'They achieved so much, even as they were dying': the pioneering gay art of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek
Andrew Durbin, author and editor-in-chief of Frieze Magazine, spent nearly five years writing The Wonderful World That Almost Was. This…
Former NATO chief warns that Starmer's "corrosive complacency" on defense has endangered the UK.
A government adviser has accused the government of showing a “corrosive complacency towards defence,” claiming this attitude has put the…
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…
The ideal starting point for a Wind in the Willows getaway: a chic bed and breakfast in the Chilterns.
After a long drive, I take a stroll through a dense grove of beech trees to breathe in some fresh…
"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…
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…
'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…
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…
"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…