Why is everything—art, sex, nature—marketed to us as a tool for something else, instead of being valued for its own sake?
For decades, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films have opened with Leo the roaring lion, framed by the motto ars gratia artis: art for…
“My life has become a rollercoaster”: Francesca Albanese on the death threats, danger, and dread she has faced after accusing Israel of genocide.
Looking back, meeting Francesca Albanese at a café wasn’t the best idea. Before we could even begin, the waitress asked…
‘We want people on the edge of their seats’: Royal Opera House director Oliver Mears on the new season – and the controversies of the last one
The morning I meet Oliver Mears, the director of opera at Covent Garden, I’m still walking on air. The day…
Walking through Dublin, I spoke with fuel protesters and their supporters – but our leaders still don’t understand.
Perched in the driver’s seat of a lime green CLAAS tractor, a young man named Dylan told me he was…
Outrage erupts after Trump posts AI-generated image depicting him as a Christ-like figure, with critics calling it “blasphemy.”
Just months after signing a bill that will strip nearly 12 million Americans of health insurance by drastically cutting Medicaid,…
Keir Starmer has defended his proposal to align more closely with EU regulations.
Keir Starmer has defended plans for the UK to align more closely with certain EU rules without requiring parliamentary votes…
‘A crowd of people with their tops off!’ Goldie, Estelle, Courtney Pine, Flo and others share their favorite moments in Black British music.
The streets I wandered as a child. AJ Tracey: Five girls at Notting Hill carnival by Johny Pitts (2010) This…
“I just want to feel like myself again”: The women still waiting for breast reconstruction years after the pandemic lockdowns.
Every time she lifts her arms to get dressed or hang out the washing, Julie Ford feels a painful reminder…
Rory McIlroy defied Jack Nicklaus’s guidance and conquered Augusta’s treacherous 12th hole.
There’s hot, and then there’s the tension of the back nine on Sunday with five players within two shots of…
The US small-town coffee shop behind a viral drink says, “I still don’t understand how it blew up like this.”
A viral coffee drink created by a small-town coffee shop near Minneapolis is now spreading worldwide after its creators decided…