At first glance it looks like a photograph: , middle-aged, leaning on a wood-panelled wall. In one hand he holds a cigarette, the other is stuffed in the pocket of his suit. It’s an old picture. There’s a grain to the film, scratches on the lens. But appearances are deceptive. As any art dealer will tell you, to appreciate art you first need to learn how to see.Look again. Look carefully. See that it’s actually a painting of a photograph, oil on canvas, exquisitely detailed. The portrait, “Untitled” (2012), is typical of the Italian conceptual artist Rudolf Stingel, who often takes as his...…At first glance it looks like a photograph: , middle-aged, leaning on a wood-panelled wall. In one hand he holds a cigarette, the other is stuffed in the pocket of his suit. It’s an old picture. There’s a grain to the film, scratches on the lens. But appearances are deceptive. As any art dealer will tell you, to appreciate art you first need to learn how to see.Look again. Look carefully. See that it’s actually a painting of a photograph, oil on canvas, exquisitely detailed. The portrait, “Untitled” (2012), is typical of the Italian conceptual artist Rudolf Stingel, who often takes as his...WW…

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.In 1991, Mark Lanegan’s band Screaming Trees released their fifth studio album, Uncle Anesthesia. The Trees were a part of the budding Washington state music scene that would come to be known as grunge music, but with five albums under their belt, they were one of the more accomplished bands to emerge from the Pacific Northwest: the mid-1990s megastardom of bands such as Pearl Jam, Hole, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains was still a way off. Lanegan, along with bandmates Van and...…All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.In 1991, Mark Lanegan’s band Screaming Trees released their fifth studio album, Uncle Anesthesia. The Trees were a part of the budding Washington state music scene that would come to be known as grunge music, but with five albums under their belt, they were one of the more accomplished bands to emerge from the Pacific Northwest: the mid-1990s megastardom of bands such as Pearl Jam, Hole, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains was still a way off. Lanegan, along with bandmates Van and...WW…

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Skip to main contentI do not recommend attending an Ed Sheeran show alone if you are feeling fragile. I say this because of the point in his performances when he plays his ballad “Perfect.” He had warned me about this moment. It was a Friday evening in late September, and we were sitting in the green room prior to his concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, which seats 6,300 – a small crowd relative to the stadium show he would play the following night. Sheeran wore cargo trousers, a T-shirt and high-top leather Nikes – since making an album with Rick Rubin 10 years ago, he has...…Skip to main contentI do not recommend attending an Ed Sheeran show alone if you are feeling fragile. I say this because of the point in his performances when he plays his ballad “Perfect.” He had warned me about this moment. It was a Friday evening in late September, and we were sitting in the green room prior to his concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, which seats 6,300 – a small crowd relative to the stadium show he would play the following night. Sheeran wore cargo trousers, a T-shirt and high-top leather Nikes – since making an album with Rick Rubin 10 years ago, he has...WW…

Skip to main contentAs the title suggests, Netflix's latest high-profile celeb docuseries, Beckham, chronicles the life and career of Goldenballs, née David Beckham, through tumult and triumph. Told across four episodes, it recalls how Becks exploded onto the scene as one of Manchester United's most exciting youth prospects. How he met, and married, one of the most famous women in the world. Then there's that mythic Treble in ‘99, major transfers to Real Madrid and LA Galaxy, and his swan song at PSG.But with light came oft intolerable shade. Think the aftermath of his red card against...…Skip to main contentAs the title suggests, Netflix's latest high-profile celeb docuseries, Beckham, chronicles the life and career of Goldenballs, née David Beckham, through tumult and triumph. Told across four episodes, it recalls how Becks exploded onto the scene as one of Manchester United's most exciting youth prospects. How he met, and married, one of the most famous women in the world. Then there's that mythic Treble in ‘99, major transfers to Real Madrid and LA Galaxy, and his swan song at PSG.But with light came oft intolerable shade. Think the aftermath of his red card against...WW…

