In 2018, controversial Italian design duo Dolce & Gabbana sent a catwalk collection down the runway with the help of a fleet of miniature drones. A year later, Saudi Arabian stylist Ali Nabil Akbar presented a show in Jeddah which removed human models alt…

The award-winning Australian musician and activist Lindy Morrison was in Newcastle to record a new album with The Girl With The Replaceable Head (at Polestar Studios) – just the latest chapter of a distinguished career, which goes way back. In the late 19…

Elizabeth Black caught up with Pussy Riot recently to talk about art and resistance. Vladimir Putin is the epitome of villainy and corruption. It goes without saying, right? But it is important to recognise the liberties that allow such things to be said …

What is our obsession with acceleration doing to our wardrobes – and our relationships? Fast fashion brands are experiencing a Monster-energy drink and hormone fuelled growth spurt. In fact, it’s almost unsettling how quickly they have grown. But if “chea…

With the cost of a night out at an all-time high, Dr Bethany Usher suggests the resurgence of a historic British popular past time – walking the city at night. It is a warm midsummer evening and we have an unexpected offer to babysit. A year ago, we may h…

War has rarely felt so up-close and personal as it does today. Footage of crumbling buildings and horizons being lit up by rocket fire has escaped the evening news and become unremarkable features of our social media feeds as they sit alongside nondescrip…

Claudia Rankine is the author of the acclaimed trilogy on race and whiteness in the US – Don’t Let Me Be Lonely, Citizen and Just Us. Her play The White Card, written before the world turned upside down in 2020, has it’s European premiere at Northern …