Opposition to Mamdani’s 9/11 remembrance was painful to witness | Francine Prose
A petition against the mayor’s presence reeked of Islamophobia – and ran counter to the sense of togetherness that followed the attacks Everyone who was in New York on 11…
I’m a psychoanalyst. Social media is damaging children’s inner lives in ways we don’t fully understand | Robin Kirman
Discussion has focused on behavioral outcomes. But Meta’s settlement shines a light on damage to young people’s emerging desires and identities During the landmark social media addiction trial that led…
‘The entire world belongs to Matthew Rhys, and we just live in it’: why the incredible actor broke Emmy records
The star of Widow’s Bay is that rarest of talents – someone who can do whatever he wants and make it utterly believable. No wonder he just made TV history…
‘Every magazine cover needs to seduce’: designers pick their favourites
From a timeless portrait of Lana Del Rey to an alternative guide to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, experts unpick what makes an enduring, shocking, or alluring print cover…
Macaulay Culkin pays tribute to his Home Alone on-screen mother Catherine O’Hara – video
Macaulay Culkin gave a tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died in January aged 71, at the Emmys. O’Hara starred as Culkin’s on-screen mother, Kate McCallister, in Home Alone and Home…
‘In this new car, I feel patronised’: which driver assistance systems actually improve safety?
Modern cars are fitted with features like autonomous emergency braking and fatigue monitoring. But do they support motorists or drive them to distraction? This new car I’m test-driving boasts all…
Grey’s Anatomy: the steamy and often thrilling medical drama is still endlessly watchable
It launched the careers of Sandra Oh and Katherine Heigl, popularised terms like ‘vajayjay’ and even managed to make bowel obstruction sexy From The Pitt to the Australian hit The…
Catnapped bodega cat in Brooklyn reunited with owner after intense grassroots campaign
Three-month-old Jabal was returned to Park Slope bodega after community rallied to rescue purloined kitty The owner of a New York City bodega on Tuesday was reunited with the store’s…
AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating barriers to monitoring and oversight AI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of…
The women saving Borneo: battling fire, patriarchy, and super El Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlines
Fire threatens Kalimantan’s rainforests. On the peatland frontlines, a group of local mothers is defending their community. Words and Photography: Garry Lotulung Irma puts on her heavy rubber boots as…