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.

Review
  1. Culture
  2. Music
Bruce Springsteen crouches down and holds a hand out to a sea of outstretched hands

As the congregation gathers Bruce Springsteen leans hard into hope

Elizabeth Wainwright
Chords of confrontation and communion
6min read
Review
  1. Culture
  2. Film & TV
A family sit together watching a trial in a court.

Unforgivable: Jimmy McGovern’s brave storytelling

Henry Corbett
Intelligent, understanding, and compassionate stories of a family affected by abuse
5min read
Article
  1. Art
  2. Belief
A metak sculpture outlines an altar, stands on a beach.

Critics and curators are missing this about contemporary artists

Jonathan Evens
An interview with Jonathan Anderson
5min read
Article
  1. Books
  2. Culture
A painting show Adam and Eve wide-eyed after the fall.

When the penny drops, on the Salt Path or a London street

Susan Gray
Being taken in unleashes dark, unpalatable emotions
6min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Books
A regency woman writes with a quill

Jane Austen’s satire helped her survive a dark culture

Beatrice Scudeler
Amid folly and frailty, she allowed her characters the possibility of forgiveness
5min read
Review
  1. Culture
  2. Film & TV
Superman talks to his dog amid the ice.

Boom! I love this new Superman!

Yaroslav Walker
Eschewing ennui, it’s a great fairy tale for the modern age
5min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Holidays/vacations
A sunset over an island casts golden light on the sea and a beach.

This is why we must go down to the sea

Paul Bradbury
Stepping off the shore restores more than our sanity
5min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Sport
A cricket batsman surrounded by opposition players leaves the crease.

Scottie Scheffler has a lesson for this summer's fading sports teams

Graham Tomlin
The Open Champion's musings speak to the demise of Welsh Rugby and West Indian cricket
5min read
Review
  1. Culture
  2. Film & TV
A journalist wearing a body armour and a helmet looks defiant

Anna Politkovskaya took on the Kremlin and she paid the ultimate price

Simon Burton-Jones
The Russian journalist who became a martyr for truth
4min read
Review
  1. Art
  2. Awe and wonder
An art gallery arch reveals a suspended crucifix and other paintings in a distant room

This gallery refresh adds drama to the story of art

Jonathan Evens
Rehanging the Sainsbury Wing revives the emotion of great art
5min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Community
A silhouette of a musician holding up shakers.

Oasis: it's all gone a bit biblical at this summer’s musical moments

Belle Tindall
We’re reaching for some ancient vocab to describe our experiences together
1min read
Article
  1. Books
  2. Culture
A newspaper front page shows its title and a falling sea bird

After the Salt Path revelations I’m liking it even more

Roger Standing
We edit our own reality by the stories we tell ourselves
7min read