Opinion

Or, why the Gulf conflicts never really went away

It’s a refusal to learn anything about a culture that could be obliterated

In the 2010s, cinema grappled with the most tangible effects of the climate crisis 

From The Walking Dead to Stranger Things, frightening revivals ‘captured a bit of lost magic in a disenchanted world’ 

In the era of climate crisis, we all need to rethink how and why we travel

Founded in 2009, the app sparked a revolution in sex, dating and the social dynamics of the LGBTQ community

From Grumpy Cat to Pizza Rat, what the images we shared said about the world around us

In 2019, the cityscape around the club has shifted dramatically; the Berlin epithet ‘poor but sexy’ a fading memory

Why the rise of ‘curatorial collectives’ spells an uncertain future for the profession

What art speaks to us when we’re overwhelmed by climate change and global instability?

Co-working spaces provide corporate culture for people who don’t have a corporation

‘Generation Q’ is as implausible as the original series, but complaining about the show’s lack of nuance is missing the point

The 2010s was the decade in which video-game story-telling became self-aware

From normcore’s resurrection of the hoodie to gorpcore’s luxe ‘into the woods’ aesthetic

Green unpleasant land? As the UK braces for election week, it might be time to abandon the myth of Englishness

This year, all the shortlisted artists were named joint winners – what to make of this act of (institutionally approved) subversion?

Wolfson believes art has no relationship to ethics; after a decade of shock, it’s hard to take him seriously

In the 2010s, nearly every blockbuster film has been a visual-effects-driven fantasy spectacle owned and distributed by a single corporation

The 2013 album is a compelling record of our collective fracturing 

From Gen-Z Yellow to Neomint, the confluence of money and the attention economy filled the 2010s with clashes of unexpected hues