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Published on 16/07/2026 – 6:30 GMT+2 Simonetta Vespucci, the face of the Italian Renaissance as Sandro Botticelli’s muse, may actually have died at just 23 from complications of a tumour rather than tuberculosis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This is the conclusion of a recent study (source in Italian), which challenges the widespread view that the young woman,…
Lana Del Rey has gifted fans with a mid-week surprise: Stove will be accompanied by a “beautiful, secondary album,” each representing different parts of her journey over the last four years. In a lengthy Instagram post, Del Rey shared that “so much time” was spent “waiting for things to come together and so much time…
Last year, Ayetian solidified himself as one of Jamaica’s most promising rising dancehall stars with a trio of smashes, including “Tip,” “Balance” and “Wah Yo Deh Pan,” helping him earn 22.9 million official on-demand U.S. streams in 2025, according to Luminate. Now, the Montego Bay-hailing artist, 21, is doubling down with a whopping seven nominations…
On paper, writer Jonathan Caren’s Hit Machine has all the makings of a chart-topping smash. Featuring the London stage debuts of Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) and Noah Galvin (Dear Evan Hansen), with direction from Daniel Bailey (Red Pitch) and music by Grammy-winning bluesman Ben Harper, the three-hander tackles the topics of masculinity,…
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1892, Walter Benjamin is born. How it feels when one of your poems is literally going to the Moon. | Lit Hub Nature Why Steven W. Thrasher is suing Northwestern University (and the US government). | Lit Hub Politics “Put simply, people don’t buy books. They buy…
Isaac Butler is limbering up for an event at Politics and Prose, an independent bookshop and venerable Washington institution, but still has time to explain his arm tattoos. They variously depict: a logo from his grandparents’ company in the 1960s; a satellite that his father worked on at Nasa; a “jaunty crab” for his wife,…
By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews with AP Published on 15/07/2026 – 6:05 GMT+2 The Swiss have only just finished collectively celebrating the success of their national side which – unlike the German national team – at least reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, before going out to Argentina. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT People in Switzerland clearly know that a lost match…
After stealing millions, Lucky (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her husband Cary (Drew Starkey) crack open the champagne on a Vegas rooftop. Tomorrow, they’ll wave goodbye to a life of crime before anyone realises the money is missing. Or at least, that’s what Lucky thought the plan was. When she wakes up in their luxury hotel suite…
A group of major publishers have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of illegally using millions of copyrighted books to help build its Gemini artificial intelligence models, in “one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history”. The case, filed in federal court in New York, has been brought by three…
Lexi Crosbie was five days old when she went to her first ever banger race. “I grew up around the track,” the 14-year-old says. At nine, her racer dad gave her a chance at the Micro F2s, the junior league, and Crosbie has been racing ever since. “You’re so filled with adrenaline,” she says of…
