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Athens art and artists featuring NEON, Lynda Benglis, Anna Karountzou, The Breeder Gallery and 2WO+1NE=2

Inside Athens’ Thriving Arts Scene: The Names And Places To Know For Your Next Trip  

Portrait of poet Safia Elhillo

How Poet Safia Elhillo Is Creating A Safe Space For Black Muslim Women Through Her Writing 

Outi Pieski On The “Radical Softness” Of Creating Art Rooted In Sámi Tradition 

Girl reading: Relates to feature about fiction trends in 2024

The 5 Fiction Trends To Bookmark For Your 2024 Reading List 

Production images from New York theatre productions: The Notebook,

The 5 Theatre Shows To See In New York This Spring 

Portrait of Author Emmeline Clein

Dead Weight: Emmeline Clein On Disrupting Eating Disorder Culture Through Her Writing

Stills from short film title A Fragile State by A Fragile State, Lola Shoneyin for the FT 2024 Democracy series

This One Thing... A Fragile State By Lola Shoneyin 

Author Annabelle Hirsch For My Life In Culture

⁠My Life In Culture: Annabelle Hirsch

Photographs backstage at London Fashion Week; We Are Your Friends Archive

Rebecca Zephyr Thomas’ New Exhibition Takes You Backstage At London Fashion Week 

5 Romantic Reads That Will Change How You Think About Love

5 Romantic Reads That Will Change How You Think About Love

The White Pube co founders Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente

How The White Pube Is Revolutionising Art Criticism, One Searingly Honest Review At A Time

Film stills from Vanity Fair, Saltburn, The Talented Mr Ripley, Succession, The Great Gatsby

Reckless, Dangerous, Undaunted: Pop Culture’s Enduring Fascination With The Outsider 

Portrait of Author Kiley Reid

Kiley Reid On Her Second Novel: “Being Curious Is More Important Than Writing What You Know”

Artwork from the exhibition titled Cute at Somerset House, London 2024

The Cult Of ‘Cute’: Innocent Eye Candy – Or Something Darker? 

Collage of images featuring various Hawaiian Musicians and artists, Kalani Pe'a, Anuhea and Jake Shimabukuro

Aloha ʻĀina: The Heartbeat Of Hawaiian Music

Film stills from Queer Nollywood films Country Love and Ìfé

How Nigerian Filmmakers Are Changing The Portrayal Of Queer Identity In Nollywood

Girl watching sun rise from Mountain range

Writing For Wellness: “How I Learned To Harness The Healing Power Of Words”

Portrait artist and gallery founder Emmanuel Nkuranga, Choose Love Kigali

“Artists Bring In Life And New Ideas” – Inside Kigali’s Booming Creative Scene

images of Shanghai, China

My Hometown: Artist Ming Ma’s Shanghai  

Star light in library bookcase

Jólabókaflóð: The Icelandic Literary Tradition To Indulge In This Winter

The New Vanguard: 8 Millennial & Gen Z Artists To Know Now

Film still from Is There Anybody Out There?

Is There Anybody Out There? – The New Documentary Tackling Ableism

Imagery of professional female wrestlers

“How The Power Of Women’s Wrestling Helped Me Navigate My Gender Journey”

Artworks from the Women In Revolt! exhibition

Women In Revolt! The Exhibition Celebrating The Power Of Feminist Art

Yatreda artworks

This One Thing... Ethiopian Art Collective Yatreda

Photography by Bex Day

Artist Bex Day On Celebrating The Beauty And Reality Of Female Genitalia 

Imagery from Flouxous Food zine

This One Thing... Flouxus Zine

Portrait of Guts Gallery founder Ellie Pennick

The Way I Work... Guts Gallery Founder Ellie Pennick 

Portrait of Sofia Cheliak the Director Lviv Book Forum

Lviv Book Forum Director Sofia Cheliak On The Power Of Literature In Wartime

Portrait of artist Cinthia Sifa Mulanga. Images featuring Installation of artwork, Northcliff Hill in Johannesburg, restaurant Momo Kuro, NIROX Sculpture Park, bar THe Royale, people attending 7. Latitudes Art Fair

My Hometown: Cinthia Sifa Mulanga’s Johannesburg  

Portrait of Caroline Rush

The Way I Work... British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush

