By Sara Bright There is a quality to Mariah Carey’s fame that feels almost architetural. It is a vast, ornate structure, built over decades, with…
By Alexander Stone Every decade or so, a new system emerges that promises to solve the fundamental problem of being human. It offers a blueprint,…
By Sara Bright There is a particular kind of digital artifact that speaks volumes about the current state of a celebrity’s career. It’s the eleven-fingered…
By Sara Bright The Staple of the Nation There was an unmistakable quality to John Stapleton on screen, a sense of unflappable calm that made…
By Tessa Nolan The moment the victor was announced, it felt less like the climax of a song contest and more like the quiet, deliberate…
By Sara Bright There’s a chaotic energy thrumming through Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, a relentless, almost gleeful, unspooling of American anxieties. It is…
There are two ways to interpret Melania Trump’s wardrobe choices during her recent state visit to the UK. The first is to see them as…
By Sara Bright History does not give up its secrets easily. Sometimes they are buried under layers of earth, and sometimes they are hidden in…
By Sara Bright An object can survive for three thousand years. It can witness the fall of dynasties, the shifting of sands, the birth of…
There are artists who document their times, and there are artists who tear their work from the fabric of their own bodies. Tracey Emin has…