Last updated: 18 Apr 2026, 14:15 LRB blog TITLE: Twee as Fuck PUBLISHED: 16 Apr 2026 The music that showed me who I wanted to be, what I wanted from life, was the music that came out on Sarah Records. The lyrics were joyful, effusive... https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/april/twee-as-fuck TITLE: City of Peace PUBLISHED: 14 Apr 2026 The 2300 workers at the Volkswagen factory in Osnabrück, northwest Germany, have been confronted with an unexpected plan for industrial... https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/april/city-of-peace TITLE: After the Ceasefire PUBLISHED: 13 Apr 2026 Last Friday afternoon, two days after the ceasefire was announced and two days before the peace talks in Islamabad failed, I went to a café. For the... https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/april/after-the-ceasefire TITLE: Gamer’s Dilemma PUBLISHED: 09 Apr 2026 The Trump administration’s levity doesn’t make the bombs any heavier. The real game is an old one, as American as stolen labour: when life gives... https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/april/gamer-s-dilemma TITLE: A Hundred Airstrikes in Ten Minutes PUBLISHED: 09 Apr 2026 Yesterday morning, after the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, many displaced people in Lebanon started heading back to the... https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/april/a-hundred-airstrikes-in-ten-minutes