breakthrough with Four Quartets, her staging of TS Eliot’s poetry. In Song of Songs, she returns to poetry as inspiration – but rather than using the whole text, she and Lang unpack and reflect on it. Zoe Anderson | Dance critic   Theatre | [Sunset Boulevard](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0RPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPXU1MHo1cG8yZjVzcFcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) No one would expect avant-garde superstar director Jamie Lloyd to handle 1991 musical Sunset Boulevard with misty-eyed tenderness – not least its brave and trusting parents Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black. And, of course, he doesn’t. Even so, there’s [something shiver-inducingly thrilling about the way Lloyd thrusts this story into darkest night](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0ScaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy9zdW5zZXQtYm91bGV2YXJkLXJldmlldy1uaWNvbGUtc2NoZXJ6aW5nZXItamFtaWUtbGxveWQtYjI0MjkxMzguaHRtbD9saWQ9bHVncjNlY3N0NGhyVwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), setting it in a haunted Hollywood backlot where huge suggestive shadows loom and blood-soaked gothic terrors emerge. Alice Saville | Theatre critic   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0Q9aHR0cHM6Ly9pbmRlcGVuZGVudC5vbmVsaW5rLm1lL25vNXgvZDI1ZTc0Y2M_bGlkPWE3Z2JlanFtbzE4NFcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0Q8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvc3Vic2NyaWJlL2FwcD9saWQ9dXZ1b2trYzh4Nm01VwVzcGNldUIKZSSpPCplZpPpQlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj [The Saturday Interview – Paloma Faith](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3BhbG9tYS1mYWl0aC1hbGJ1bS10b3VyLWIyNDI5MjkwLmh0bWw_bGlkPWI1MTVsNDE2cWcwOFcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3BhbG9tYS1mYWl0aC1hbGJ1bS10b3VyLWIyNDI5MjkwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXVhamExMWhscGo5NVcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ Paloma Faith releases ‘Glorification of Sadness’ in February 2024 (Yan Wasiuchnik) This week, Annabel Nugent [sat down with singer Paloma Faith](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3BhbG9tYS1mYWl0aC1hbGJ1bS10b3VyLWIyNDI5MjkwLmh0bWw_bGlkPWJteXc4NGk3dWZpdFcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) for the star's first interview since her relationship ended and she became a single mum. They talked about parenthood, breakups, and what it was like to be labelled as 'kooky' when Faith first came to the spotlight. ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnDMGpP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3BhbG9tYS1mYWl0aC1hbGJ1bS10b3VyLWIyNDI5MjkwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXhvcmR3anI3dnFhaFcFc3BjZXVCCmUkqTwqZWaT6UJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ ‘Glorification of Sadness’ chronicles Faith’s split from long-term partner Leyman Lahcine (Yan Wasiuchnik) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… Single mum: it’s a label her own mother wore but one she is still getting used to using herself. “I am a woman in my forties with two children, who is not with their dad any more.” Faith, who is 42, declares this statement slowly and carefully, as if she is sounding out the words for the billionth time but still finding them strange and foreign on her tongue. “I’m very much in the thick of adjusting to that fact. It takes a long time to recover because it’s not like when you’re young, you can’t cut your ties and run.” Her usual heartbreak remedies – “hop on a plane and do something erratic” – are out the window. “I’d need to arrange babysitting,” Faith laughs. But in all seriousness, her kids are the priority. On her middle finger is a chunky gold ring made up of three letters: M-U-M. “There’s very little time left for me, really. I don’t do much. 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