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Hannah Ewens

Hannah Ewens is a writer and editor for The Independent specialising in profile interviews, music, spirituality and wellness. She is the author of the non-fiction book Fangirls: Scenes From Modern Music Culture. Her work has been published in Rolling Stone, The Observer, GQ, The Guardian, Sunday Times Style, VICE and more.

<p>Philippa Dunne (second from left) is back as Anne in the ‘Amandaland’ Christmas Special </p>
Features

‘I actually screamed’: Inside the Amandaland Christmas special

<p>Songwriter Chloe Angelides and Lily Allen in the studio working on West End Girl</p>
Features

Meet the songwriter who helped Lily Allen make her most personal work

<p>Top of the pops: (L-R clockwise from bottom left) Brandi Carlile, Perfume Genius, Turnstile, JADE and PinkPantheress</p>
Features

JADE, Brandi Carlile and McKinley Dixon on their cultural highlights

Features

The 20 best albums of 2025, from Rosalía to Lily Allen

Features

The Independent culture team’s favourite songs of 2025

<p>Author Raynor Winn poses with Gillian Anderson</p>
News

The Salt Path Scandal: Everything we learn from new documentary

Culture

Salt Path author responds to responds to ‘false narrative’ in new doc

<p>Meghan shows us how to dress a tree in ‘With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration’</p>
Reviews

Meghan Markle’s insipid Christmas special isn’t fun or aspirational

<p>Diddy won’t come back from Netflix’s ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ </p>
Reviews

Netflix’s Diddy doc is terrifying and exhausting in equal measure

<p>Music and moral agency are inseparable for Aurora</p>
Features

Aurora: ‘We’re more scared of activists than the world dying or war’

<p>Bookworm: Robert Pattinson in ‘Remember Me’</p>
Features

Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated

<p>The central ‘Line of Duty’ cast – Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) and Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) – are set to return for a new series</p>
Features

What could happen in Line of Duty’s new series

<p>Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin: a boyband all grown up </p>
Features

5SOS: ‘The boyband label was emasculating. How could we grow up?’

Features

5SOS: ‘The boyband label was emasculating. How could we grow up?’

<p>Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin: a boyband all grown up </p>
<p>Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift: cultural twins or worlds apart? </p>
Features

Maggie Nelson is wrong: Taylor Swift isn’t this generation’s Plath

<p>Olivia Laing’s new novel is a queer romance narrative about lust, politics and cinema</p>
Features

Author Olivia Laing is turning their back on non-fiction

Reviews

The Celebrity Traitors finale showed that we are smarter than celebs

<p>Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ album artwork by Nieves González</p>
Reviews

Lily Allen’s West End Girl is a brutal, tell-all masterpiece

<p>Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ album artwork by Nieves González</p>
Reviews

Lily Allen’s West End Girl is a brutal, tell-all masterpiece

<p>Ozzy and Sharon together on the small screen for the last time in ‘Sharon & Ozzy: Coming Home’ </p>
Reviews

Sharon & Ozzy: Coming Home intimately shows Ozzy Osbourne’s final days

<p>As a woman who’s made vulnerability her brand – will we ever know the real Taylor Swift?</p>
Reviews

Taylor: Channel 4 tries to myth bust, but Swift’s fortress holds firm

<p>“I was wickedly depressed and severely unhappy and physically sick – and I still did every show,” says Reneé Rapp of her 2024 concerts</p>
Features

Reneé Rapp: ‘Tina Fey said, ‘What’s wrong with you? You’re insane’’

<p>Liam and Noel Gallagher hug during a Wembley Stadium show for the Oasis reunion tour</p>
Reviews

Oasis summon a euphoric and almost sad last hurrah at Wembley Stadium

<p>Has Emma Watson proven that she has married a perfect blend of royal poise and relatability? </p>
Features

Has Emma Watson taken her final form as the new people’s princess?

<p>Mark Ronson: ‘I thought I better get these stories down before it’s absolutely too late’</p>
Features

Mark Ronson: ‘I used to try to hide the fact that I came from money’

<p>Delpy’s legacy is one of bringing romantic love to the big screen</p>
Features

Julie Delpy: ‘I was such a pretty girl that I was really a target’

<p>‘Everybody has a very similar social media personality and when I joined social media for the first time it was very obvious to me,’ remarks Sofia Isella</p>
Features

Singer-songwriter Sofia Isella: ‘I got called demonic the other day’

<p>Mark Ronson: ‘I thought I better get these stories down before it’s absolutely too late’</p>
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Mark Ronson: ‘I used to try to hide the fact that I came from money’

<p>Delpy’s legacy is one of bringing romantic love to the big screen</p>
Features

Julie Delpy: ‘I was such a pretty girl that I was really a target’

<p>‘Everybody has a very similar social media personality and when I joined social media for the first time it was very obvious to me,’ remarks Sofia Isella</p>
Features

Singer-songwriter Sofia Isella: ‘I got called demonic the other day’

<p>Fans of notoriously vibes-based artist Lana Del Rey aren’t too worried by the wait </p>
Features

Where is the Lana Del Rey album?

Features

Where is the Lana Del Rey album?

<p>Fans of notoriously vibes-based artist Lana Del Rey aren’t too worried by the wait </p>
<p>Experts across many fields recognise that it’s important for our health and happiness to excavate and reshape our subconscious to suit us</p>
Lifestyle

Yes, you can reprogram your subconscious mind for a better life

<p>Pick me: audience participation is at the heart of Duncan Macmillan’s moving text</p>
Reviews

Lenny Henry is lighthearted in off-the-cuff solo comedy about suicide

<p>The holy trinity: mainstream pop makers Justin Bieber, Benson Boone and Alex Warren look to God for salvation (and inspiration) </p>
Features

When did mainstream pop music get so religious?

