The daughter of the man tasked with selecting a dead soldier, Brigadier General Wyatt, turned 100 this year and was…
Selected articles
‘I spotted a lump when preparing for my ritual bath’ (BBC World Service)
In the Orthodox Jewish community, there is a sacred space for women: the mikveh. Now it has also become a…
We’re just sexual objects to men, says victim of homophobic attack on London bus (The Times)
A woman who was punched on a night bus in a homophobic attack because she refused to kiss her girlfriend in front…
Unorthodox author Deborah Feldman: ‘I know I will never catch up with popular culture, but I have my own’ (i Paper)
Deborah Feldman grew up in a strictly conservative religious community. Every aspect of her life was governed by complex laws, from…
William Shatner: ‘If they wrote a good role for Captain Kirk and paid me well, why wouldn’t I do that?’ (i Paper)
William Shatner wants to go back into space, explore the universe and go on a thousand new adventures light years…
‘When I listen to music, I want to paint those sounds’: what it’s like to live with synaesthesia (i Paper)
A person with synaesthesia is able to see colours in sounds, or taste things they see. Anna Behrmann meets artists with…
TikTok: From a Teletubby to a ‘professional toaster’, inside the app’s weird, wonderful and lucrative world (i Paper)
Teenagers have always spent hours locked away in their bedrooms working on their talents – from experimenting with outlandish make-up…
The artists of Extinction Rebellion: ‘Our bold imagery is helping to change the conversations around climate change’ (i Paper)
Extinction Rebellion’s striking visual identity is part of its success. Anna Behrmann finds out how XR uses art to draw…
The students fighting back against anti-Semitism (BBC Three)
Anti-Semitism at UK universities has increased in the past five years, but what’s causing it, and how are students fighting…
This AR designer turns Instagram and Snapchat filters into fine art (WIRED)
Ines Alpha turns Instagram and Snapchat filters into pieces of fine art. Iridescent flowers bloom out of people’s heads, sequins…
Sketching in a conflict zone: meet the modern-day war artists (the i Paper)
“Soldiers would have rifle magazines – I had coloured pens and brushes” Portrait artist Arabella Dorman works from her…
Loan of classic Rembrandt portrait gets ugly (The Times)
Rembrandt had strong views about keeping gifts in their rightful place. When a lover chose to pawn jewellery the artist…
Bath university students angry at £16,000 portrait of vice-chancellor Glynis Breakwell (The Times)
Students have raised further protests after the University of Bath paid £16,000 for a painting of its former vice-chancellor who…
Most atheists believe in the supernatural, study finds (The Times)
Most atheists and agnostics believe in supernatural powers and that there are “forces of good and evil”, even though they…
Second inquest for police chase victim (The Times)
A widow whose husband was killed in a police chase more than 20 years ago hopes finally to be given…
Royal Mail slights them on the beaches in D-Day stamp blunder (The Times)
The Royal Mail has been accused of committing a “gross insult to veterans” after it released a stamp commemorating the…
How an impacted wisdom tooth almost dissolved my jaw (Daily Mail)
Everyone knows wisdom teeth are an irritating rite of passage. I was expecting them to be painful when they started…
