A portrait of a burn survivor gazing thoughtfully out of a window has won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.
The National Portrait Gallery has named Martina Holmberg, a Stockholm-based photographer, as winner of the 2025

A portrait of a burn survivor gazing thoughtfully out of a window has won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.
The National Portrait Gallery has named Martina Holmberg, a Stockholm-based photographer, as winner of the 2025

Jack Reacher has long been a family affair.
For decades, Lee Child was the only author on the jacket cover of the crime thriller series, the blocky letters of his name growing larger with each consecutive bestseller. Then in 2020, a new name…

A great fragrance is like the perfect little black dress: It’s captivating without being attention-seeking, and it makes you feel stunning no matter what you’re wearing. In search of the best luxury perfumes for women, I reached out to a…

At long last, Louise Trotter’s Bottega Veneta debut is making its way off the runway and onto the streets. And who better to take it for a test drive than Elle Fanning?
The actor is keeping plenty busy with film promotion this week: As Predator:…

A NOTE FROM SCOTT Since our last check-in two weeks ago, the embargo lifted that had prevented pundits from talking about Universal’s Wicked: For Good, the second installment of Jon M. Chu’s big screen adaptation of the hit…

Lots of children’s programming made for YouTube is “not entertainment, it’s sedation”, the UK children’s laureate has warned.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce said that “frictionless” programming in which children are “bombarded with…

The Onassis Foundation’s experimental art and tech studio Onassis ONX is doubling its size at a new location in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. It is slated to open with the multimedia exhibition “TECHNE: Homecoming” in January.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ed Helms (The Hangover franchise) is set to star in and produce The English Tutor, a spy thriller from director Gaz Alazraki (Father of the Bride), to be financed and produced by the Madrid-based Zeta Studios.
Michael LeSieur (I…

In February 1975, a gang of scruffy Sydney rockers released their first two albums: High Voltage and TNT. A year later, songs from both records were repackaged into AC/DC’s first international album, also titled High Voltage.
AC/DC’s…

Island RecordsFrankie AllanBBC Scotland
Singer-songwriter Jacob Alon has been named BBC Introducing Artist of the Year 2025, becoming the first Scottish act to receive the award.
It…