Culture

As tattoo removal sheds its stigma, a quiet revolution unfolds. We explore the booming industry, the psychology of regret, and the technology erasing our past.

Signal is heralded as the gold standard for secure messaging, but end-to-end encryption has a critical blind spot: the endpoint. Exploring the limits of digital privacy.

At the Manchester Art Gallery’s Philosophy Café, an exploration of artificial intelligence through the lens of William De Morgan and Emily Allchurch.

Explore the profound history, progressive ethos, and notable alumnae of Sheffield High School GDST, an independent pioneer for girls' education in Yorkshire.

The Paris retrospective drew crowds photographing red squares on their phones. The Florence show did the same painter better, and missing Paris turned out to be no loss at all.

More than half a century after her death, Sharon Tate’s legacy is being rightfully reclaimed. Explore her enduring impact on fashion, film, and the 1960s aesthetic.

An analysis of Rupert Murdoch's fifth marriage to molecular biologist Elena Zhukova, exploring the intersection of global media, science, and the art elite.

An in-depth exploration of Satoshi Nakamoto's legacy following the COPA v Wright trial, examining the cultural impact of Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator.

By Maria Bregman, writer, literary and art critic To attend the London Book Fair is to submit to a profound cognitive dissonance. We dedicate our lives to the written word precisely because it offers a solitary, quiet communion between writer and reader. Yet, for three days in the spring, the architecture that delivers this quiet…

An in-depth review of The Royal Ballet’s revival of John Cranko’s Onegin at the Royal Opera House, starring Marianela Nuñez and Reece Clarke.

An in-depth look at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's short film 'Born to Steal: Yours, Mine, Ours', exploring their fusion of film noir, romance, and commerce.

New technology is revealing secrets inside the Great Pyramid of Giza that challenge 4,500 years of assumptions about the ancient wonder.

Explore how Priscilla Presley transformed a near-bankrupt Elvis estate into a multi-million dollar empire, securing Graceland and her own legacy.

An in-depth look at Prince William's Homewards programme, examining how the ITV docuseries and Saatchi Gallery exhibition use art to reframe homelessness.

By Yulia Tulegenova By Alexander Stone In September 2002, a twenty-year-old cocktail waitress from Burleson, Texas named Kelly Clarkson stood on the stage of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and sang "A Moment Like This" after winning the first season of American Idol. More than 15 million votes had been cast in the finale alone,…