Mother Witch Oracle Deck and portrait of Bat For Lashes

“A Leap Into The Unknown”: Bat For Lashes’ New Oracle Deck 

Portrait of Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan

The Way I Work... Booker Prize Chair Of Judges Esi Edugyan  

Arlo Parks performing

The Way I Work... Arlo Parks 

Diva V&A exhibition images, Furies book cover

‘Diva’, ‘Witch’, ‘Crone’ – How Society Is Reframing The Female Lexicon

Misogyny in hip-hop: collage of female rappers: Nicki Minaj, Roxanne Shante, Lil’ Kim, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion and Rico Nasty

For Women In Hip-Hop, Their Greatest Opponent Is Still Misogyny

Beat Magazine images

Beat: The Independent Music Magazine With Megastar Influence

Portrait of author Isabel Allende

The Way I Work... Isabel Allende 

Portrait of french artist Mimosa Echard

The Way I Work... Mimosa Echard

Sirens Film Poster

Sirens On Screen: Documenting Lebanon’s First All-Female Metal Band

Images of members of Wu Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan Forever: How The ’90s Supergroup Became The Hip-Hop Reference Of 2023

Books that feature the Igbo Language

“Why We Centre Igbo Culture And Language In Our Writing” 

Author Elif Shafak

The Way I Work... Elif Shafak

Portest imagery, Book cover Flowers of Fire by Hawaawon Jung, Korean film and tv stills featuring Han Gong Ju, Miss Baek, Moonlight Winter, Queen Maker and The Bacchus Lady

With Flowers Of Fire, Hawon Jung Tells A Story Of South Korean Feminist Rebellion 

Wondering People artworks: Portrait of Isabella Rothman and Sophie Merrell, founders of Wondering People Art platform, images of artwork

Wondering People: The Digital Platform Making Art Accessible 

Women protesting about book bannings and censorship

The Rise Of Literary Censorship: “To Ban A Book Is To Banish An Idea”

BTS Stills and images of designer Victoria Ruiz work

Meet The Surrealist Artist Telling Latin American Stories Through Costume

Installation images of Moki Cherry Exhibition at the ICA, London

Psychedelic Tapestries And Organic Music – Inside The Moki Cherry Retrospective

Person holding placard in Writer's Guild of America strike

“We Just Want To Work And Be Paid Fairly For It” – A Guide To The Hollywood Writer’s Strike 

Black Venus exhibition images

This One Thing... Black Venus 

Artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn in his studio

The Way I Work... Nathaniel Mary Quinn  

Studio Ghibli Theme Park illustrations

Ghibli Park Is A Playful Work In Progress 

Min Jin Lee Pachinko essay: images of Pachinko parlours in Japan throughout history

Min Jin Lee: “Pachinko Became An Organising Metaphor For My Story” 

Portrait of Iranian-American poet Sharif Solmaz

Iranian-American Poet Solmaz Sharif On The “Revolutionary Possibility Of Writing” 

Keeping Face podcast artwork

This One Thing... Keeping Face Podcast 

Image of woman dancing

The Social And Political Power Of Dancing 

Portrait of artist Sahara Longe in her Brixton studio

The Way I Work... Sahara Longe 

Curtis Sittenfeld book Romantic Comedy

“Isn’t Writing Supposed To Be Harder Than This?” – Curtis Sittenfeld On Having Fun With Her New Novel 

Artist Binta Diaw installations Dïà s p o r a, Chorus Of Soil and Uati's Wisdom

“Instruments Of Resistance And Vindication” – The Powerful Work Of Senegalese-Italian Artist Binta Diaw

Image of book cover The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro

“It’s The Most Eviscerating Thing I’ve Ever Written” – Stephen Buoro On His Acclaimed New Novel

Image of model lying on a bed wearing underwear

Why We Need To Talk About Underwear

Stills from Anime films and TV series, including Astro Boy, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Digimon, One Piece, Howl’s Moving Castle, Demon Slayer and Nintama Rantarō. Interior of Tokyo anime bookshop Mandarake

