The Conversation

By Lauren Alex O’Hagan and Lame M Kenalemang-Palm In the depths of winter, sunscreen might not be top of many people’s shopping lists. Yet it remains a staple ...

By Mireille Rebeiz and Josiane Yazbeck More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended active fighting, much of southern Lebanon bears the ecological scars of war. Avocado orchards are ...

By Bethany Clark, Aberystwyth University In January some people start the year by trying to eat fewer animal products. Veganuary, as the campaign is called, began in 2014 and now attracts 25.8 ...

By Adam Taylor As Christmas fades into memory, many of us continue to focus our attention on the new year and its promise of a fresh start. For millions of ...

By Sasha Grishin Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo are two fashion designers who redefined “the look” of fashion on the street from the 1970s onwards. They were born a year ...

By Arash Beidollahkhani Protests that began in late December over rising prices and a collapsing currency have now spread to most of Iran’s 31 provinces, with demonstrators taking aim at ...

A vast amount of information has not necessarily meant more reliable information, writes James Rodgers, a former BBC correspondent who held postings in Gaza, Moscow and Brussels On December 10, the ...

A historian describes the turbulent times of the real nativity By Joan Taylor Every year, millions of people sing the beautiful carol Silent Night, with its line “all is calm, ...

By Bryn Beeder For many, holidays are synonymous with quality time and long-standing traditions. Typically laden with delicious foods, it’s not uncommon to eat more during the holidays than ...

By Jye Marshall Prada will become the new owners of the Versace brand, under a €1.25 billion deal. Versace has recently struggled both financially and in keeping up with the larger ...

By Naomi Braithwaite When Hollywood actress Sydney Sweeney attended Variety’s Power of Women event on October 30 in Los Angeles, she may have delivered an empowering and inspirational speech, but ...

By Lynn Abrams Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, ...

By Joyce Siette For years, scientists have known that moving our bodies can sharpen our minds. Physical activity boosts blood flow to the brain, enhances neuroplasticity and reduces chronic inflammation. ...

By Rachel Delman A new statue of Dervorguilla of Galloway was installed in the Master’s Court of the University of Oxford’s Balliol College in September. She was the 13...

By Pauline Hastings On October 30, 1965, the then 22-year-old wore a “swinging 60s” minidress that would go on to become the stuff of legend. Shrimpton ventured to Flemington Racecourse in a ...

By Rachel Woods The basic principle of weight loss is straightforward: if you consume fewer calories than you burn, you’ll lose weight. In practice though, this isn’t usually ...

By Esmé Louise James Kim Kardashian’s clothing brand, Skims, has been no stranger to a controversial campaign. Over the past few years, Skims has repeatedly made headlines for releasing ...

By Albert Navarro García Did you know that making one cotton t-shirt uses around 2,700 litres of water, around the amount that a person drinks in three years? Fast fashion ...

By Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne For decades, animal rights activists, campaigners and ethical designers have fought to strip fur fashion of its glamour and expose the cruelty behind it. From bold celebrity-led ...

By Emily Brayshaw The iconic feathered showgirl was born amid the chaos of the first world war, when the wealthy, global French superstar Gaby Deslys entertained Parisians and Allied soldiers ...

By Seda Saluk Pregnant women crossing borders to get an abortion. People who miscarry facing jail time or dying from infection. Doctors who won’t perform lifesaving procedures on a ...

By Adam Taylor It might seem like a harmless habit to linger on the loo with your phone while ‘taking care of business’, but research shows that prolonged toilet time ...

By Robert Muggah For many in Venezuela, the question is no longer whether tensions with Washington will reach a boiling point – they already have. Rather, the big unknown now is ...

By Erez Yerushalmi and Krishnendu Saha The circular economy – the idea of reduce, reuse and recycle – has long been promoted as one solution to the environmental crisis. Instead of the ...