The politics of art: In 2020, amid the #BlackLivesMatter protests, it was Guston's representations of the white hoods of the Ku Klux Klan that caused controversy. But in his own day, it was his rejection of abstraction that led to him being shunned from the New York art scene
A new wave of dramas based around food make for tantalising television, but they risk leaving us hungry for more
First published in New Humanist in 1971, Philip Larkin's "This Be The Verse" - with its famous opening line, "They fuck you up, your mum and dad" - has become a cultural phenomenon. But why?
Paintings by Hals, Rubens and Gentileschi show how art that is hundreds of years old can still speak to us about joy, love and survival
The reinvention of 'Lupin' for Netflix has been a surprise hit. Why did it take us so long to fall in love with the French master thief?
The philosophy and music festival shows the value of critical, collective reflection
The novel is a powerful reminder of the many reasons people move and how generational memories shape our identities
Thanks to Nasa, you can now hear a black hole sing
Resigning is all the rage
"I caught myself wondering what wave of feminism Barbie felt closest to... What on earth was I on about?"
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