The world’s best indie glasses makers [Thu, 08 Oct 12:55]From Maison Bonnet to EB Meyrowitz and Ransome Optical, eyewear specialists are creating one-off frames to suit the quirks, asymmetries and idiosyncrasies of each individual face
Six films to watch this week [Thu, 08 Oct 12:19]Aaron Sorkin posts a grim Facebook update in ‘The Social Reckoning’; Andrew Garfield leads the Peasants’ Revolt in ‘The Uprising’; a Wu-Tang Clan album sparks obsession in ‘The Disciple’; Tom Cruise courts catastrophe in satire ‘Digger’; ‘Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie’ recounts the attack on the author; Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe shine in gold-running drama ‘The Weight’
Cash rules everything in story of $4mn Wu-Tang album The Disciple [Thu, 08 Oct 11:08]Only one copy of 2015’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ was made, sparking a turbulent saga of obsession and greed
In One Brief Moment All Eternity — Elif Shafak gives voice to Flaubert’s women [Thu, 08 Oct 09:12]The oft-overlooked women from the French author’s life and novels converge to weave an inventive narrative of multiple viewpoints
Anne Carson awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature [Thu, 08 Oct 09:07]The Canadian author, poet and translator was lauded for a ‘bold and inventive oeuvre’ that ‘has created new forms for contemporary literature’
The Uprising — the Peasants’ Revolt as angry and kinetic action epic [Thu, 08 Oct 08:06]Andrew Garfield leads the rebellion against onerous taxes in Paul Greengrass’s rousing reimagining of 14th-century English history
‘The 90s: Art and Fashion’ is a riotous, revisionist version of Britain [Thu, 08 Oct 07:30]Bawdy humour, rave culture and the mythical Cool Britannia: former British Vogue editor Edward Enninful captures a creative era at Tate Britain
The crafted home: a master of marble imitation [Thu, 08 Oct 07:00]From her Tuscan farmhouse, Jilly Bernard, one of the few practitioners of the Renaissance art of scagliola, creates intricate tabletops, backgammon boards and sculptures
‘She lets her energy go full throttle’: Hilton Als on Alice Neel’s queer portraits [Thu, 08 Oct 07:00]Works by the painter will be included in ‘Queering Modernism’, a new curated section at Frieze Masters
21 outstanding ways to spend it in October [Thu, 08 Oct 06:00]Frieze highlights, foraged Martinis and a South American feast
Kyiv’s Gunia Project is a celebration of Ukrainian craft [Thu, 08 Oct 06:00]The label supports more than 150 artisans across the country
Below — Josh Hartnett stars in Netflix’s answer to Widow’s Bay [Thu, 08 Oct 03:01]An isolated coastal town is terrorised by a mysterious monster in an entertaining show that suffers from bad timing
The fertility clinic on Taiwan’s front line [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]China’s reproductive restrictions are sending women across the Strait to freeze their eggs
Cole & Son wallpapers are bringing back main-character energy [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Under new leadership, the heritage wallpaper company is embracing geometric sass, bold colour and storytelling
Terreno Barrio, Mallorca: a hip hotel in Palma’s coolest quarter [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Key notes | Spread between two distinctive buildings, the Terreno Barrio hopes to be a vibrant hub for a neighbourhood on the up
Arthur Jafa’s New York retrospective treads disturbing ground lightly [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]‘I Am Tony’ at the New Museum is a frequently virtuosic examination of race
Which design classic trumps them all? [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]From Alessi to Isamu Noguchi, it’s time to play your strongest card
I’ll be your mirror: fashion does a double take [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Menswear and womenswear is separated by the slimmest thread
Chrysler Building taken over as New York luxury office market booms [Wed, 07 Oct 13:20]New owners to pay $235mn and plan an upgrade for the landmark suffering from low occupancy and disrepair