By Tessa Nolan Japan might be about to get a new prime minister. And the thing everyone’s talking about, the hook that’s on every news…
By Tessa Nolan So, Salome is in town. At the Theatre Royal Haymarket, no less. One of Oscar Wilde’s old haunts. The press release lands,…
We have all, at one point or another, participated in the ritual. Standing inches from the bathroom mirror, hair scraped back to expose the hairline,…
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 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 Tessa Nolan In the carefully choreographed theatre of British royalty, the most radical act is not rebellion, but disappearance. To simply walk away, not…
By Tessa Nolan There is a prison built of gold, and Sean Connery lived in it for most of his adult life. The prison was…
By Tessa Nolan There is a particular quality of light in Moscow at the end of August. It’s a low, golden light that seems to…
By Tessa Nolan Hollywood loves a wunderkind, and after the sleeper success of 2022’s Barbarian, Zach Cregger was anointed. That film, a masterclass in narrative misdirection…
The most defining moment of Gwyneth Paltrow’s twenty-first-century public life did not take place on a Hollywood red carpet, nor did it occur during a…