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Ever stood in an empty corridor which seems to stretch on forever, or found yourself in a deserted room that feels “off”? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Chances are you have encountered these spaces of transition like a hotel hallway, an airport gate, or a Severance-style office corridor which seems simultaneously familiar and eerie. It’s as if time…
I always experience a bit of chronological confusion about “Girl, Interrupted.” Susanna Kaysen published her memoir in 1993, and it was made into a movie in 1999 — a super-melodramatic version starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie — so it often feels to me like an emblem of the ’90s. When I call to mind…
When a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened in New York, audiences had to do something unusual. They were asked to put their phones away – not in their pockets, but in specially designed pouches, which they could open only at the intermission or after the show. Eva Price, a producer of the…
In perhaps the strongest sign yet of a major transformation in the art market, Pace Gallery plans to announce on Thursday that it is reducing its roster by 50 artists and its staff by 50 people, indicating that even a prominent established gallery needs to downsize in this challenging economic climate. “The whole art gallery…
Serving looks all summer on the green carpet of Kensington Gardens, the often wildly experimental Serpentine pavilion is best viewed as a piece of architectural haute couture. For the last 25 years, it has hosted all sorts of fashionistas, from the American Frank Gehry, whose pavilion resembled an explosion in a lumber yard, to Swiss…
By Rebecca Rommen with AP Published on 03/06/2026 – 6:40 GMT+2 Tourists queue in the heat outside Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral, while just metres below them, archaeologists are digging into centuries of history. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Four metres beneath the forecourt, a team is uncovering layers of history stretching back nearly 2,000 years, from medieval Paris to the Roman-era city…
Many Pokémon fans secretly fantasise about being a trainer and that dream has become a bit closer as hi-tech Lego bricks bring Pikachu to life for the first time. And that can only mean one thing – epic battles. The sets are the latest to feature the Danish toy company’s motion-sensitive “smart” bricks that produce…
A contestant on the new season of “Love Island USA” was dropped from the reality show after videos of her using a racial slur against Black people surfaced online, just days before the season’s premiere. Peacock, the network that streams the show, confirmed on Sunday that the contestant, Vasana Montgomery, had been dismissed. Montgomery did…
Emma Barnett: Fighting Endometriosis 9pm, BBC Two“It’s like having a drill inside my stomach that is going down into my organs.” Broadcaster Emma Barnett lives with this extremely painful lifelong disease that affects one in 10 women – but about which medical experts still don’t know enough, largely because of the gender health gap. In…
If the recent heatwave had you unable to do anything but melt, moan and eat ice cream, here’s hoping this new batch of suggestions can entice you back outside – or into an air conditioned venue. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT From exhibitions celebrating the centenary of Marlyn Monroe’s birth to ’80s superheroes powering up the big screen,…
