Category: Lifestyle & Culture

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In cities and towns across the mining regions of the former Soviet Union, the last Sunday in August is Miners’ Day, a municipal celebration to honour the hard work, courage and sacrifice of the area’s miners….

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This article contains spoilers for Marty Supreme and The Pearl. In John Steinbeck’s 1947 novella The Pearl, we follow Kino, an indigenous man in California, who wants life to be different for his family, and especially…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Almost every day, we scroll past a passport photo. They stand out; one of the few remaining images that produces visual sameness inside a feed engineered for constant mutation. The passport picture – along with its…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. UK rap tastemaker YT’s decision to redact a lyrical reference to adult entertainer Bonnie Blue last March surprised many. Although the Romford artist had never been shy to talk about his Christian faith, this was the…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. December is a strange time for big new things to happen. Media is no exception: most journalists get their ‘best of 2025’ lists out by December 10, ready to log out of their email and spend…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Featuring Air’s Nicolas Godin, the Avalanches, Lola Kirke, and more Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2026-01-13 21:59:36. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The Toronto songwriter’s sixth album features vocals from Buck Meek, Feist, Christian Lee Hutson, and Maia Friedman Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2026-01-13 23:25:01. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. When Rosalía invited fans into a darkened former bank in Williamsburg to hear LUX for the first time, the event felt less like a promotional moment and more like a contemporary art ritual. Phones were sealed…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Last summer, Coach made its first official step into the world of gaming, teaming up with Roblox and ZEPETO on a collection of digital wearables for Fashion Klossette and Fashion Famous 2. Such was the success…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “The lips don’t move, so it basically feels like kissing someone dead,” Paris-based photographer Sofiya Loriashvili tells me, as I ask about the double-page spread in SUB #4 (published by Fisheye) in which she’s shown kissing…