The Conversation

By Marian Makkar Customised shoes, personalised drinks and specialised menu offerings. In a world where carbon copies of products are everywhere, retailers have to make their products stand out and ...

By Charlotte Dunn You might be surprised to learn the sex life of a long-dead conqueror is making headlines in 2024. Netflix documentary Alexander the Great: The Making of a God ...

By James Horncastle and Jack Adam MacLennan The recent death of Alexei Navalny brought immediate condemnations from world leaders, with the American president immediately pointing the finger of blame at ...

Disney’s Cristóbal Balenciaga reveals the power, politics and drama of high fashion says Elizabeth Kealy-Morris Born in a small Basque fishing village on the northern coast of Spain ...

By Samuel Cornell and Timothy Piatkowski Taking selfies to document daily life is now a completely normalised activity across all ages and demographics. At the same time, however, selfies are ...

By Sylvie Humbert At the end of a class on the fundamental principles of law that I was teaching to first-year law students, a group of students approached me and ...

Hold your pickle. The evidence isn’t looking great says Evangeline Mantzioris Fermented foods have become popular in recent years, partly due to their perceived health benefits. For instance, there ...

Mark Wulczynski looks at how the immune system, brain and overall health benefit too There’s no shortage of advice about what to eat, including hype about the latest superfoods ...

By Hui-Ying Kerr Standing at the entrance to London’s Somerset House, I noticed girls – and irrespective of age, they can only be described as girls – dressed head to toe ...

But Marina Abramović’s products do not seem to be rooted in satire says Marta Zboralska Well-known performance artist Marina Abramović has launched a range of skincare and wellness products. ...

Eric Robinson looks at what the evidence actually says about them The perils of ultra-processed foods have received widespread coverage in recent months – thanks in no small part to the ...

By Chao Fang and Alastair Comery For the first time in human history, we have entered an era in which reaching old age is taken for granted. Unlike in ages ...

Jason Jones and Beatrice Trefalt offer an insight into new film on complexity of Japan’s war memories The new hit Japanese film Godzilla Minus One – an homage to Honda ...

Why luxury brands should reconsider displaying their logos too prominently according to Paurav Shukla and Dina Khalifa More than 75 per cent of customers in the US say that a brand’...

The trendy fruit was also big during the Rennaissance and used to talk about female fertility says Gabriele Neher Pomegranates are hot right now, the red fruit with its glistening ...

By Dan Gordon, Jonathan Melville and Matthew Slater Runners are obsessed with time. Amateur or professional, for most avid runners the aim is to get faster – constantly training to shave ...

By Anil Balan Imagine a world where legal research is conducted by lightning-fast algorithms, mountains of contracts are reviewed in minutes and legal briefs are drafted with the eloquence of ...

By Charlie C. Nicholson, Jessica Knapp, and Maj Rundlöf The European Parliament voted against a proposal to curb the use of agricultural pesticides in November 2023. These chemicals, designed to ...

Sam Edwards suggests films and TV shows about US air force’s ‘friendly invasion’ New Apple TV series Masters of the Air tells the story of the famed 100th Bomb ...

By Nic Newman News organisations are bracing for serious disruptions as a result of the increasing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) – both on the way that they work and the ...

Stuart Phillips looks at the unheralded benefits of weight training Everyone can agree that exercise is healthy. Among its many benefits, exercise improves heart and brain function, aids in controlling ...

From reducing premature deaths to saving you money Jack Marley looks at the advantages of sticking to vegetables If you’re not consuming animal products this month then you have ...

From myopic monks on magic mushrooms to superhuman detail By Rachel Moss The Book of Kells is a late-eighth century illustrated copy of the four gospels of the New Testament, ...

By Patricia Christian We’ve all been there. You’re dying to grab that last piece of cake on the table during an office meeting, but you are not alone. ...