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…
By Tessa Nolan A beauty pageant is never just about beauty. In its own strange, sequined way, it has always been a form of soft-power…
By Sara Bright When a figure as monolithic as Robert Redford passes, the instinct is to look back at the films. And why not? From Butch…
An awards show red carpet is rarely about the clothes alone. It is a text, written in silk and satin, jewels and jawlines. It is…