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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Military personnel using advanced technology to analyze and monitor data in a command center

Military instructor pointing at a whiteboard covered with tactical sketches and directional arrows during a training session

NATO flag displayed beneath the historic arcades of the Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium

Soldiers overseeing digital surveillance and operational data on screens in a military control room

Instructor explaining military tactics on a whiteboard filled with strategic diagrams and movement arrows

Economy & Politics

Is NATO’s article 5 sufficient in the age of hybrid threats?

The growing role of resilience, political unity, and strategic ambiguity in NATO’s response to hybrid threats

Apple Park headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, US

Economy & Politics

The rise of the billionaire city

Private capital, urban experiments, and the erosion of democratic space

Black-and-white image of a guardian angel statue in Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Endless existence and everlasting love

How a chance hospital roommate in Berlin became a reminder of my mother’s love

The Boys is an American satirical superhero series that follows a group of vigilantes confronting corrupt superpowered figures who are publicly celebrated as heroes by the corporation Vought International

The death of the invincible hero

Why modern audiences prefer flawed survivors to flawless saviours

On the Street

A man being scanned by a digital health app to track his health and progress

The future of fitness

Functional strength, mobility, and community

Johannes Vermeer, "Woman Writing a Letter With Her Maid", (1670)

The discreet charm of the mundane

The joy of everyday in 17th century genre painting

A couple of Great Egret birds and their family of babies

Its light spilled on every dark

Web Summit Rio sign; Riocentro; Web Summit Rio 2024, Brazil

Science & Technology

Top highlights of Web Summit 2024

Networking, startup competitions, expert masterclasses, and innovative product launches at this premier tech conference

Bathed in sunlight against a brilliant blue sky, this modern architectural marvel illustrates how AI-driven design can create unique, sustainable structures for the future

Architecture & Design

Transforming architecture with AI: a sustainable future

Discover how AI innovations revolutionise design efficiency and eco-friendliness in architecture

Resort Cala di Falco in Cannigione, Italy

Escape to Cala di Falco

A seaside heavenly resort in Cannigione, Italy

Architecture & Design

A modern home designed around light, openness and greenery, representing the balance between comfort and nature

The fifth room: designing indoor-outdoor flow

How thresholds, courtyards and outdoor rooms help homes feel larger, calmer and more connected to nature

Maggie’s Centre, Oxford, designed by WilkinsonEyre, UK

Maggie’s Centres and the architecture of care

How interior design, healing environments, and evidence-based research reshape cancer support spaces

Art

Installation view of ID.exe / the human patch, featuring the artwork Habitat no. 6 (2025, Diasec print, 140 × 80 cm, Ed. 3+1, solo exhibition by Ecem Dilan Köse, Art On Istanbul, 2025. Photo © Kayhan Kaygusuz, courtesy of the artist and Art On Istanbul

Ecem Dilan Köse: architectures of emergence

Digital environments, artificial life, and the ethics of perception

The Trustees in the Temporary Elgin Room, 1819, by Archibald Archer, depicts the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum surrounded by museum staff, a trustee, and visitors

Repatriation and the politics of cultural belonging

Colonial legacies, cultural justice, and the future of global heritage

Culture

Isaac Asimov sits at his typewriter as a humanoid robot looms behind him, embodying the uneasy boundary between human imagination and the autonomous future he once envisioned

"I, Robot" and the rise of the thinking machine

From programmed obedience to autonomy in Isaac Asimov’s philosophical universe

A guru instructing his disciples in a serene mountainous setting

What modern education can learn from ancient Gurukuls

Ten timeless disciplines that build focus, character, and inner balance in an age of distraction

Economy & Politics

The COVID-19 pandemic tipped the balance between health and the economy, crushing labor markets and reshaping work as we knew it

The U.S. labor market and COVID-19

A historic disruption and its lasting impacts

A monumental statue of Louis XIV towering before royal architecture, representing how the execution of a king rarely destroys the structures that sustained his power

The king beheaded?

Why killing or removing a leader rarely dismantles the structures beneath them

Entertainment

A late-night animator works in quiet concentration, capturing the unseen labour and long hours behind the stunning visuals of modern anime

The hidden price of anime

Why does anime look so good for so little?

Silo is an American dystopian science fiction television series created by Graham Yost and based on Hugh Howey’s Silo trilogy of novels—Wool, Shift, and Dust

Subterranean habitation in speculative fiction

Bunker narratives, biopolitics, and dystopian survival

Fashion

A K-pop-inspired group styled in layered monochrome looks, representing the theatrical fashion narratives central to idol culture

When style meets sound: the fashion power of K-pop

How Korean pop music became one of the most influential forces in global fashion

Dr Carolyn Mair is a British cognitive and behavioral psychologist who specializes in understanding how clothing and fashion influence human behavior, identity, and decision-making

Dr Carolyn Mair on the psychology of fashion

Why what we wear reflects who we are and how we think

Feature

Hands joined around a fresh coconut under sunlit palms, symbolising loyalty that survived time and separation

A story of how a Vietnamese refugee and a Filipino coconut seller find connection and hope in the unlikeliest of places

A trail of dry leaves in the forest, showing the path to be discovered

Dulcinea in the alley

Crossing: a journey over unfamiliar lands

Food & Wine

A woman’s hands holding a protein bar

Protein bars: convenience or compromise?

