The 74th Miss Universe pageant, held in Nonthaburi, Thailand, in November 2025, was supposed to be a triumph of global glamour. Instead, it played out…
The public appetite for watching creative minds unravel is as old as art itself – and it shows no sign of fading. From the mythology…
There is a distinct, almost suffocating atmosphere in the saleroom when an object of profound historical weight crosses the auction block. On December 2, 2025,…
When the final credits rolled on the fifth season of Stranger Things on the 31st of December 2025, it did not merely mark the conclusion…
By Alexander Stone I was standing in a muddy field in Sussex a few nights ago, trying to explain to a friend why we were…
By Tessa Nolan I drove up to the Lake District expecting rain. I got it, of course. That relentless, misty drizzle that seems to seep…
By Sara Bright There is a specific kind of theatre that usually makes me break out in hives. You know the sort. It arrives with…
By Maria Bregman, writer, literary and art critic Mads Mikkelsen is sixty. I had to read that twice when the press release landed on my…
By Maria Bregman, writer, literary and art critic So, it’s finally done. Or at least, the handshake has happened. On Saturday, while most of us…