Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.
The Netflix hit Adolescence has shown parents that icons have taken on new significance among youths. Learn the true meanings in our interactive guide.
If you need an antidote to all the grimness of the world, there is a show on Prime Video called Last One Laughing. When I started watching it, we laughed so much — up in the higher register, where it borders on a scream and physically hurts — that our distant neighbours must have thought we were in the middle of a kidnapping attempt!
It’s time to say goodbye to Thailand — The White Lotus has gone from strength to strength as a TV phenomenon, attracting a loyal audience and entertaining millions as they watch a murder mystery play out among the rich, twisted and miserable on their holidays.
Ian McEwan, former enfant terrible, controversial Booker winner, and undisputed elder statesman of contemporary English fiction celebrated his 75th birthday on June 21. As well as short stories and film scripts, he has written 16 novels over the past 45 years, which means there are a lot of books to choose from for this list, especially the lesser-read early ones. We have excluded his 2019 novella The Cockroach, partly because its length makes it not much more than a short story, and partly as an act of mercy. Do you prefer Atonement or Saturday? Here is a verdict on all 16 novels
2022 was a memorable year for film, Tom Cruise flew back on to our screens as Maverick and Colin Farrell partnered with a donkey — while Emma Thompson went in the buff. We got two water worlds, several love letters to cinema, Baz Luhrmann’s ode to the King, award-winning comebacks and the beginnings of a recovery from the pandemic as audiences braved cinemas again.
We recently received The Times’ predictions of 2023 book prizewinners in our inbox, and they sound too good to miss. Have a read through potential reads, and make sure you order where you can and are inspired to so you have some good, relaxing times with a book to look forward to over the coming months.
Mariah Carey may be at the top of the Billboard charts once again, but the Wall Street Journal is reporting that fatigue for her Christmas hit has kicked in as shop staff are, allegedly, hiding in stock rooms to avoid the hoary Christmas song and other over familiar jingles blasting out on the shop floor.
Look on Change.org and you will find at least three petitions to silence All I Want for Christmas is You, Carey’s 1994 classic. One refers to it as “the bane of shoppers, retail workers and pedestrians”. If all you want for Christmas is some indie minimalism we have a present for you courtesy of our resident DJ Dave and not a Mariah in site!
2022 has been a musical rush of Albums released by talent young and old. Harry Styles goes retro, Kendrick Lamar gets personal, Weyes Blood channels Joni Mitchell, Mumford gets real about his challenging life. No matter what your tastes, any music lover is going to find something brand new to cherish, checking out these picks of the 2022 releases.
Not everywhere is obsessed with the tropes of Father Christmas, turkey and a weapons-grade retail onslaught. Arguably nothing says more about a country than how it tackles the festive and new year period. In that spirit we’ve unearthed some of the most endearing (and downright bonkers) traditions from other countries. Here’s how you can experience them.