A balanced look at the benefits and drawbacks of this popular nutritional snack

A contemporary Italian lifestyle where everyday food choices support calm, balance, and mental well-being

The stress-eating paradox

Why Italians want food that calms rather than comforts

Science & Technology

A lone observation setup under the night sky captures the quiet, methodical search for unidentified aerial phenomena

Inside Nightcrawler UAP’s hunt for anomalies in the sky

Independent researchers use mobile technology to track and analyze unexplained aerial phenomena

A woman experiencing perimenopause, reflecting hormonal transition and midlife health

Perimenopause: the most overlooked health transition

Why this hormonal phase shapes women’s long-term metabolic, cognitive, and cardiovascular health

Sport

A passionate Croatia football supporter waves the national flag and cheers enthusiastically during an international football match, FIFA World Cup 2018 Final

Croatia, football, and the illusion of unity

How the Croatian national team reflects identity, nationalism, memory, and political contradiction

A child processing a painful loss in the back seat, representing the moments when parental support matters most

The car ride home after the game

Why the next ten minutes can shape your child's relationship with sport and with you for years to come

Travel

People walking along a street in Bangkok at night, Bangkok, Thailand

How chasing the past cost me purpose

Nostalgia, travel, and learning to adapt in a changed world

Tourists ride the iconic Tikka Taxi rickshaw through the streets of Lahore, Pakistan

Rickshaw drivers as mobile urban actors in Lahore

Rehearsing the right to the city

Wellness

Standing at the threshold between what is familiar and what is yet to unfold, where discomfort, choice, and change quietly meet

The in-between is where we live

Fear, liminality, and why change begins with tolerating discomfort

A quiet moment of connection at sunset, where love, stillness, and shared presence reflect the possibility of peace

Love, the first language of humanity

From Adam and Eve to poetry, philosophy, and the pursuit of peace

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Ninagawa Mika, Untitled, 2003; from the series Liquid dreams. Courtesy of the Photographers' Gallery

Japanese women photographers: from 1950s to now

24 Jun — 27 Sep 2026 at The Photographers' Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Natalie Karpushenko, Lily (detail), 2025. Courtesy of the Untitled Space

Women of water, women of Earth

25 Jun — 17 Jul 2026 at The Untitled Space in New York, United States

Rufai Zakari, Pool day 1 (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Contemporary Art Matters

The comfort we chase

25 Jun — 30 Jul 2026 at the Contemporary Art Matters in Columbus, United States

From the exhibition Inferno & paradiso. Courtesy of Photo Elysée ©Hannah Reyes Morales

Inferno & paradiso

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Hannah Darabi, How to marry a millionaire, "Mahvashs book of pleasure" (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Photo Elysée © Hannah Darabi

Why don’t you dance?

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

John Little, Untitled (detail), 1959. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Color says it all

26 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Adam de Boer, Sunday at Echo park lake (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Jane Lombard Gallery

Immensity of blue

26 Jun — 1 Aug 2026 at the Jane Lombard Gallery in New York, United States

Margarete Adler, from the series Die tage des wassers (detail), 1990s. Courtesy of Aoa;87 Gallery

26 Jun — 6 Aug 2026 at the Aoa;87 Gallery in Berlin, Germany

Cobi Moules, Bigger, faster, and hungrier (Eaton's neck) (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Pentimenti

Lines are marked, yet we are all outsiders

26 Jun — 24 Jul 2026 at Pentimenti in Philadelphia, United States

Robert Doisneau, La derniere valse du 14 Juillet (detail), 1949/later. Courtesy of Catherine Couturier Gallery

Thirty years: the legacy of John Cleary gallery

27 Jun — 5 Sep 2026 at the Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston, United States

Shintaro Miyake, 記憶 Memories (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery

May it still be a beautiful life

27 Jun — 1 Aug 2026 at the Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo, Japan

Rekha Rodwittiya, Home is wherever you are (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery

Unfolding narratives (...)

30 Jun — 8 Jul 2026 at the Mall Galleries in London, United Kingdom

Lost at sea. Courtesy of Galleria d'arte Triphè

30 Jun — 15 Jul 2026 at the Galleria d’arte Triphè in Rome, Italy

Susie Hamilton, Plumper (Bather) /5 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Paul Stolper Gallery

1 Jul — 14 Aug 2026 at the Paul Stolper Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Yacout Hamdouch, Une haie de volubilis à Carvoeiro (A hedge of morning glories in Carvoeiro) (detail), 2026. Courtesy the artist and October Gallery

Poetic threads. Spotlight: James Barnor

2 Jul — 15 Aug 2026 at the October Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Mary Case, Terra incognita (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

Mary Case and Lindsy Halleckson's exhibition

2 — 26 Jul 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Carolina Caycedo, The collapsing of a model (detail), 2019. Courtesy of MASP

Carolina Caycedo: confluences

3 Jul — 4 Oct 2026 at the MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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