Nick Spence

Ciak si muore (1974)

Yoko Ono and John Lennon with Ono’s daughter, Kyoko, in a scene from One to One: John & Yoko. (Magnolia Pictures)

Martin Parr | From The Last Resort | New Brighton, England. 1983-85. (© Martin Parr | Magnum Photos)

Sad to see Martin Parr has died. The documentary photographer rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, with The Last Resort: his study of working class people on holiday in New Brighton in Merseyside. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Melanie Mayron and Anita Skinner in Girlfriends (1978)

Bad Painter. German artist Albert Oehlen directs this iconoclastic portrait of himself - in life and at work - with Udo Kier as his alter ego, and musician Kim Gordon as interviewer and judge. www.psfilmfest.org/film-festiva...

Jenny Erpenbeck, tr. Michael Hofmann, Kairos (paperback cover); design by John Gall, illustration by Tina Berning (New Directions)

Mark Steinmetz. Margaretha, Athens, Georgia, 1999.

Lisa Jones Studio. Dove Mini Card.

Kill Bill. As Tarantino’s twin landmarks of 2000s action cinema return to screens in supercut form, we unpack the influences behind Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

Pete Shelley – 10 of the best. www.theguardian.com/music/2018/d...

Fin Costello. Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks, 1 January, 1978 (Redferns)

The Quietus. Here are our favourite albums of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff, columnists and core writers. thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...

In praise of Michael Mann's Heat at 30. cinephiliabeyond.org/heat/

The New Yorker at 100. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Ki Price. Pam Hogg, on the runway, 2019 (WireImage)

Don Paulsen. Steve Cropper, 1967 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty)

Tony Prime. Marc Bolan in Highgate cemetery, north London, 6 December 1965.

Judy Geeson and John Stride in Brannigan (1975) (MGM)

David Bowie and Cinematographe Anthony B. Richmond filming The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) (© Anthony B. Richmond)

"There was a club in Dunfermline (Fife) called The Kronk and the DJ there, called Lel Palfrey would play incredible sets going from House into Hip Hop into Reggae and back into House..." Steve Mason, 2025. stevemason.tmstor.es/product/stev...

Tate Modern, 6 December, 2018.

Thommy Berggren and Pia Degermark in Elvira Madigan (1967)

Lucas Samaras. Sittings Poster exhibition poster. 5 December 1980 - 10 January 1981, Pace Gallery, New York.

White. Right. ''Pantone has released Cloud Dancer as it’s 2026 Colour of the Year, a clean, simple and unmistakably pure white. Free from undertones, Cloud Dancer has been created to offer a straightforward, modern expression of white in its most classic form."

Susan Wood. Yoko Ono and John Lennon, December, 1968 (Getty)

Thomas Houseago. First Light exhibition view, Rubell Museum Miami, 2025.

Leith School of Art. Join us for a weekend full of ceramics, prints, cards, jewellery, paintings, textiles, and more - plus a hands-on activity stall for all ages! Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec | 10:30am - 4:30pm | 66 Albion Road, Edinburgh | Free Entry. www.leithschoolofart.ac.uk

The Monkees. Monkee Mobile Pontiac GTO by Husky # 1204 (1967)

'A large amount of weirdness': The long, strange success of the Grateful Dead. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...