<p>Why pay to commute when you can not pay to stay at home? </p>
Lifestyle

It’s no wonder staff fear returning to the office – it’s so expensive

<p>Why pay to commute when you can not pay to stay at home? </p>
Lifestyle

It’s no wonder staff fear returning to the office – it’s so expensive

<p>Lydia Night: ‘Going solo has felt the most freeing thing in the world’</p>
Features

Lydia Night: ‘Being messy is excused – but only if you write about it’

<p>Pulp prove the party doesn’t have to end, as long as common people are around to join in</p>
Reviews

Glastonbury 2025 reviews, Saturday: Pulp, Haim, Raye, Brandi Carlile

<p>Matty Healy of The 1975 during the band's headline performance at Glastonbury Festival, 27 June 2025</p>
Glastonbury Festival

At Glastonbury, The 1975 were at the height of their powers

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Glastonbury Festival

With her note-perfect Glastonbury slot, CMAT has truly arrived

<p>‘Believe it or not, I’m actually an introvert,’ says Paris Lees</p>
Features

Paris Lees: ‘I have this almost compulsive desire to tell the truth’

<p>A still from Curtis’s latest documentary, ‘Shifty’ </p>
Features

Adam Curtis on money, Taylor Swift and his eerie BBC series Shifty

<p>The five-piece has revolutionised the scene and have picked up some notable fans, but they’re just getting started</p>
Features

Turnstile’s Brendan Yates: ‘We never write to fill a quota of a song’

<p>Eddie Marsan after being made an OBE </p>
Culture

Eddie Marsan on racism, typecasting and Keir Starmer

<p>People know prolific actor Eddie Marsan’s face, but often don’t know why</p>
Features

Eddie Marsan: ‘Keir Starmer should tax people like me more’

<p>‘I didn’t want anyone to think that you just grow into a new nose or you just [start] anti-ageing,’ says Montag </p>
Features

Heidi Montag on The Hills, viral pop stardom and plastic surgery

<p>Always with a glass-half-full view of the world, Rebecca Solnit is soon appearing at this year’s Hay Festival</p>
Features

Rebecca Solnit: ‘Fiction is treated as more literary – f*** that’

Features

Rebecca Solnit: ‘Fiction is treated as more literary – f*** that’

<p>Always with a glass-half-full view of the world, Rebecca Solnit is soon appearing at this year’s Hay Festival</p>
<p>Channel 4’s most bizarre but somehow vital reality show yet </p>
Reviews

Channel 4’s Virgin Island: Awful, horny, depraved – and genius?

<p>No one really knows how family constellations work – but its word-of-mouth popularity in the Netherlands proves that it is at least convincing</p>
Lifestyle

I went to a ‘family constellations’ session – and it changed my life

<p>‘There’s probably gay people in positions of power that think, no, he’s an awful tw*t,’ says James Arthur</p>
Features

James Arthur: ‘I’ve never had to kiss arse – I got here on merit’

<p>Exactly how you’ll feel if you listen to the American social scientists </p>
Lifestyle

Scientists have found a formula for the perfect day – it works for me

<p>Exactly how you’ll feel if you listen to the American social scientists </p>
Lifestyle

Scientists have found a formula for the perfect day – it works for me

<p>Samia: ‘What I’m reaching for is self-certainty’</p>
Features

Singer-songwriter Samia: ‘It’s easier to be an idea than a person’

<p>‘Whenever you have a minute!’ Our politeness is really just anxiety about confrontation</p>
Lifestyle

Brits need to stop being conflict averse and just say what they mean

<p>Chloe Moriondo makes music for mermaids</p>
Features

Chloe Moriondo: ‘I’ve been embarrassed by my online past selves’

<p>Covid-era cowhands: Mackenzie Scott and Julien Baker’s country project started during lockdown</p>
Features

Boygenius’s Julien Baker and Torres on their queer country album

<p>Rose-tinted glasses: Anastacia released her debut album ‘Not That Kind’ 25 years ago</p>
Features

Anastacia: ‘I wasn’t feminine enough. I wasn’t white or black enough’

<p>Five on doing things differently for their reunion: ‘We don’t need more stress’</p>
Features

Five on boyband stardom: ‘We’ve been traumatised for 25 years’

<p>Torrey Peters wants to write trans stories for the rest of her career</p>
Features

Author Torrey Peters on why she won’t stop writing trans stories

<p>Lucy Punch, star of ‘Amandaland’ </p>
Features

Lucy Punch: ‘My list of failures? I did a film with Woody Allen’

<p>Kaitlyn Dever as Belle Gibson in ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ </p>
Reviews

Apple Cider Vinegar is potent in an era of woo-woo misinformation

<p>Sharon Van Etten: ‘From my late teens through my early twenties, my roots in music were it being my survival’</p>
Features

Sharon Van Etten: ‘Live forever? I want to get old and die’

<p>Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar with their awards at the 2025 Grammys </p>
Features

This year’s Grammys felt like one big apology to the artists they snub

Features

This year’s Grammys felt like one big apology to the artists they snub

<p>Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar with their awards at the 2025 Grammys </p>
<p>Charlotte has proven herself as a brutal Traitor</p>
Features

The Traitors finale shows why it’s the best British reality TV show

<p>A kundalini activation session with Lucie Ataya</p>
Lifestyle

Can this viral spiritual trend change my life?

Reviews

Molly-Mae: Behind It All is a polished insight into Hague’s life

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Features

What do the non-fiction books we read say about us?

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Features

What do the non-fiction books we read say about us?

<p>‘With so many people looking for answers, the promise of self-made success resonated strongly’ </p>
Lifestyle

Life coaches are everywhere – and many are taking advantage of you

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