>"An interview with Charlotte Shane by Nell Whittaker, dressed by Plan C. Subjects include Charlotte's book Prostitute Laundry, sex work, writing, eternity, feminism and _...Read More_

The Atlantic: How Elon Musk's Buffoonery Misleads His Critics.

"By the time Samuel Johnson came to write his “Lives of the Poets,” in 1779-81, tastes had changed. In a neoclassical era, ideas still had a place in poetry, but they were supposed to be familiar ones, dignified by harmonious verse—“What _...Read More_

“As I floated up over the hospital roof, I was overwhelmed by a sense of lightness and peace. And then, suddenly, I was back in that grubby little E.R. cubicle, feeling like shit.”

"Prior to the 60s, full nudity was extremely taboo but this can be said for Europe and America as well. So before the 60s, most magazines or books that depicted nudity didn’t have to apply any censorship, as the images were very soft and _...Read More_

"The great irony of Ephron’s afterlife, then, is how quickly she’s been reduced to sentimental lore. Since her death, a decade ago, at seventy-one, the romanticization of her work has swelled like a movie score."

Since your time as the lead economist in the World Bank’s research department, you’ve been considered the world’s foremost expert on global patterns of inequality, especially on _...Read More_

The move reflects a growing worldwide trend towards the repatriation of stolen objects to their countries of origin

"Women are significant targets for antidepressant prescribing, and thus disproportionately experience both its positive and negative effects – we owe it to ourselves to ask more questions about how they work"

"Two of the UK’s most historic institutions, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, have finally agreed to return hundreds of artefacts looted by British colonial troops in 1897. If the plans are actualised, it will be _...Read More_

In 2009, Vivienne Westwood met the man who named Gaia – the British climate scientist James Lovelock. In the _...Read More_

"As she embarks on a career-defining tour, Bad Gyal dissects her fanbase, fashion, and fiercest critics"

"Take a break from reading about the government crumbling to read me talking about why people put "jeffrey epstein didn't kill himself" on their dating profiles _...Read More_

"The online browser has retired after 27 years. Really cant believe this."

‘One of my white counterparts was offered £20,000 for the exact same collaboration. You can only imagine how crazy I felt’