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The 1990s in Britain are often remembered through a haze of nostalgia consisting of rave culture, Britpop and provocative art and fashion by the likes of Tracey Emin and Alexander McQueen. Undeniably, the decade was a time of major change in British society — the long reign of Margaret Thatcher had come to an end and the West entered a period of relative post-Cold War stability. Meanwhile, British cultural icons like Oasis, the Spice Girls and Vivienne Westwood garnered international fame. But Tate Britain's new exhibition "The 90s: Art and Fashion," which opens on October 8 and runs through February 14, 2027, urges viewers to look beyond the familiar names and images.  Even though now prominent artists such as Damien Hirst and Juergen Teller are among the show's 70 contributors, the e...

"You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down?" This quote is from the long, lyrical poem "The Glass Essay" published in Anne Carson's 1995 collection "Glass, Irony and God" — an entry point into the works of the 2026 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate. In the poem, the narrator explores the burden of memory and obsessive desire after a failed love affair, all while regularly reflecting on Emily Brontë — an author renowned for her intense literary depiction of destructive and passionate love in "Wuthering Heights." The poem brings several of Carson's recurring obsessions together into one work. She has repeatedly written about desire, abandonment and jealousy, and has often used other literary figures as emotional ...

The 1990s in Britain are often remembered through a haze of n,ostalgia consisting of rave culture, Britpop and provocative art and fashion by the likes of Tracey Emin and Alexander McQueen. Undeniably, the decade was a time of major change in British society — the long reign of Margaret Thatcher had come to an end and the West entered a period of relative post-Cold War stability. Meanwhile, British cultural icons like Oasis, the Spice Girls and Vivienne Westwood garnered international fame. But Tate Britain's new exhibition "The 90s: Art and Fashion," which opens on October 8 and runs through February 14, 2027, urges viewers to look beyond the familiar names and images.  Even though now prominent artists such as Damien Hirst and Juergen Teller are among the show's 70 contributors, the ...

On Thursday, October 8, at around 1 p.m. CEST, all eyes in the literary world will be set on Stockholm.  That's when the new permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Ingrid Carlberg, will hold a press conference to announce the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, marking the end of a lengthy selection process that officially began a year earlier.  Nobel Prize in Literature: How nominations work  The Swedish Academy is the body responsible for awarding the prize. Its 18 members consist of writers, professors and intellectuals. In September of the previous year, the Academy's Nobel Committee sends forms to hundreds of individuals and organizations eligible to submit nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.  According to the Nobel Prize website, these include professor...