On 30 July the Mercury Prize reveals its shortlist, the annual dozen Albums of the Year that will be picked over until the winner is…
By Sara Bright The Young British Artists fundamentally transformed the UK art scene by turning art into a media spectacle, elevating collectors to kingmakers, and…
On 28 July the Booker Prize reveals its 2026 longlist, the annual Booker Dozen of twelve or thirteen novels that will dominate literary conversation until…
Haute couture is the most guarded corner of the industry. The official Paris calendar admits only a handful of houses, and a place on it…
Simon Stone has built a career on taking the oldest stories and refusing to keep them at arm’s length. His new production of The Oresteia…
The music industry has an unspoken etiquette about release dates. Big artists tend to give each other room, partly out of courtesy and mostly out…
The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed the six buildings shortlisted for the 2026 Stirling Prize, and the list carries an unusual symmetry. This…
Of all the directors who might have reached for The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan is the one who arrives with the fewest excuses and the highest…
London in high summer tends to split its galleries into two camps: the blockbuster with a timed ticket and a queue, and the quieter room…
By Sara Bright On any given evening in cities across America and beyond, a phenomenon is unfolding that would have seemed improbable a decade ago.…