Two books on the mysteries of the deep ocean take very different approaches in stressing the urgent need for conservationDivers investigating an underwater canyon off California made a startling discovery in 2002. They found a dead whale that appeared …
‘Trespassing on privacy’: Bertien van Manen’s intimate images – in pictures
Over a five decade career, the Dutch photographer has travelled from the former Soviet Union to the Appalachian mountains in search of tender, everyday snapshots Continue reading…
‘It doesn’t leave you’: the toxic toll of LGBTQ conversion therapy
Netflix documentary Pray Away, exec-produced by Ryan Murphy, traces the history of conversion therapy with regretful leaders of the “ex-gay” movementJulie Rodgers was 16 years old when her mother introduced her to Ricky Chelette, the “singles minister”…
Orford Ness: the apocalyptic art zone at war with nature
UFO sightings, a Nazi invasion, nerve gas trials, unexploded bombs … the strange Suffolk enclave of Orford Ness has always inspired artists, and now it hosts the most unsettling project yet It is one of Britain’s strangest landscapes, a spit of land of…
夜の日本庭園が、自然、テクノロジー、アートの結節点となる：「生態系へのジャックイン展」レポート
ウィリアム・ギブスンによるSF小説の金字塔『ニューロマンサー』は、千葉の空を見上げるシーンから始まる。そんな千葉を舞台に、ありうる都市のかたちを探求するリサーチチーム「METACITY」が「生態系へのジャックイン展」を開催中だ。舞台となるのは、夜の日本庭園「見浜園」。千葉にて架空の多層都市「幕張市」を出現させるなど、実験的な取り組みをおこなってきたMETACITYと出展作家が描き出す新しい生態系とは、いかなるものなのか。
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How we made: Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
‘The Sex Mix got so many complaints – even some gay clubs found it offensive’I wanted to be provocative with the way Frankie Goes to Hollywood looked and for the lyrical content to be modern and edgy. We had been living through a politically charged ti…
Mission: Galaxy review – kids’ eco space odyssey lacks energy
While its goals are noble, uninspiring animation fails to ignite this sci-fi questMission: Galaxy opens on Planet Kepler, once a vibrant and fecund home for its inhabitants. A solemn voiceover recalls the tragic day when Earthers trespassed on this bea…
‘Community, not profit’: the creative renaissance of Birkenhead
Across the Mersey from Liverpool, a group of grassroots promoters is trying to avoid that city’s redevelopment errors as they champion a vibrant cultural renewalEmblazoned above Christopher Torpey, co-founder of music venue Future Yard, are the words “…
Love Island has filled the pandemic-sized hole in my social life | Imogen West-Knights
TV’s guiltiest pleasure is a reminder of just how much we love – and have missed – being nosy and judgmentalThere are very few things that I dedicate as much time to as watching Love Island during the summer. For two months it’s on six nights a week, f…
Gagging order: is it ever OK to heckle a comedian?
A set-ruining act of boorishness, or a vital rite of passage for standups? Often it depends on who’s doing the hecklingIn the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and set…