A Spring in Your Step by Alex Chinneck. Images: Marc Wilmot Alex Chinneck has been known to deconstruct architecture in his large-scale illusionary artworks, which have included upside-down shops and pylons, buildings that appear to unzip, and a sliding house in Margate. In tune with his previous projects, Chinneck’s newest sculpture – also located in […]

After productions ground to a halt in the wake of the pandemic, the cinema attempted a comeback this year. Meanwhile, streaming platforms served up a glut of bingeworthy series to ensure that we all remained glued to our tellies Film and TV were hit particularly hard by the onset of the pandemic last year, as […]

Spread across the Black Sea and southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, the BIRI play a key role in connecting researchers in the UK with communities around the world “and in sustaining vital cultural and diplomatic relationships that build capacity to benefit research and knowledge exchange in the UK and overseas,” according […]

2021 was a tough year for game developers, as well as console manufacturers. Many gamers struggled to get hold of the new PlayStation 5 – which was subject to scalpers from the moment it launched – and several long-awaited titles were delayed as a result of Covid. Even so, there were plenty of creative highlights […]

Camille Walala’s bright graphics have journeyed around the world, appearing on buildings, roof terraces and bars in England, Croatia, Switzerland, Australia, New York and Buenos Aires. She’s known for her large scale projects, which bring a pomo-style set of colours and patterns to streets and buildings, but Walala actually started out selling cushions on Broadway […]

In 2021, we saw the photography industry attempt to adjust to a changing world, with the cautious reopening of exhibitions for the first time since the pandemic, and the continuing embrace of new voices. Here, Diane Smyth looks back on a complex year One of the interesting things about photography in 2021 is how the […]

If 2020 was a year of unknowns, 2021 has led us all to question what we want our ‘new normal’ to look like on a deeper level. In the world of media, it has forced editors and art directors to rethink the kind of content that’s inside their pages and carefully consider the message they […]

The new hotel business has unveiled crisp, type-led branding to help propel its mission of opening a hotel in each of the UK’s “most intriguing” cities GuestHouse’s identity revolves around a striking wordmark, rendered in a retro-inflected serif with the kind of flourishy ball terminals that suggest that the era of the geometric sans serif […]

Looking for a boost in your creative writing? We all need something to rekindle our love of story. These TED Talks for writers might be just the inspiration you need. In your work as a writer, have you ever succumbed to the pity party? Why am I laboring away at something only a handful of […]

NFT, metaverse, crypto: the Collins Dictionary’s Words of the Year shortlist is revelatory. Where last year’s bleak top spots went to lockdown, self-isolate and furlough, this year’s candidates indicated that we’re looking far beyond the confines of our own four walls – even without physically stepping outside of them. Ranking first place in Collins’ book […]