What does Met’s U-turn on John Galliano augur for him, the gala and Anna Wintour?What does Met’s U-turn on John Galliano augur for him, the gala and Anna Wintour?

NYC’s elite figures, led by Julie Menin, made Wintour blink, and the designer who in 2011 had gone on a drunken antisemitic rant, bowed out of industry’s biggest event Did Anna Wintour, Vogue’s long-serving fashion titan and ringmaster of the annual Met Gala, meet her match in Julie Menin, the ...

The US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools | Arwa MahdawiThe US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools | Arwa Mahdawi

Todd Blanche’s remarks are part of a totally-not-invented moral panic that stretches the limits of the imagination Being a public school teacher in the US these days is tough. You’ve got to pay for a lot of your own supplies, deal with smartphone-addicted children, and perform gender reassignment surgeries in ...

‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes

A new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives He set out from the beach around midnight, packing his camera, a coconut and a can of Diet Coke. Mykhailo Polyakov ...

‘Sinn Féin traitors!’: how far-right rhetoric derailed party’s path to power in Ireland‘Sinn Féin traitors!’: how far-right rhetoric derailed party’s path to power in Ireland

Party insider reveals how election campaign was blindsided by rise of anti-immigrant feeling in new book For Siobhán Fenton, the dream of Sinn Féin winning power and leading a progressive leftwing government evaporated the day she was canvassing in Dublin and felt a cold, sharp sting on her neck. She ...

Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before | Gaby HinsliffLosing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before | Gaby Hinsliff

There’ll be exhaustion, love tinged with occasional rage, even moments of black humour. But my mum would want me to tell you: don’t be afraid My mother’s house looks exactly as she left it. Two novels sit by the armchair, their pages neatly marked for book group. Pinned to the ...