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“Now I know war makes men lose all sense of themselves” Like Caroline Bird last year for the Gate, Timberlake Wertenbaker has looked to tales of Ancient Greece to create a new play that speaks of the unique trials of modern warfare and the...

For several years now, I’ve had a soft spot for Icelandic writing, with books by Sjón and Jón Kalman Stefánsson among my favourite discoveries.  However, there are several high-profile female Icelandic writers too, and Oddný Eir is one of the latest...

Today is a heartbreaking day. The meaning has been stated by much smarter people than me, but I am stern in my resolve to resist and not give up hope that we can right this grave injustice. One thought that gives me hope is the conviction that I do...

Hadley Freeman isn’t your usual fashion journalist. As a writer on the Guardian’s fashion desk for seven years she has been banned from catwalk shows, admits to regularly not brushing her hair and never takes the industry too seriously. To...

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore sat down with me recently to talk about the Photo Ark, a project on endangered species that he has focused on for the last twenty years. Here’s what he had to say about the world and what we, as people...