Food
Food Art Fair begins with a bear. Not a real one, thankfully, but a glowing teddy-bear lamp created by Marianna Fontana and Giuseppe Burdo on the mezzanine level of London’s Ladbroke Hall.…
Music
Chelsea Wolfe is the darkest thing in the woods: the singer on healing by running towards the hurt, and her haunting new music.
Theatre & Literature
The number one question I get asked on social media is: “How is dating a woman different from dating a man?”
Theatre & Literature
Ashley Douglas, unravels the story of Marie Maitland’s secret lesbian love poetry
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“Normal Jean Baker of Troy”: the debut short story collection from a British-Indian writer listed for the Brick Lane Short Story Prize.
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From Lost Lambs to Lázár, writers are exploring secrets, power and inheritance. Pia Ghosh-Roy asks how well we can ever know the people we call family.
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“Violette Leduc first taught me that happy endings aren’t very queer”: in her 60s, Ruth Novaczek had her heart broken by a woman in her 20s.
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“If I’m remembered 100 years from now, I hope it will be not for looks but for books”: a reading list for the queen of East Tennessee.
Theatre & Literature
In the age of 'rizz' and AI slop, Wodcast wants us to take words seriously: the podcast bringing the dictionary back.
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Why Simon Wroe's Ghost Month is the ultimate modern London novel: every September the dead return, then vanish in green ash.
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“We’re due a return of weird literature”: 13 works chosen from 163 titles, and it seems the prophecy has come to pass.
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Diaristic, hedonistic, full of sex, drugs and techno music: a group of queer women chasing fame, and love, on the cusp of a new millennium.
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In April 1476 a young artist was arrested by Florence’s vice squad, the scarily-named Office of the Night, on charges of sodomy.
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Books to read in a heatwave: our summer reading list for when London and Paris hit record temperatures.
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A book about a book, stamped “FEMALE CASE BOOK 22”: the case book of the first woman doctor to work in Ireland’s asylum service.
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Join us as we celebrate Independent Bookshop Week and uncover the charm of indie bookshops that are flourishing today.
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Do you have good taste? Ione Gamble on The Polyester Book of Bad Taste and a decade of Polyester Zine's kitsch agenda.
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“Is there anything more to say?” Jailbait, Lolita, nymphette, tease — the Lolita-bites-back narrative through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl.
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Want a baby? Novelist Niamh Campbell has a message for you: motherhood, desire and writing, in conversation.
Music
E.R. Fightmaster is ready to be a queer elder: the actor on visibility, identity and finding community on and off screen.
Theatre & Literature
Ten books that unravel Marilyn Monroe's life, published on her 100th birthday: the many lives and names of a Hollywood icon.
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Lee Heejoo's Holy Boy follows four fans who kidnap a K-pop idol: a gunk-filled look at idols and fandom.
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Forget Easter icons: discover 10 dark thrillers and horror novels where bunnies signify madness and thwarted innocence.
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Lázár is the rocket that has carried this 22-year-old into the stratosphere: war, magical realism, four generations of an aristocratic Hungarian family.
Theatre & Literature
10 books to read for St Patrick's Day: Irish novels, poetry and stories for a culture we have all become obsessed with.
Film & TV
Cold's literature and film editors on Emerald Fennell's divisive, sexed-up "Wuthering Heights".
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'It's about people trying to love each other and failing': Madeleine Dunnigan on her debut novel Jean.
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From Coyoacán to Baghdad: the 26 new books of 2026 we are most excited to read, united by movement.
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Honor Scotland’s literary soul this Burns Night. Explore our curated list of six Scottish poets who define the nation’s voice.
Film & TV
Hamnet is sweeping awards season, with Jessie Buckley's Golden Globe as Agnes Hathaway. But why has the film connected?
Theatre & Literature
Nonfiction November may be over, but our 2025 “Reading in the Dark” picks offer compelling reads perfect for the long winter nights ahead.
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A conversation with Dakota Warren exploring her creative journey, queerness and the making of her forthcoming sapphic gothic novel.
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