Arts & Culture
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How anarchist architecture could help us build back better after COVID
But since anarchism emerged as a distinct kind of politics in the second half of the 19th-century, it has inspired countless alternative…
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The aurora hunters who chase the Northern Lights
Michelle Cumming has been fascinated with the Northern Lights since she saw the phenomenon for the first time in September…
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A brief history of Afghan women’s rights
Women haven’t had much say. Manasi Gopalakrishnan Deutsche Welle “I was working for the Defense Ministry. I know those women…
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Boycotts are an essential and necessary part of public life
On this particular estate, negotiations over rent had turned sour and 11 of the farmers were threatened with eviction. Osman…
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Bark Ladies: how women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’ strong personalities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story includes names of people who have died. Sasha Grishin The…
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The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele and David Perry review – the colourful side of the dark ages
The middle ages are a sort of paradox, write the authors of this engaging history. Peter Frankopan The Guardian “When…
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Can humanity run out of ideas?
Given this wide breadth of lightbulb moments, from trifling to significant, can humanity ever run out of ideas? To some…
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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” Aram Goudsouzian The Conversation “He has carved for himself an imperishable niche…
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My Armenian Christmas reminds me how traditions are reinvented in times of crisis
I approached Christmas Day, as I imagine many New Statesman readers did, with my eyes smarting from a swab up my nose,…
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Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay
Several artists and arts organisations have withdrawn from the festival over the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of the dance work Decadance,…
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JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern
When Oliver Stone first ambles through Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the opening frames his new documentary JFK Revisited: Through the…
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Tasoula Hadjitofi Interview | Culturescope
Tasoula Hadjitofi, “The Icon Hunter,” is renowned worldwide for her work combatting art trafficking. She claims that each of us…
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2021 in pictures: Striking photojournalism from around the world
A selection of some of the most powerful pictures taken by news agency photographers around the world this year BBC…
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Obituary: South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, was one of South Africa’s most important Nobel Laureates and a tireless…
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Afghan string quartet written as Taliban took Kabul
The resulting music, A Melody of Hope Amidst the Chaos has recently been recorded by a group of Melbourne musicians. Janine…
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Emma Thompson invited a 16-year-old refugee over for Christmas dinner. He is now her son.
Dame Emma Thompson is an icon: an incredibly successful actor, screenwriter, activist, comedian and more. Isabella Ross MamaMia Amid Thompson’s life in…
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