By Tessa Nolan The artist Amy Sherald has pulled her entire exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The move was abrupt. It followed a…
By Maria Bregman Every year, the Booker Prize longlist offers a map of where the English-language novel is right now and, perhaps, where it’s headed.…
By Sara Bright Trying to pick shows at the Edinburgh Fringe is its own special kind of madness. With thousands of options, the program itself…
By Maria Bregman There is a particular kind of British comedy, a strain of satire perfected in smoky panel shows and righteous stand-up specials, that…
By Maria Bregman Every generation is given Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons as a kind of literary consolation prize. It is presented as a masterpiece of balance, a…
By Maria Bregman A holiday is the perfect time to read a book you might otherwise put down. Not a light beach read, but something…
By Alexander Stone The headlines ripple across the globe with an almost biblical promise: a vaccine against all cancers. It’s a concept that feels like…
By Maria Bregman There is a particular kind of literary reverence reserved for the ‘crisis of faith’ novel. We are invited, with hushed solemnity, to…
By Sara Bright Helen Mirren’s cinematic career spans over five decades, encompassing an eclectic spectrum of characters from Arthurian sorceresses to British monarchs. Born Ilyena…
By Alexander Stone Gwyneth Paltrow has become the face of Astronomer, a New York-based data orchestration company, after the firm found itself at the centre…