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. Everything was normal on the red carpet of the 2025 VMAs: celebrities doing the usual poses, step and repeat, cameras flashing. Doja Cat in a bejewelled Balmain mini dress and bouncy blonde blow-out, following photographer requests,…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. For years, club dancefloors have been a space where people of all ages and backgrounds come together in a shared love for music. Earlier this month, BACARDÍ and Joy Crookes took over Jumbi in Peckham to…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Work has always been a contentious topic in our society. In the UK, the job market remains in shambles – unemployment has reached its highest level in four years, and a 2023 study found that British…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Sunniva Lindgård a.k.a. Sassy 009 is an Oslo-based alt-pop and electronic artist. Named after an early SoundCloud moniker, Sassy 009 originated as a trio, but Lindgård has been releasing solo under the alias since 2019. Having…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Since 2012, the Shanghai Biennale has been housed at the Power Station of Art, a hulking industrial relic with a chimney that mirrors the city’s teetering skyline. This year was no different, although the title of…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. On the dance floor, beauty is at its most elastic. It’s a space where the glamour that came before can unravel, melting away as the night wears on. This transformation sits at the heart of Before…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. As the struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a focal point in mainstream public consciousness over the last two years, Palestinian cinema has become an ever-more important medium to challenge conventional media narratives. <ahellip; read more…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. 2025 has seen relentless attacks on the trans community in the UK and US. In the UK, the Supreme Court ruled that trans women are no longer entitled to the same legal protections as cisgender women….

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire for the bargain price of $7.2 million ($0.02 per acre). It was a deal that changed the course of history, and 150 years later, would…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Angel and Armani are a real TikTok love story. They became mutuals on the app and then, years later, matched on Tinder. “I reached out to him, but he didn’t respond to me,” says Angel. Armani…