The Conversation

Alice Gorman looks inside the legendary cookbook of Alice B Toklas Alice B. Toklas wrote one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time. One reason for its popularity was the ...

By Daniel Eldridge Micellar water, a product found in supermarkets, chemists and bathroom cabinets around the world, is commonly used to remove make-up. It’s a very effective cleanser and ...

By Alison Cole Industrial. Mechanical. Brutal. These are the words acclaimed electro-acoustic composer Hans Zimmer uses to describe his music for Dune: Part Two. Dune: Part One (2021) showcased Zimmer’s ...

How a Netflix show has become a key driver behind F1’s rising popularity By Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes Before the engines started revving for the start of the 2024 ...

Apple TV drama shows how Dior brought optimism to the war-weary says Elizabeth Kealy-Morris Christian Dior’s 1947 “new look” – a collection of extravagantly brimmed hats, wide full skirts and cinched ...

The true cost of food is far higher than what you spend at the checkout counter finds Kathleen Merrigan After several years of pandemic-driven price spikes at the grocery store, ...

By Alexander Carpenter In 2011, pop music scholar Simon Reynolds was already observing pop culture’s fascination with its own past, noting that “we live in a pop age gone loco ...

Paulomi (Polly) Burey looks at the science behind substitute ingredients It’s an all too common situation – you’re busy cooking or baking to a recipe when you open the ...

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 ...