- March 23, 2025
Author Ann Patchett on writing amid chaos
Natassja Ebert (Credit: Natassja Ebert) In the latest episode of Influential, US writer Ann Patchett shares how seeing kindness around
How The White Lotus reveals the hidden codes of male nudity on screen
Warner Bros Discovery (Credit: Warner Bros Discovery) Full-frontal male nudity in all three series of The White Lotus has provoked
Jean-Luc Godard on the film that changed cinema
Getty Images Stylish and experimental, Breathless heralded a new era of film-making when it was released 65 years ago. In
How the legendary tale of ‘rebel’ saint Mary of Egypt became a medieval blockbuster
Getty Images In 11th-Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A
Why celebrities and Gen Z women love the jacket-and-tie look
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images From the catwalk to the red carpet, the jacket-and-necktie combo is back for women –
Expect to ‘age out’ of your career, says Vera Wang
Natassja Ebert (Credit: Natassja Ebert) From making history as Vogue’s youngest-ever fashion editor to creating a gown fit for a
How Lampedusa’s The Leopard skewered the super-rich
Lucia Iuorio/ Netflix (Credit: Lucia Iuorio/ Netflix) Lampedusa’s mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film –
With Love, Meghan and the unstoppable rise of the ‘domestic goddess’
Alamy/ Getty Images/ Netflix (Credit: Alamy/ Getty Images/ Netflix) Meghan’s new Netflix series in which she offers cooking and home
Did a gay love affair spark a 14th-Century royal crisis?
Alamy A new revival of Christopher Marlowe’s pioneering play about the 14th-Century King of England puts the spotlight back on
The tumultuous history of the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House (Getty Images) The building of the Sydney Opera House began on 2 March 1959. But when BBC