Yuan Yang, Neneh Cherry and Rachel Clarke shortlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction | Women’s prize for nonfiction

The Buffalo Stance singer Neneh Cherry, Labour MP Yuan Yang and the doctor Rachel Clarke have been shortlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for nonfiction. Foreign policy expert Chloe Dalton, marine biologist Helen Scales and biographer Clare Mulley also remain in contention for the £30,000 prize. Quick Guide Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist 2025 Show … Read more

‘No more velvet rope’: how New York’s beloved Frick museum opened up – and will now even sell coffee | Museums

‘If I could have a pound for every person who’s told me that the Frick is their favourite museum, I’d be able to retire already,” says Axel Rüger, the new director of the New York institution, who has just moved there from leading the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Part of the Frick’s appeal … Read more

Hot Chicks review – scorching account of county lines exploitation | Theatre

What a punchy play. Rebecca Jade Hammond has written a disturbing county lines drama that questions our stereotypes of groomers, itemises insidious techniques of manipulation and considers the neglect that leaves children vulnerable. But Hammond has also written a boisterous comedy about teenage girls who take feet pics for OnlyFans and share TikTok dance crazes … Read more

Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur review – pomposity puncturing gets lost in personae | Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry is fascinated by outsiders – outcasts, nonconformists, the marginalised and the deviant. He has frequently assumed the outsider position, delivering commentary on class, gender and Britons’ petty snobberies. Across his career, he has pronounced on how his medium of choice (ceramics), his crossdressing, or his engagement with popular culture have excited the disapproval … Read more

Who Is Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor Mistakenly Added to the Signal Chat?

Jeffrey Goldberg may be one of the last journalists the Trump administration would want to inadvertently include on a private text thread discussing war plans. But according to Mr. Goldberg’s stunning revelation on Monday, that is exactly what happened. Mr. Goldberg, 59, was a well-known national security reporter before he took over as editor in … Read more

George Clooney’s ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Sets Broadway Box Office Record

The average ticket price for “Othello” was $303.15 last week — down from previous weeks because of free seats for journalists attending press performances and guests attending opening night. The average price for “Good Night, and Good Luck” was $302.07. But “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which is adapted from the 2005 movie about the … Read more

‘It’s so politically loaded’: Marlon Williams on ‘finding the gall’ to write an album entirely in Māori | Pop and rock

Marlon Williams recalls a survey he once read about how often people think about death: on average, once a week. He laughs incredulously. “You know that statistic about men thinking about sex once every seven seconds? That’s how often I think about death.” In an interview promoting his fourth solo studio album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, … Read more

Flannery O’Connor at 100: should we still read her? | Books

A month before she died aged 39, on 3 August 1964, of complications from the autoimmune disease lupus, the American writer Flannery O’Connor wrote from her home in Milledgeville, Georgia to a regular correspondent, the academic and nun Sister Mariella Gable: “The wolf, I’m afraid, is inside tearing up the place.” The “wolf” that O’Connor refers … Read more

‘Uncomfortable to watch with my family’: how The White Lotus broke the ultimate taboo | Television

Warning: the below article contains spoilers for episode six, season three of The White Lotus. Talk about a hangover from hell. In the latest episode of The White Lotus, Saxon Ratliff woke up dazed and dishevelled from the previous night’s Full Moon party. It had been a long, messy day-and-night of booze, edibles, “lasers and … Read more