Soumayan Biswas Borrowed Gaze, 2025 Shot on iPhone 15 In the Hooghly district of West Bengal, just a short walk from his home, photographer Soumayan Biswas found himself circling the edges of a large village pond, searching – as he often...
Born in Minna, Nigeria, Ben Okri, 67, spent his childhood in Nigeria and London. He published his first novel Flowers and Shadows in 1980 and won the Booker prize in 1991 with The Famished Road. His subsequent work includes Astonishing the...
When I was a teenager in Denmark in the 1980s, my older brother drove me to Roskilde, a city with five original Viking ships. We started working with the Viking Ship Museum of Roskilde as volunteers to build one of the first replicas. Since...
Emma, 34, London Occupation Thinktank comms director Voting record Tory or Lib Dem until 2024, when Emma spoiled her ballot “because I was annoyed at everybody” Amuse bouche Aged nine, Emma got her head stuck in the railings of...
Born in Billericay, Essex, in 1970, Mark Foster is a former competitive swimmer and winner of 51 major international medals, including six world titles, two Commonwealth Games golds and 11 European titles. He represented the UK at five...
