She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever There is a long buildup before I get to see Tracey Emin – her two […]
Line handily sums up people’s bewilderment at state of world, but it isn’t quite what the Marxist thinker wrote At a time when geopolitical certainties of old are crumbling away, it has become the go-to quote to make sense of the current moment in all its seeming senselessness. “The old […]
Five women on both sides of the Atlantic reveal what it’s like trying to find a partner in your 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s Stella Ralfini, 78-year-old beauty writer, London (pictured above) Continue reading…
The actor on a massive scam, the guilty pleasure of Judge Judy and why he’s never done a day’s work in his life Born in Lancashire, Matthew Kelly, 75, studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic and acted at the Liverpool Everyman. He moved into TV, presenting Game for a Laugh in the […]
Which quiche egg-celled and which crumbled in the face of our rigorous taste test? • The best supermarket extra-virgin olive oil I learned to make quiche from one of the best chefs I know, Gill Meller, my old head chef at River Cottage HQ, about 20 years ago. His quiche […]
With their profile and vile words, these malign provocateurs are tearing down decency’s guardrails It lacks the elegance of “greed is good”, but as a distillation of the spirit of the age, it’s right up there. “I feel liberated,” a top banker told the Financial Times shortly after Donald Trump’s […]
Benoît Richaud is working on the ice with 13 countries, with uniform changes to match, and Korean skiers are having nightmares on wax Domen Prevc set a men’s ski jump world record of 254.5m on the Planica flying hill in Slovenia last March, known for its steepness and long jumps. […]
(Atlantic)Casting off her Bratty cigarettes and sunglasses, the pop visionary channels the torments of Heathcliff and Cathy and the tumult of the Velvet Underground on her latest captivating pivot In the catalogues of rock and pop artists, film soundtracks usually seem like interstitial releases. For every career highlight Shaft or […]
From Blue Lights gossip to How to Get to Heaven from Belfast cocktails, the city has become a small-screen hotspot – and is basking in its newfound fame ‘I love them!” Minutes after I jump into a taxi at Belfast International airport, the driver is beaming about Derry Girls. So […]
Soft left senses chance to push Starmer into progressive pivot, but leftward turn would be fiercely resisted by some UK politics live – latest updates As the prime minister fought for his political life before Labour MPs at their Monday evening meeting, even hardened sceptics saw a flash of something […]