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AI won’t replace jobs humans are good at. Now people just need to prove their worth
Journalists worrying about their profession becoming obsolete is nothing new. AI won’t end their careers – but a failure to make a case for their jobs certainly will.
The 2026 Women’s Prize winners talk rejection, process and finding stories worth telling
Veteran journalist Lyse Doucet turned an experience in Afghanistan into a chronicle of history. Meanwhile, after years of setbacks, Virginia Evans turned a writing exercise into award-winning fiction.
Few artists made a bigger splash than David Hockney, who has died at 88
Across a seven-decade career, the Yorkshireman was always vibrant, always innovative and absolutely never boring.
Tacky? Yes. Patriotic? Often. But the World Cup needs its anthems
Beyond the Fifa World Cup’s well-documented hospitality woes, there’s more that feels out of tune. For starters, where is all the music?
Seven Amsterdam bookshops worth writing home about
The Dutch were early adopters of the printing press and Amsterdam is still a haven of the written word. These bookshops keep the pages turning.
London’s Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens in a bid to draw new audiences to the art form
The world’s biggest space dedicated to illustration has opened in London. Can it help to protect the art amid rising threats from AI?
From the Pope to Bad Bunny, ‘Madrileños’ have plenty to put their faith in this weekend
The Spanish capital is gearing up for a weekend to remember as an apostolic visit from the Pope coincides with Bad Bunny’s 10-concert residency.
Is Lisbon’s art market on the up? Arco Lisboa, the city’s growing contemporary art fair, has put on a promising display
Monocle reflects on the Portuguese capital’s biggest art fair, Arco Lisboa, and whether the peripheral market is starting to make a bigger splash.
Off the wall: How Frank Bowling painted his way to prominence
Frank Bowling has spent seven decades doubling down on colour. Now, despite an ever more achromic age, the nonagenarian artist is celebrating exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong and Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
What is so special about ‘Le Petit Prince’?
On its 80th anniversary, France’s bestselling and most widely translated children’s fable proves that simple narratives speak volumes.
