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1. Liquid Blushes Replace Powder, Deliver a Natural, Skin-Like Flush

   Liquid blushes are edging out powders by melting into skin and building a believable flush. New formulas broaden shade ranges and improve wear.

2. Citrus Perfumes Give Shoppers a Versatile Alternative to Sweet or Clean Scents

   Citrus fragrances sit between sugary fruit and minimalist clean scents. Notable picks include Jo Malone Grapefruit, Guerlain Néroli Plein Sud and Le

3. Five Writers Vie For £10,000 In 2026 Caine Prize Shortlist

   Five writers from Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt and Zimbabwe make the 2026 Caine Prize shortlist, chosen from a record 407 entries across 27

4. Chris Cantrill Wins Edinburgh Comedy Award As He Prepares to Write for SNL UK

   Cantrill's Rewilding takes the Edinburgh comedy prize. He leaves the festival to begin writing for SNL UK, which he calls 'the hardest job of my

5. Readers Gain New Essays on J.P. Donleavy, Live-Music Carbon Footprints and a Literary Scam

   Lit Hub's daily roundup highlights essays on J.P. Donleavy, live-music carbon footprints, a literary scam, book reviews and fiction.

6. Kennedy Center’s Joel Shapiro Sculpture Removed, Public Loses a Landmark

   A 24-foot Joel Shapiro sculpture was taken down from the Kennedy Center grounds by the National Park Service without explanation.

7. New Yorkers Gain Live Public Record Album at Delacorte Theatre

   A cast of more than 100 New Yorkers will improvise a 12-track live album over five nights at the Delacorte, built from citywide workshops.

8. Wearstler’s H&M Capsule Brings Designer Homeware And Fashion To Shoppers

   Kelly Wearstler’s H&M capsule pairs modular furniture and a surprise fashion line, offering premium materials and designer style at lower price

9. H&M Brings Elie Saab Couture Codes To High Street, Launches October 22

   The 55-piece Elie Saab x H&M capsule arrives October 22, priced from €29.99 to €399. Sequins, lace and faux fur translated into day and evening wear.

10. Michael Sheen: Ask Wales If It Wants Prince Of Wales Title Back

    Michael Sheen says the next vacancy for the Prince of Wales title should trigger a public question in Wales, given the title's painful history.

11. Maurizio Cattelan’s Night Opens in Berlin, Recasts $6.2m Banana and Gold Toilet

    Berlin gets Maurizio Cattelan’s Night at the Neue Nationalgalerie, reframing Comedian and America as serious probes of power and collective memory.

12. Thirteen Authors Vie for Baillie Gifford Prize, Winner to Receive £50,000

    Thirteen nonfiction books from biography to espionage make the Baillie Gifford longlist. The shortlist is due 1 October and the winner will get

13. Biennale Risks €2M EU Grant As President Defends Russia Pavilion

    Pietrangelo Buttafuoco defended Russia's return to the 61st Venice Biennale, despite criticism and a European Commission threat to freeze a €2

14. Tokyo Street Style Turns Monochrome For Spring 2027 Shows

    Head-to-toe black and warm brown dominated outside Tokyo's spring 2027 shows, with Y2K beanies, graphic tees, furry handbags and magazines as

15. Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings Undermines Jared Diamond's Case for Individual Agency

    Diamond leans on a self-styled 'Hamlet test' and natural experiments but misapplies evidence, ignores specialists and draws overconfident conclusions.

16. Guerlain Maintains Relevance With Two Centuries Of Methodical Innovation

    Nearly 200 years old, Guerlain delays launches until they matter, using honey and orchid science to modernise fragrance, skincare and makeup.

17. Los Angeles Fall Exhibitions Reframe Underrecognized Artists and Movements

    This fall, LA shows reposition Chicanx, Indigenous, trans and Asian diasporic artists across museums and grassroots spaces, shifting local art

18. Fall 2026 Nails Shift to Jewel-Heavy Maximalism and ’90s Square Shapes

    Pearls, rhinestones and chrome tips join burgundy and jelly finishes as fall 2026’s dominant nail trends. Expect ’90s square cuts to return.

19. Artists Paddle 350 Miles Up the Erie Canal to Finish in Buffalo September 5

    Z Behl and Kim Moloney spend five weeks paddling and camping the Erie Canal, centering labor, ecology and Indigenous displacement on their route to

20. Box of Zines Linked to 30-Year Sentence Traces to Austin Living Room

    An Austin living-room zine library holds about 3,000 booklets; one box from the collection sits at the center of a case that produced a 30-year

21. Mukcyen Arms Wearers Against Digital Noise

    Yuka Kimura’s sixth Mukcyen collection, Low Energy, turns bodycon tailoring and hoods into protective second-skin pieces for the digitally drained.

