Björk calls for the release of musician ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli authorities

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Björk has shared a statement calling for Icelandic authorities to fight for the release of Magga Stína, an Icelandic singer. According to news reports, Stína was among a group of activists seized by the Israeli army…

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Guen Fiore’s tender portraits of girls in the flux of adolescence

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Growing older brings a certain detachment from past versions of yourself, but they never fully leave you. As photographer Guen Fiore describes the resonances that linger in her portraits, “What was once loud softens, but it…

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Are you in a party-gap relationship?

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Anna, a 22-year-old in Vancouver, Canada, met her current partner at a party her ex-boyfriend didn’t come to. “He was someone who didn’t enjoy being around people at all, whereas I’m the complete opposite,” she says….

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‘We must find joy’: Pamela Anderson on her starring role at Valentino SS26

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. When the Institut du Monde Arabe was plunged into darkness and Valentino’s latest show was about to begin, a single, familiar voice cut through the silence. “On February 1, 1941, in a dark age, when the fury…

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