Skip to main contentIn the way that some people have countdown timers on their phones for summer trips away, I yearn for turtleneck season.I hate summer and all that it stands for. It's too hot. My fringe always looks rubbish and linen gets creased, like, four seconds into wearing it. So far, we're 0-3. I'm what some would call a ‘cold weather enthusiast’ and what others would probably call a basic bitch. I like a signature autumn latte: sue me!But in all seriousness, I can feel my power grow to its fullest form the first time my neck gets given its own little piece of shapewear. Chunky...…Skip to main contentIn the way that some people have countdown timers on their phones for summer trips away, I yearn for turtleneck season.I hate summer and all that it stands for. It's too hot. My fringe always looks rubbish and linen gets creased, like, four seconds into wearing it. So far, we're 0-3. I'm what some would call a ‘cold weather enthusiast’ and what others would probably call a basic bitch. I like a signature autumn latte: sue me!But in all seriousness, I can feel my power grow to its fullest form the first time my neck gets given its own little piece of shapewear. Chunky...WW…

Skip to main contentInside St. James’ Park, the chant picks up for a third or fourth time.We’ve got…. Bruno in the middle!A city that has always run on football dreams is serenading its talisman, a midfield artisan with a wide smile and a sublime first touch. There are other parts of the song dedicated to other players, but more often than not it ends right there on that single, slightly stunned note, a mark of the awe still settling across Newcastle at how its fortunes have changed.Bruno Guimarães arrived in the middle in January 2022. The club had just completed its takeover by the Saudi...…Skip to main contentInside St. James’ Park, the chant picks up for a third or fourth time.We’ve got…. Bruno in the middle!A city that has always run on football dreams is serenading its talisman, a midfield artisan with a wide smile and a sublime first touch. There are other parts of the song dedicated to other players, but more often than not it ends right there on that single, slightly stunned note, a mark of the awe still settling across Newcastle at how its fortunes have changed.Bruno Guimarães arrived in the middle in January 2022. The club had just completed its takeover by the Saudi...WW…

Actors and biographers, I suggest to Jacques Vergès, sometimes remark that they retain some trace of every character in whom they are required to immerse themselves. Can that happen to lawyers? I ask him.That last noun might equally be replaced by another: comrades, say, or co-conspirators. His friends and associates have included men like the dictator Pol Pot, and Ilich Ramirez Sánchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal, who blew up Marseille railway station and shot dead – among others – two French policemen (“a soldier”, Vergès once called the Venezuelan, “in a noble cause”). Then...…Actors and biographers, I suggest to Jacques Vergès, sometimes remark that they retain some trace of every character in whom they are required to immerse themselves. Can that happen to lawyers? I ask him.That last noun might equally be replaced by another: comrades, say, or co-conspirators. His friends and associates have included men like the dictator Pol Pot, and Ilich Ramirez Sánchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal, who blew up Marseille railway station and shot dead – among others – two French policemen (“a soldier”, Vergès once called the Venezuelan, “in a noble cause”). Then...WW…

You would not notice anything unusual about Julian at first if you met him, as I did, in an American city on a sunny day, with cars whizzing past full of people on their way to the mall. Perhaps you would see that he walks a little awkwardly, but that is all.He is a handsome guy in his mid-thirties with high cheekbones and a big white smile, and for years he ran a trendy nightclub in a Mexican city. He loved running his own business, he told me. “You’re the boss of your own time,” he said, “you don’t have to tell anybody else what you’re doing.” In his spare time, he would...…You would not notice anything unusual about Julian at first if you met him, as I did, in an American city on a sunny day, with cars whizzing past full of people on their way to the mall. Perhaps you would see that he walks a little awkwardly, but that is all.He is a handsome guy in his mid-thirties with high cheekbones and a big white smile, and for years he ran a trendy nightclub in a Mexican city. He loved running his own business, he told me. “You’re the boss of your own time,” he said, “you don’t have to tell anybody else what you’re doing.” In his spare time, he would...WW…

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.It’s been more than seven years since Microsoft royally cocked things up with the Xbox One. The price, the Kinect stuff, the game sharing (or lack of), and the lacklustre power. It was a disaster.Despite all the time that's passed since then – not to mention a lot of effort and billions of bucks – the tech giant has never quite pulled things back. It was called long ago: PlayStation won the last generation.So, behind the scenes, Microsoft has been working hard to...…All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.It’s been more than seven years since Microsoft royally cocked things up with the Xbox One. The price, the Kinect stuff, the game sharing (or lack of), and the lacklustre power. It was a disaster.Despite all the time that's passed since then – not to mention a lot of effort and billions of bucks – the tech giant has never quite pulled things back. It was called long ago: PlayStation won the last generation.So, behind the scenes, Microsoft has been working hard to...WW…