Culture
The Architects of the Modern Epoch - Five Figures Who Redefined Our World
From Marie Curie’s laboratory to Nelson Mandela's Rivonia Trial statement, how five pivotal figures dismantled the status quo and forged the modern world.
All Saints' Day
From Samhain to All Hallows: the deep history of All Saints' Day, its Celtic roots, papal politics, and enduring place in British culture.
AlbionVC Secures £90 Million to Anchor the Next Generation of UK B2B SaaS and Deeptech
Albion Capital has successfully closed a £90 million top-up offer across three VCTs, signalling a robust appetite for UK B2B software, deeptech, and healthtech.
The Abbey School, Reading - A Legacy of Excellence in Girls' Independent Education
An authoritative review of The Abbey School, Reading, examining its academic rigour, historic roots, IB curriculum, and leadership transitions.
A Clarion Call to Reform Modern Education - Reigniting the Creative Spark in the UK
An authoritative examination of the UK's education system, exploring how high-stakes testing and rigid standardisation are stifling contemporary creativity.
20 Years Since LOST: Where Are the Stars Now?
Two decades on from LOST, its ensemble cast has scattered across Hollywood. Where are Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Locke, and the rest now?
The Golden Globes just declared war on the Oscars
By Yulia Tulegenova, Artist and Film critic You have to hand it to the Golden Globes. For an awards body made up of a few hundred journalists who allegedly like a free lunch, they know how to throw a spanner in the works. Last night’s ceremony wasn't just a glitzy dinner; it was a strategic…
Two Brains - One Visualises Too Much, the Other Not at All
From aphantasia to hyperphantasia, the spectrum of mental imagery divides how we remember, create, and dream - and neuroscience is finally catching up.
Saturn. The Great Cosmic Conjuring Trick
By Yulia Tulegenova By Alexander Stone Saturn's rings are one of the most photographed objects in the solar system, yet the story they tell is one of disappearance. In roughly 100 million years - a blink in cosmic time - the planet's most iconic feature will have rained itself out of existence, leaving behind a…
Britain's Innovation - Forging Tomorrow
From sovereign AI to fusion reactors, Britain is rewriting the rules of deep tech innovation. Inside the £86bn bet reshaping the UK's future.
Agent 007 - The Man Who Killed James Bond
By Yulia Tulegenova On 30 September 2021, at the Royal Albert Hall premiere of No Time to Die, the audience watched something no cinema-goer in sixty years of Bond films had ever witnessed: the death of James Bond. Not a fake-out, not a cliffhanger, not a "we'll explain this later" moment. Daniel Craig's 007 was…
Jane Birkin Now Has a Bridge in Paris. It Is Not a New One
The Passerelle Jane-Birkin on the Canal Saint-Martin is the old Customs Bridge of 1860 with a fresh plaque. A sweet gesture, and what renaming a city's iron actually costs.
Louvre Art Theft. How £100m Paris Treasures Fell in Shocking Heist
By Anna Zhila We have a problem with how we think about art theft. It’s the movies, isn’t it? We’ve been fed this diet of laser grids, pressure-sensitive floors, and men in velvet tuxedos sipping martinis while they plan to lift a Fabergé egg. We expect elegance. We expect a certain calibre of criminal that…
Ariana Grande. Nine Days for a Night of Terror
By Yulia Tulegenova A man in Singapore has been sent to jail for nine days. His name is Johnson Ven. He’s 26. And his crime? He jumped a barrier at the premiere of the new Wicked film and grabbed Ariana Grande. You read the news, and you see the sentence – nine days – and you have…
The Stories That Win Oscars
By Yulia Tulegenova The Oscar conversation has started. The lists are out. The long, slow, slightly undignified parade of speculation and prediction that takes us from the autumn festivals all the way to a Dolby Theatre stage in March. And every year, you look at these lists of ‘hot tips’, and you have to ask…
