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From Sumi Jo to Kim Koo: Commemorative medals capture culture, history

Soprano Sumi Jo joined a list of Korean cultural and sporting icons — among them BTS, Son Heung-min, Faker, Seventeen and An Se-young — honored with commemorative medals by the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO), which last week released a medal marking the 40th anniversary of her debut on the …

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'Kat World:' Artist Risa Brooke Oze turns wartime life in Israel into whiskered, cat-themed satire

On a typically sizzling summer weeknight, the bar-and-restaurant strip of Tel Aviv’s historic Nahalat Binyamin near the Carmel Shuk got a little more colorful – and a lot more feline. Friends and admirers packed in to see the latest paintings from mixed-media artist Risa Brooke Oze, whose series Kat World turns Isra…

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Now I’ve seen everything! A wild ride through the Edinburgh festival 2026 – in pictures

View image in fullscreenScottish Opera’s The Galloping Cure tackles the opioid crisis with direct but sophisticated musical language – and some black comedy. Read the reviewShareView image in fullscreenFreddie Meredith’s debut hour Need a Light? unpacks masculinity and more with his smoking-area-philosopher alter eg…

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‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain

At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’. She reflects on her journey from teenage Tory to full-throated leftist – and says there’s still time to save the nation from the bad guys

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