In Praise Of Anime

Service95 Book Club announcement graphic

For The Love Of Books 

Archive image of young boy in Glasgow blowing bubblegum in the deserted street

Douglas Stuart On The Powerful Images That Inspired Shuggie Bain 

World's Best Libraries: Stuttgart City Library, Alamy; Beitou Public Library, Alamy; Phoebe Lovatt’s Public Library; Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Shutterstock; The British Library, Shutterstock; The Morgan Library, Alamy; Woollahra Library, Alamy

The Resurgence Of The Library   

Gal-dem founder and author Liv Little

Life After Gal-Dem: What Liv Little Did Next  

Sound artist Christine Sun Kim

The Shape Of Sound: How Christine Sun Kim Is Reimagining Sign Language As Art  

Author Max Porter's new novel Shy

“It Felt Like A Fever” – Author Max Porter On Creating His New Novel Shy 

Frieze Exhibition Manifold: images of artwork

This One Thing... The Inspiration Behind Frieze Show Manifold  

Stephanie H Shih ceramic art

The Reflective, Playful Art Of Stephanie H Shih  

Theatre posters for stage productions of A Little Life, Julia ⓒ Prudence Upton; Angels In America, Hamilton, A Strange Loop and Here Lies Love

The World’s A Stage 

Portrait of Andy Warhol, images of textile prints designed by Warhol, installation of the Andy Warhol: The Textiles Exhibition at the Fashion And Textiles Museum, London

Warhol’s Textiles: A Portrait Of The Artist Pre-Pop 

Images of film screenings, events and promotional material by TAPE Collective

The New Cult Classics: How A London Film Collective Is Championing True Representation On Screen 

Prima Facie at The Harold Pinter Theatre; Lucali Pizzeria; Thierry Mugler: Couturissime at Brooklyn Museum; Housing Works Bookstore Café; Hip-Hop at Fotografiska New York

New York, I Love You

Portrait of soprano opera singer Samuel Mariño with his dog, shot exclusively for Service95

The South American Singer Opening The World Of Opera To A New Audience

Collage image featuring a girl wearing a headscarf holding a television remote, alongside images of Muslim characters portrayed in various films and TV series

Why Muslim Representation In Film and TV Matters

Images of a Lynette Yiadom-Boakye painting, 40 Maltby Street, Prince Charles Cinema, Abba Voyage, and A Streetcar Named Desire theatre show

Rediscovering London

Film stills featuring 'final girl' characters, image of The Final Girl Support Group book cover and The Final Girls podcast artwork

The Final Girl: A Brief Explainer

A street style shot of Michèle Lamy and a black and white portrait of her wearing head-to-toe black

The Way I Work... Michèle Lamy

Illustrated portrait of Mark Ronson

“It Was This Overwhelming Sense Of Panic, As If I Was Under A Spell And Just Waiting For Something To Break It”: Mark Ronson Reflects On His Anxiety Attacks

Painting of two men in suits by artist Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe: Connection Through Art

Portrait of writer and poet Ocean Vuong standing under the branches of a tree

In Conversation With Poet And Writer Ocean Vuong

Paintings by artist Salman Toor, Night Walkers, 2022; Music Room, 2021; The Dressing Table, 2021; Late Dinner, 2022

This One Thing... The Works Of Salman Toor

Portrait of Yusra Mardini, and film stills from Netflix's The Swimmers

The Swimmers: Yusra Mardini’s Journey From A Refugee Boat To The Olympics

David Byrne's theatre production Theater Of The Mind

Inside Music Icon David Byrne’s Mesmerising New Production ‘Theater Of The Mind’

Illustrated portrait of Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar’s Directors To Look Out For

Film stills from Chinonye Chukwu's Till

Till: A Story Of Grief And Resilience In An Unequal World

Images of welsh poet Casi Wyn

Casi Wyn: The Poet Keeping The Welsh Language Alive

Images of Dua Lipa on the Japanese art island Naoshima

A Creative Paradise: Japan’s Art Islands

Images from the queer club night Queer House Party

Queer House Party: The DJ Collective Centring Politics And Accessibility In Queer Club Nights

Image of Michelle Obama's book The Light We Carry

This One Thing... The Light We Carry By Michelle Obama

Images of bookstores in Malaysia

How The Pandemic Made Malaysia A Nation Of Bookstore Lovers

Illustrated portrait of Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese’s Best Burlesque Dancers Of All Time

