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Charged with mystery: LensCultures most artistic images in pictures | Art and design

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‘Charged with mystery’: LensCulture’s most artistic images – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email From communist cars to time-travelling children, the LensCulture Art photography awards 2022 features 39 artists pushing the boundaries of the medium Main image: Fawn over it … Adolescence by Graziano Panfili. Photograph: Graziano Panfili Thu 17 Feb 2022 02.00 EST Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10. Read More...

David Crystal's top 10 books on the English language | Books

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Top 10sBooksDavid Crystal's top 10 books on the English languageProfessor David Crystal is one the world's foremost linguistic experts. His latest book, The Fight for English (published by OUP) assesses the debate over rights and wrongs in English usage, with examples from early modern English via Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson to our modern developments such as email and texting, and explains why he believes that when it comes to spelling and grammar, we should say no to zero tolerance. Read More...

Grace Jones: Size zero is like the walking dead. Not sexy at all | Grace Jones

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Observer New Review Q&AGrace JonesInterviewGrace Jones: ‘Size zero is like the walking dead. Not sexy at all’Miranda SawyerThe model, singer – and subject of a new film – on Trump, not being allowed to hit people and why she misses Concorde A singer, songwriter, actor and model, Grace Jones was born in Jamaica in 1948. She was brought up by her grandmother and violent step-grandfather and moved to Syracuse, New York, to join her parents when she was 13. Read More...

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