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David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’

The Hungarian-English author on addressing what it’s like to be a male body in the world and learning the tricks of literature from Frederick Forsyth

Saturday, 22 February 2025

How Zohran Mamdani captured the hearts of a generation

New York’s mayor-elect charmed the city’s youth by offering what his more established rivals could not: hope

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

In search of Anna Ancher, the shining light of Danish art

A first exhibition in Britain of the painter’s work reveals the quiet majesty of an artist whose village became her studio

Monday, 3 November 2025

The murderer who writes the truth of crime from a prison cell

John J Lennon has forged a journalistic career over the course of 24 years in prison. He talks about serving sentences – and writing them

Friday, 7 November 2025

How Ellie Goldstein’s time on Strictly inspired my son

The model and actor’s appearance on Strictly Come Dancing was full of joy. To some, that sparkle was no surprise at all

Saturday, 8 November 2025

A love letter from the afterlife

A film about her wife’s terminal cancer diagnosis has helped Megan Falley find a joy for living in the face of death

Sunday, 9 November 2025

Nobody knows me like the algorithm – and it costs me

The internet’s uncanny ability to cater to my every desire is hitting me where it hurts: in the wallet

Friday, 7 November 2025

Celebrating the lemon in a cookbook with a twist

The River Cafe founder Ruth Rogers has teamed up with artist Ed Ruscha to create a recipe collection dedicated to a single ingredient

Friday, 7 November 2025

Rhea Seehorn: ‘I love the idea that a woman’s anger can be dangerous’

The Better Call Saul star is taking the lead in Vince Gilligan’s latest series, Pluribus. She talks sci-fi, jigsaw puzzles and making it big in her forties

Saturday, 8 November 2025

‘There was a visceral reaction to Lauren Halsey’s art’

Artist Harold Offeh’s cultural highlights, including the singer whose voice is a ‘soothing balm’ and a steak sandwich in Buenos Aires

Sunday, 9 November 2025

The big picture: Cop Shiva’s paean to childhood

BS Shivaraju’s photograph captures the youthful fun that his family was unable to document when he was a boy

Saturday, 8 November 2025

Would you pay an AI to read your book? Authors may soon not have any choice

A ‘shadow library’ of 500,000 books has been used to teach large language models. That could become the norm

Friday, 7 November 2025

The grid: Brendan Barry’s floral fascination

The Devon-based photographers images of wild flowers capture our transformative ties to nature

Sunday, 9 November 2025

Patti Smith on the night that changed her life

In an extract from her new memoir, the punk poet recalls her chance meeting with husband Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith in 1976

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Jane Bown: eye to eye with the artists

Memories of the late photographer who captured cultural icons from Hockney to Bacon

Friday, 31 October 2025

The pleasure boat that became a symbol of the north-east

In a corner of Britain scarred by post-industrial decline, the Teesside Princess sails up and down in a spirit of resilience. Has talk of regeneration buoyed spirits on board?

Thursday, 30 October 2025