By Sara Bright In England, the grammar school has long occupied a peculiar position in the national imagination – simultaneously a symbol of opportunity and…
By Sara Bright When Nigel Farage described the abolition of grammar schools in the 1960s and 1970s as an “absolute wanton act of vandalism,” he…
By Sara Bright — title: “The Godfather Paradox: How Real Mafia Bosses Became Cinema’s Most Dangerous Collaborators” slug: “godfather-paradox-mafia-collaboration” byline: “Sara Bright” section: “Film” meta_description:…
By Maria Bregman, writer, literary and art critic In the early 1960s, Zoya Boguslavskaya already owned a perfectly structured, highly successful existence as an influential…
By Sara Bright Nine months have passed since Giorgio Armani left the world he so meticulously dressed. The Italian fashion house he built from nothing…
By Sara Bright Sara Bright When Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper were first photographed together in late 2023, the entertainment press treated the pairing as…
By Sara Bright On 8 June 1876, the Catholic Church refused George Sand a funeral. Thousands followed her coffin through the mud regardless. Victor Hugo,…
By Alexander Stone One word means a public health emergency. The other means you have just pulled off a particularly impressive stunt in a video…
By Sara Bright When Frida Kahlo’s El sueño (La cama) hammered at $47m on the evening of 20 November 2025, the room at Sotheby’s New…
By Tessa Nolan In December 2025, France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati made a declaration that would have seemed absurd to the Anglo-Saxon music press of…