Hunting for aliens on Mars should be a ‘top priority’, say scientists

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In case you hadn’t heard, humans are scheduled to set foot on the surface of Mars as early as the 2030s, if space agencies like NASA – in collaboration with private companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX – have…

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The 2025 Dazed 100 USA list is here

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. At long last, the Dazed 100 list is here. The Dazed 100 has always been about championing creativity and innovation, featuring the most inspiring change-makers from across the globe. And, for the second year ever, there’s…

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The silliest and sexiest takeaways from Pornhub’s 2025 report

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Today (December 9), Pornhub publishes its annual Year In Review. The report unpacks a year’s worth of data from the most visited porn site in the world, identifying emerging trends, the most-searched terms, best performing categories,…

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Davide Sorrenti’s journals document the origins of 90s heroin chic

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Davide Sorrenti Journals 1994-1995 brings together contact sheets, snapshots, prints, stickers, and Polaroids of the revered eponymous photographer (brother of fashion photographer Mario), collected over two years of his cut-short life. Often cited as one of…

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Blink and you’ll miss ‘em: Dario Vitale’s greatest Versace hits

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. It’s been no more than five days since Dario Vitale’s departure from Versace, and the fashion world is still scratching its head. Over on High Fashion Twitter (yes, that’s still just about a thing), Vitale’s eight-month…

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The Dazed 100 is back for 2025

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The Dazed 100 is back for 2025! Now running for over a decade since it first launched, our annual round-up has featured some of the most inspiring emerging names in fashion, music, activism, art and more,…

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The best books of 2025

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. DISAPPOINT ME, NICOLA DINAN Max, the trans protagonist of Nicola Dinan’s sophomore novel, has all the outward trappings of success – she’s a well-paid legal counsel and a published poet to boot – but deep down,…

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