Babes with Blades wants to shape the future of action films

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. London-based best friends, stuntwoman Ayesha Hussain and director Jade Ang Jackman, first met via Instagram. Jackman had been a fan of Hussain’s from afar and so slid into her DMs – not to flirt, she clarifies,…

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Get your skates on! Flipper’s is coming for the fashion industry

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In 1979, Ian ‘Flipper’ Ross opened a roller skating paradise in the heart of Los Angeles. Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace was the purple and blue-painted hotspot for California’s youth, including famous faces like Elton John, Nile…

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5 films that prove you don’t need to stick to the source material

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. 2025. –  I have just returned from watching the trailer for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights – starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, with music by Charli xcx. This is certainly a controversial adaptation! In all Hollywood,…

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In pictures: The best beauty looks from the crowd at Chappell Roan

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. On a sticky summer night in August, some 40,000 people poured into central Edinburgh for Chappell Roan’s Summer Session. The Midwest Princess has quickly become pop’s most loved maximalist, known for her camp, over-the-top beauty looks…

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Lauren James: ‘If I’m having a rough patch, I just watch myself on YouTube’

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Read an interview with Lauren James and you’re bound to come across a line about how the Lioness and Chelsea forward prefers to let her football do the talking. She says it herself. “I just want…

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Are you in an intelligence-gap relationship?

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. 23-year-old Amelia* says she was definitely the “more intelligent one” in her past relationship. “We were very different,” she reflects. While she was inquisitive and curious, her partner, by contrast, was more closed-minded. “I read the…

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