Culture

An AI-generated image from Boris Eldagsen's controversial ongoing series, 'Pseudomnesia', which shows a black and white, hyper-realistic image of a man and a woman with their arms around each other

Robotic poetry

New AI tools are panicking the creative industries, but artists and poets have played with lifting and remixing for decades

'An Old Woman' - commonly known as 'The Ugly Duchess' - by Quinten Massys. The portrait depicts an old woman with exaggerated features, including a bulging forehead and bosom squeezed into an ill-fitting corset

Laughing at old ladies

With the "Ugly Duchess" at its heart, a new exhibition makes us consider the cruelty of satire

The character Zagreus from Hades wear Ancient Greek-style clothing and carries a sword

See you in Hell

Why do so many gamers love Hades, the surprise indie hit in which players are forced to die, over and over again?

An empty notebook with a pen, ready to write

In a word: Memoir

“To write one’s memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself”

HTLGI festival will return to the banks of the River Wye this May bank holiday

A festival of big ideas

HowTheLightGetsIn festival, in Hay-on-Wye this May, will bring together some of the most exciting thinkers from across the globe.

The cover of Cocoon

Book review: Cocoon

This epic novel by Zhang Yueran is a stunning evocation of China’s recent past.

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