Culture

Our curated articles offering new takes on the big themes and questions in our culture. Plus reviews of books, film, media and experiences. Culture is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.

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  1. AI
  2. Culture
A seated teenager stretches back bored, a phone is on the table in front of them

Could thinking and feeling become futile pastimes in the future?

Jamie Mulvaney
AI, and more, is eroding our agency, we need to act now
6min read
Review
  1. Addiction
  2. Culture
A nun on a white horse, gallops across a snowy field, in black and white

Mother Vera: from heroin addict to heroine helping the recovering

Susan Gray
The horse-loving orthodox sister with a liturgy for life, and a dilemma.
5min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Fun & play
Influencer Molly_Mae poses beside her luggage.

How were your holidays, Molly-Mae?

Susan Gray
How to deal with the disappointment of influenced vacations
5min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Digital
An image show a braclet that has a bitcoin symbol beside a cross, a crescent and a Star of David.

Do you believe in a coin called hope?

Laurence Fletcher
From fiat to faith: the rise of crypto evangelism
6min read
Article
  1. Community
  2. Culture
A football stand displays a long banner with text on it.

As the season starts, here's why fans go mad for football

Henry Corbett
The game is part of life, but not all of life
4min read
Article
  1. Art
  2. Culture
A sculptor works on a carved face emerging from a stone larger than her

Emily Young: the sculptor listening as the still stones speak

Jonathan Evens
Unlocking the stillness, from underwater sculpture to St Paul's Cathedral
5min read
Review
  1. Books
  2. Culture
Bill Gates talks from behind a table with a small sign bearing his name.

How a card game, going off-grid, and a great teacher, shaped Bill Gates

Krish Kandiah
A new biography explores the man who shaped the digital decades
5min read
Editor's pick
  1. America
  2. Culture
Viewed from behind, Trump raises a fist.

Molly Worthen on the charismatic leaders of America's cosmic drama

Nick Jones
The plots and plotters that hold us spellbound
8min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Purpose
A mock ad for the perfect job.

The secret to finding your perfect job is to ignore the influencers

Thomas Sharpe
There’s too much vocational shame on LinkedIn
4min read
Review
  1. Culture
  2. Film & TV
Captain Pike of Star Trek.

Great storytelling elevates this Star Trek hero to messiah status

Giles Gough
Before Captain Kirk, came a compelling commander
6min read
Review
  1. Books
  2. Culture
A nuclear explosion glows red and orange against the night sky.

Nuclear War A Scenario: the book that imagines the inconceivable

Simon Burton-Jones
It's the most depressing book that you really need to read
5min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Fun & play
A family pose for a picture at Disneyland

I disobeyed Disney’s command to 'celebrate happy’

Natalie Garrett
You don’t have to live your best life
5min read