22. Sheehan's Portraits Reveal Cormac McCarthy at Home in Santa Fe

    Beowulf Sheehan photographed Cormac McCarthy at the Santa Fe Institute and at his adobe home, producing intimate portraits and the tale of a

23. Verso Reissues Higgie’s Bedlam, Recasting Richard Dadd’s Psychosis

    Verso reissued Jennifer Higgie’s Bedlam in July, a first-person reimagining of Richard Dadd’s 1842 travels and descent into psychosis.

24. Peter Thiel’s Private Viewing of Bayeux Tapestry Sparks Staff Concern

    A private VIP viewing of the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry by Peter Thiel on August 18 prompted staff worries about access and preservation.

25. Met Cancels John Galliano Exhibition After Backlash Over 2011 Remarks

    John Galliano pulled his 2027 Met Costume Institute exhibition after renewed criticism over his 2011 hate-speech convictions.

26. Barbie Becomes a Humanoid, Ambush’s Yoon Ahn Recasts the Doll

    Yoon Ahn’s Prototype 001 recasts Barbie as a humanoid with a hime haircut, pink headset, metallic armor and a mechanical cat companion.

27. Hayley Mills Names Dickie Attenborough As The Whistler On Whistle Down The Wind

    Hayley Mills recalls filming Whistle Down the Wind in Lancashire and reveals Dickie Attenborough whistled the main theme.

28. Pandora Makes Astrology Its Sales Pitch With Sturgeon Moon Talisman Launch

    Pandora staged a Sturgeon Moon launch at the Hollywood Roosevelt, centering astrology and new Talisman jewelry, co-hosted by Alex Consani.

29. Alix E. Harrow Tops 2026 Hugo Winners At 84th Worldcon In Los Angeles

    Alix E. Harrow led the 2026 Hugo winners at the 84th Worldcon in Los Angeles. The awards span novels, short fiction, comics and new writers.

30. Krasner’s Agency At Risk As The Met Pairs Her With Pollock

    Lia Strasser reconsiders Lee Krasner after visiting the Pollock-Krasner House, as The Met readies Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous.

31. Suede Bags Return As Fall’s Key Accessory, From Hobo To Structured Top-Handle

    Designers and retailers are rolling out suede in slouchy hobos, structured top-handles and accessible totes, making texture central to fall dressing.

32. Marlon James Makes Fiction Personal With Booker-Nominated The Disappearers

    The Disappearers mines James’s Kingston childhood and interviews with queer Jamaicans to render gay life, joy, and violence in 1980s and 1990s.

33. Yoshio Kubo Unveils Eight Looks For Tokyo Spring 2027

    Yoshio Kubo's Tokyo Spring 2027 collection appears online as a curated gallery of eight looks, presented alongside other season shows.

34. Audiences Get A Star-Studded Autumn As Swinton, Knightley And Osipova Return

    Tilda Swinton reclaims a role in Manfred Karge’s Man to Man. Keira Knightley, Natalia Osipova and Kevin Bridges headline major autumn productions.

35. Peter Marinker With Alzheimer’s Returns To Stage In Krapp’s Last Tape

    Peter Marinker, 85, will perform Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape at the Cockpit Theatre from 2 to 5 September. All profits go to the Alzheimer’s Society.

36. Minimalism Versus Maximalism Divides Stars at Late August Events

    Sleek silhouettes from Celine Dion and Kaia Gerber stood beside sequined, animal-print showpieces from Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock.

37. Claudia Sulewski and Finneas Married in Montecito After Oscar de la Renta Fittings

    They married on August 29 in Montecito. Two weeks earlier Sulewski opened an Oscar de la Renta fitting in Beverly Hills for four custom wedding looks.

38. Celebrities Turn 2026 U.S. Open Into A Courtside Fashion Showcase

    The 2026 U.S. Open in Queens became a courtside runway, with Kaia Gerber, Homer Gere, Tory Burch and others showing standout style.

39. Daughters of Devi Brings South Indian Women’s Private Worlds Into Focus

    Lucia Jost’s series captures intimate networks of women across South India, from Mumbai to Kerala, amid social change.

40. Older Women Lose Ground In UK Arts As Sector Prioritises Youth

    Survey of 76 arts professionals finds 95% of women report gender inequality and 69% say age damages careers; report warns AI hiring may entrench bias.