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Hilary Mantel, Rowan Williams, Elif Shafak, Michael Morpurgo and more on the cultural artefacts and pursuits that bring them solace in dark times.
16 June 1989: The Deng regime says no students died in Tiananmen Square. Here, a student who escaped asserts that a deliberate massacre took place.
Powerful images from this week's demonstrations.
When Louise Bourgeois’s work was exhibited, male critics balked at its palpable rage. Ten years after she died, her Red Rooms feel more powerful than ever.
If it must be compared to Steve Carell's last leading role in TV comedy, this has fewer jokes and a lot more clunky exposition about space.
Over the past 120 years, working mothers have gone from being considered a social problem to a social norm.
As Victoria's soldiers fought in South Africa, some of the era's best known authors reported home. Their writing shaped the legacy of a traumatic conflict.
Julia Fullerton-Batten was planning a photo shoot with a large group of people: assistants, stylists, hair and make-up team, prop stylists and set designers. Then suddenly, everything stopped. Her assignments were cancelled. She began taking portraits in her local area.
The images from around the world that tell the stories of this week.
I double up on the vodka in my cocktail shaker and mute the chaos of my Twitter feed.
After two months of no chat and no people and no fun, the sound of racket on string sounds almost as beautiful as music.
