Culture

Enter the conductrice

Will a new generation of women on the podium perpetuate the tyrannical charisma of their male predecessors or overturn it?

Xenia Hanusiak

At 95, an artist paints swiftly to capture the fugitive light

6 minutes

Home and the birdsong

In the dark, sylvan villages of medieval England, people named places after the birds that filled the night with music

Michael J Warren

Edward Hopper came of age with cinema. As an artist, he left a lasting mark on it

12 minutes

The honesty of pornography

Often vilified as a weapon of male supremacy, pornography in fact has much to tell us about ourselves and our culture

Kathleen Lubey

The cast of ‘misfit toys’ who keep life on an idyllic tourist island afloat

7 minutes

Was Colin Wilson a fascist?

For thousands of fans, he made philosophy thrillingly relevant. Yet there is a deep unsavoury undercurrent to his worldview

Jules Evans

What Akiko saw at the centre of the Hiroshima blast, and the indelible mark it left

15 minutes

From sheep to sea – an ode to the iconic sweater that warms Cornish sailors

4 minutes

The revolutionary artist who propelled the Black Panther movement with imagery

8 minutes