This year’s spring releases have a distinct air of
self-reflection to them.
From a surreal, life-affirming drama set on a gritty Paris banlieue to a transportive collection of poems recorded over dreamy soundscapes, here…
How can media sustain us? Keep conversations simple, challenge untruths, fix neighbourhoods? We visit
three projects that are good
for their environments.
From vital but sobering screen documentaries to a captivatingly introspective US instrumentalist and the story of a besotted auteur, the premier cultural offerings of early 2021 seem to reflect
a meditative mood. But…
Fuss and hurry? They’ve been and gone. Start the new decade as you mean to go on. Take stock and choose the scenic route. Our gentle manifesto sketches a picture of taking it a little easier in the years to come.
Swiss poster design might have a storied past but it’s also the ideal media for today, with its simple, stirring calls to action. Stay glued for a tale of humming presses, graphic-design stalwarts and wise collectors in a…
Marlene Taschen, CEO of art-book publisher Taschen, talks leadership ethos, her hopes for the publishing industry’s future and why she doesn’t need to prove herself.
Does regional media still have its part to play in influencing floating voters? As US election day draws ever closer, we meet some of the journalists, publishers and broadcasters whose editorial output could
change the…
From art thievery to murderous intentions, warzones to Japanese suburbs, we highlight the latest releases on screen,
page and stereo that will
keep you diverted and delighted as winter draws near. There’s plenty to
keep…
Growing up is, famously, hard to do, as our round-up of current and imminent cultural gems reminds us. From bedroom pop to Ugandan girlhood, the Sicilian coast and Japanese suburbs, teenage years and their legacy are to the…
As this unusual summer turns to autumn it seems that the most striking cultural offerings around reflect the times. From a spooky take on the civil rights-era US to alien hunters, dystopian societies, catastrophe and, yes…
A recording studio requires top technology and full comfort – as we learned when we launched our round-the-clock radio station in 2011. Here’s how to fine-tune yours.
The mercury is rising and so is the standard of music. We take the temperature of the hottest new talent, from a Texan band to a Norwegian singer-songwriter, and whip through the tunes keeping us dancing well after sunset…
Artists are grappling with the extent to which coronavirus should colour their creativity but the pandemic’s true cultural impact won’t be clear for several years.
‘Hope’ – the theme of the 2019 Prix Pictet – comes in as many forms as there are people breathing air. These photos by the shortlisted nominees capture life in places that are remote and perhaps forsaken – but that contain…
What’s next in this “golden age of television”? Streaming services are a boon to everyone – especially those confined at home now – but regional and niche broadcasters are taking up the challenge posed by the big players…
Proof that a less socially intense schedule won’t dilute the quality of your cultural life comes in the form of Oliver Hermanus’s beautiful South-African drama, Damien Chazelle’s jazzy new musical, Hazel English’s uplifting…
