By Tessa Nolan When David Hockney’s Bigger Christmas Trees illuminated the twin north chimneys of Battersea Power Station on the evening of 1 December 2023,…
By Sara Bright Sara Bright On a gallery floor in Bloomsbury, four tonnes of basalt stand sentinel. Hoa Hakananai’a – the lost or stolen friend,…
By Sara Bright The canvas was never the point. Himani Dubey knew this before she could articulate it. At nine years old, growing up in…
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By Tessa Nolan Dame Helen Mirren, one of the most decorated actors in British cinema, has confessed to something that would stump most pub quiz…
By Alexander Stone In 1933, an eighteen-year-old Austrian actress ran naked through a sunlit forest, plunged into a lake, and simulated orgasm on camera. The…
By Alexander Stone Every time you connect to a Wi-Fi network, pair a Bluetooth earbud, or get satellite navigation on your phone, you are using…
By Sara Bright When Chris Columbus first put pen to paper in a cramped New York apartment in 1982, he was not dreaming up a…
By Sara Bright When Christopher Nolan revealed in May that his forthcoming The Odyssey – the first feature film shot entirely on IMAX cameras, budgeted…
By Sara Bright In England, the grammar school has long occupied a peculiar position in the national imagination – simultaneously a symbol of opportunity and…