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. It’s been 400 years since Shakespeare wrote “hell is empty and all the devils are here”, but it’s a quote that feels relevant to 2025, as we slip further towards dystopia. So far, it’s been a…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. There’s a 3.5 per cent rule, proposed by political scientists Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan, that suggests all nonviolent movements that had the support of at least that percentage of the population always succeeded in triggering…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Founded in 1947 by a collective of eminent photojournalists, including Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, Magnum Photos has captured and disseminated some of the most iconic images in photographic history. Non-profit organisation Aperture is one of…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Anyone who’s used a dating app knows that men’s profiles are often littered with clichés: from references to enjoying “going on long walks” and “having a roast dinner”, to claims that they’re looking for a partner…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. ”Ever since I stopped lifting super heavy and incorporated more low-intensity workouts, not only did I feel so much less bloated throughout the day, but I’m in such a better shape now,” – that’s how Mandana…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In 2017, rap went mainstream in China. The moment is easy to pinpoint: hip-hop competition show The Rap of China. MC culture had been bubbling in the country for years prior – generally, as with most…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. If you brought together a Belgian designer and a Scandinavian high street giant, you might not expect the result to be a collection deeply rooted in British culture, but that’s exactly what Glenn Martens has done…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In the cool, columned expanse of Palazzo Te in Mantua – an opulent palace built in the early 1530s by Giulio Romano for Federico II Gonzaga – time fractures, weaves and reconstitutes itself under the gaze of multimedia…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The North Shields singer-songwriter beat out FKA twigs, PinkPantheress, Fontaines D.C., Pulp, and more Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-10-16 21:39:46. 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. Known for his on-stage theatrics, the rock band’s own “Spaceman” played on nearly all of Kiss’ most iconic records Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-10-17 01:31:49. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]