In the kind of backhanded obituary that would today provoke a social media furor, the estimable and exacting TIME art critic Robert Hughes described Andy Warhol as a “living transparency, with his face pressed to the shop widow of the American dream and his head full of schemes to titillate an aging, youth-obsessed American culture.” Wary of the commodification of art, Hughes portrayed Warhol as equal parts charlatan, savant, and sphinx. Read More...
Finally, it’s the ’90s. After four seasons of ceremonies, scandals, and endless hand-wringing over the future of the monarchy, the episodes that House of Windsor obsessives have been anticipating since before The Crown premiered will arrive on Nov. 9. Charles and particularly Diana take center stage as their marriage unravels in shockingly public fashion. Camilla, Dodi, Panorama, Tampongate—creator Peter Morgan delves into all of it. What he doesn’t spend much time on in the show’s fifth season is the Queen herself. Read More...
January 12, 2016 4:33 AM EST
The Philippine legislature has undermined the fight against sexually transmitted disease by removing funding for contraception from its 2016 budget, U.N. agencies and rights groups say.
The funding cut, which took place last week, will eliminate “vital support for lower-income Filipinos who rely on state-provided contraceptive services for protection from sexually transmitted infections, and for safe birth-spacing and family planning,” global advocacy group Human Rights Watch said in a statement. Read More...
