Conversion therapy has come under fierce scrutiny in recent years. The practice, which tries to suppress someone’s sexual orientation or stop them identifying as a different gender, can include talking therapies and prayer along with more extreme methods such as exorcism, physical violence and food deprivation. It has been condemned by global medical and human […]

A new year brings new challenges and new opportunities for businesses of all types, and effective, clear internal communication is critical to meeting both with success. Here are my top three tips for ensuring crystal clear internal communications: Keep it simple and direct.Use bite-sized messages and plain, approachable language. Prioritize timely, relevant information over messages […]

Artists are furious that their work has been used as fodder for AI tools, and copyright lawsuits are mounting as a result. We discuss AI’s intellectual property woes with Jelly head of artist management Nicki Field and illustrator Christoph Niemann “It’s a bit of a weird grey area,” says Nicki Field, in what feels like […]

Have you ever wondered how some successful authors publish a book or more a year? Do they have secret writing skills they could teach you to help you become a successful writer? Are there tools you could use to make you equally productive? If you want to become a successful writer, you need to first […]

The fashion house has taken over the front of the London department store to mark its Yayoi Kusama collaboration Giant flowers and pumpkins are currently covering the façade of Harrods, painting its stonework in the polka dots that have become Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s trademark. It’s all to launch Louis Vuitton’s new Kusama collection – […]

At 21 metres high, it stretches just above the Angel of the North, and spreads to 52 metres in length. However, London’s newest bid for a landmark is, unusually, an electrical substation in Brent Cross Town – the regeneration project towards the north of the city. Perhaps aware that a substation isn’t typically a sexy […]

The photographer talks about her body of work examining everyday life and war in Iraq, where she explores complex questions of truth in photography and journalism In a bleak era of fear and division – in which societal ills are inescapably visible and what constitutes truth itself is up for interpretation – Alexandra Rose Howland’s […]

It’s hard not to be impressed by Bao, which started off as a food stall and has spiralled out to encompass several restaurants across London, a cookbook published by Phaidon, an online convenience store, and now an app. At each of these stages, Bao has shown a genuine commitment to design and creativity, and it’s […]

The photographer documents the communities who live on the lake, which is under threat from climate change, overfishing and hydropower dams Singapore-based photographer Calvin Chow’s project Once Beating Heart focuses on the great Tonlé Sap in Cambodia. As the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, it swells to over five times its usual size during […]

“We’ve just been through this huge global upheaval – we can’t really expect audiences and people in society to go back to the way it was. So what does that mean for museums and public spaces?” Asking this question is Shoair Mavlian, who is joining the Photographers’ Gallery in London as its new director at […]