How much would you pay for a banana attached to a wall with a piece of duck-tape? $6.2m (£4.9m)?! That is what someone paid in a Sotheby’s auction in New York last week (https://www.sothebys.com). The artwork, called ‘Comedian’, comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots so, even though it was originally created by Maurizio Cattelan...

For many, the name Samantha Harvey will not be familiar. For those interested in literature however, she will be instantly recognised as having this week been announced as the winner of the prestigious Booker Prize 2024 for her novel Orbital (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0jellz4zro). The award (worth £50,000) is given for the best English language novel published annually in the UK and Ireland. Undoubtedly...

Today is Remembrance Sunday, a time to rightly pause and remember the sacrifices of the many soldiers (in conflicts near and far) who gave their lives so that we can enjoy the freedoms that we so often take for granted. Whilst we must never take away from the many sacrifices that have been made in war, Christians also spend time...