The sculptor on the mysticism of musicians and painters, generational sci-fi and black holes
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The Serpentine gallery curator on British rap, Sou Fujimoto’s architecture and video games
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Martin Parr: ‘I don’t know why Mik Artistik isn’t playing stadiums’
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The author David Nicholls’s cultural highlights
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On my radar: Cate Le Bon’s cultural highlights
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