Images of book covers featured in Dua Lipa's autumn book recommendations

The Booker Prize And My Lifelong Love Of Reading

A self-portrait and image of Joy Labinjo

The Way I Work... Joy Labinjo

Images of the Kosovo Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale created by artist Jakup Ferri

The Exhibition At Venice Biennale Revelling In The Joy Of The Everyday

Promotional image for KPOP the musical featuring the cast and performers

The New Musical Offering A Piercing Look Into K-Pop

Portraits of feminist icons from pre-revolutionary Iran by Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari

Soheila Sokhanvari: The Iranian Artist Using Her Work As A Political Act

Illustrated portrait of presenter and comedian Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah’s Favourite Comedians

Images of artwork featuring in exhibitions across London, including Frieze Art Fair, The World Reimagined and Tyler Mitchell at the Gagosian

This One Thing... London’s Art Scene

Image of Seoul city and photographs from Make Break Remix: The Rise Of K-Style by Fiona Bae

How Korean Pop Culture Took The World By Storm

Illustrated portrait of Charli XCX

Charli XCX’s Musicians To Watch

Images of book covers Virgil Abloh: Figures Of Speech; Art And Climate Change; Jimmy DeSana: Submission; 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone and Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love

Five Art And Fashion Books To Have On Your Radar This Autumn

Portrait of author James Hannaham and the cover of his book Didn’t Nobody Give A Shit What Happened To Carlotta

James Hannaham: The Author Using Literature To Challenge The American Prison System

Image of the exterior of Casa Orgánica in Mexico

Dua Lipa: At Your Service – Season 2

Images of artist Isissa Komada-John, her ceramics and paintings

Isissa Komada-John: The Artist Channelling Healing Into Her Art

Image of the book cover of All The Women In My Brain by Betty Gilpin

Betty Gilpin Is Finding Herself, One Chapter At A Time

Images of the space and art installations inside Palazzo Miccichè

A Cultural Park Healing Neglected Towns

Images of Agnes Questionmark during Transgenesis and other art performances

Agnes Questionmark: The Art World’s Mesmerising Underwater Performer

Portrait of the US-based Afro-Latinx artist Raelis Vasquez and images of his paintings

Why Raelis Vasquez’s Art Is Centring The Afro-Latinx Community

Portrait of British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and his book cover

This One Thing... Edward Enninful: A Visible Man

Collage featuring female rap artists Roxanne Shanté, Lil' Kim, Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj and Rapsody

The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Photographs of Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Nori Reed, Max Wittert, Sam Taggart and George Civeris

Bowen Yang’s Comedians You Should Know About

Images by photographer Nigel Shafran, taken from his retrospective book The Well

This One Thing... The Well by Nigel Shafran

Image of couple, sex and relationship coaches and creators of the Lacey and Flynn Have Sex podcast on pink sofa in underwear

This One Thing... Lacey And Flynn Have Sex

Image of author Lillian Fishman alongside her book cover Acts Of Service

Author Lillian Fishman Shares An Excerpt From Her Debut Novel Exploring Sexual Desire

Image of DJ and queer party promoter Ty Sunderland

Meet Ty Sunderland – The Titan Of New York’s Queer Nightlife 

Images of Sunny Hill Festival

This One Thing... Sunny Hill Festival

Image of Dua Lipa in recording studio

Season Two Is Coming...

Images of the artwork on display at Queer Britain museum

Inside Queer Britain – The UK’s First LGBTQIA+ Museum

Images of theatre productions in New York and London, featuring Into The Woods, The Glass Menagerie, Richard III, POTUS and Jerusalem

My Return To The Theatre (Audience)

Images of scenes during the Broadway musical A Strange Loop

The Award-Winning Musical That’s A Cocktail Of Humour And Discomfort

Images of artwork from the neurodivergent NFT art collective ARTXV

ARTXV: The First-Ever NFT Collective For Neurodivergent Artists

The book cover of Surfacing: On Being Black And Feminist In South Africa

This One Thing... Surfacing: On Being Black And Feminist In South Africa

Dua Lipa at the Pinakothek Der Moderne Gallery in Munich

My European Art Trail 

Artwork featured in the Hayward Gallery exhibition, In The Black Fantastic

In The Black Fantastic: Pushing Past The Constraints Of The Racialised Everyday

An image of a woman's face obscured by yellow squares in a collage illustration

Learning to Love Being ‘Selfish’ 

