‘Wear something that makes you feel silly!’ Can Austin Kleon’s tips put the spark back in my life?
If you’re in a rut, kids can show you the way out. That’s the latest message from the author of the bestselling Steal Like an Artist. I asked him to help me rediscover my playful, creative side …
Other lives
Ruth Artmonsky obituary
Other lives: Co-founder of the psychometric testing consultancy SHL who went to write books about art and design
‘It’ll never be like that again’: Sonny Rollins and Steve Schapiro on jazz’s golden age – in pictures
Schapiro’s stunning images of jazz greats in New York – from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvin Jones – make up a new book featuring a foreword by late saxophone icon Rollins
May 2026
Milking it: inside America’s lactation rooms – in pictures
‘A gift that keeps on giving’: the witty world of Lee Friedlander – in pictures
Other lives
Martin Lister obituary
‘It was much grittier than the US scene’: UK skateboarding in the 80s and 90s – in pictures
Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt review – is culture the best medicine?
‘Anger, curiosity and hope’: a planet of protest – in pictures
You can spray that again! New York drenched in colour – in pictures
Tom Gauld's cultural cartoons
Tom Gauld on Chaucer’s first unboxing video – cartoon
April 2026
In plane sight: how the gilded elite live – in pictures
Births, deaths and a first kiss: life near the frontline in Ukraine – in pictures
When archaeology was dominated by men
‘They tore up everything’: the wolf hunters of Kyrgyzstan – in pictures
The Wonderful World that Almost Was by Andrew Durbin review – the queer artists who shaped New York cool
‘I’m not trying to make him handsome’: Polly Samson on photographing husband David Gilmour – in pictures
Tom Gauld's cultural cartoons
Tom Gauld on the librarians who take children – cartoon
Book of the day
The Dog’s Gaze by Thomas Laqueur review – the art of the canine, from Velázquez to Picasso
Artists, clowns, runaways: a stay at the Chelsea Hotel – in pictures