Images of people participating in the psychedelic art installation Dreamachine

The Immersive Experience That Takes Your Mind To Another Realm

Portrait of Akwaeke Emezi and their book cover

“My Novels Are Definitely Not Happy. So I Wanted To Write Something Happy For Once”: Akwaeke Emezi Is Deviating Into Romance

Portraits of Nigerian-American comedian Ziwe

“I Love Questioning Everything”: The Unorthodox Talk Show Host Exploring Race Through Comedy

Archive photographs taken by Terence Donovan at the Que Club in Birmingham

This One Thing... In The Que

Stills featuring the films Annette, The Souvenir: Part II, and the TV Series Bridgerton

The Clit Test: A Feminist Measure Of Female Pleasure 

Hay Literary Festival, Wales

An Insider’s Guide To Hay-On-Wye

Portrait of graphic journalist Takoua Ben Mohamed in her studio

Takoua Ben Mohamed: Breaking Down Stereotypes One Graphic Novel At A Time

Film stills from romantic comedies

Why The Romcom Will Never Die

Poster artwork of The TInderbox film

“For me, history and truth matter” – Gillian Mosely’s Film On The Israel-Palestine Conflict

Artwork by artist Rudy Willingham featuring Beyoncé

This One Thing... Artist Rudy Willingham

A portrait of the team, and images of the Prada catwalk and set-design supplies donated to Spazio Meta

Faux-Fur Carpet, Pink Sand & Distorting Mirrors: Inside Milanese Art Reuse Start-Up Spazio Meta

Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat

The Genius Of Jean-Michel Basquiat: “He Was The Last Of Himself. He Cannot Be Recreated” 

Illustrated portrait of actor and director Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed’s Top 5 Favourite Movies Of All Time

Alberta Whittle, Lagareh

The Venice Biennale Need-To-Knows

Illustrated portrait of Dua Lipa in a comic strip

5 Visual Artists I’m Loving Right Now

Promotional artwork for comedian Alex Edelman's show Just For Us

The Last Laugh: How Jewish Comedian Alex Edelman Turned Antisemitic Trolling Into A Sell-Out Show 

mages from the Japanese Subculture book The Obsessed

This One Thing... The Obsessed: Otaku, Tribes, And Subcultures Of Japan by Irwin Wong 

Illustrated portrait of comedian Bowen Yang

Bowen Yang’s 5 Comedians You Should Know About 

Image of an art installation by Yoko Ono, poster that reads: I Love You Earth

The Coalition Helping The Art World Tackle Climate Change 

Need To Know: Multimedia Artist Meriem Bennani 

Drag Queen Sasha Velour's Service 95 Take Over

From Medieval Theatre To RuPaul’s Screen Queens: 9 Things You Should Know About The Art Of Drag

Illustration of Elton John

Elton John’s Top 5 Musicians To Listen To Now 

Film still from The Queen (1968)

Start Your Engines    

Illustrated picture of film director Pedro Almodóvar, featuring Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Lola Dueñas

How Pedro Almodóvar’s Vibrant Filmography Tells A Darker Story Of Spain’s Traumatic Past 

Surrealist artwork featured in a carousel, from Dali to contemporary artists, related to article about The Artists Reframing Surrealism For The 21st Century

New Radicals: The Artists Redefining Surrealism For The 21st Century 

Watercolour illustrated portrait of American author Lisa Taddeo

Lisa Taddeo’s Top 5 Books Of All Time 

Immersive art experience, felt supermarket created by Lucy Sparrow

How Felt Artist Lucy Sparrow Made Common Groceries A Timeless Masterpiece 

Polaroid image of poet and activist Yelda Ali

Need To Know: Women’s Rights Campaigner, Artist And Poet Yeldā Ali 

View of sea sculpture of a floating boy underwater

Why Jason deCaires Taylor May Be The Greatest Sculptor You’ve Never Heard Of 

Dua Lipa reads book at dinner table, where she is eating a taco

In Praise Of Being Alone

A collage of images featuring the South African flag and DJs dancing

Amapiano: The New Wave Of South African House Music That’s Going Global 

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