Later tonight, NASA will attempt something it has not done in over half a century. Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis programme, is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center, carrying four astronauts beyond low Earth orbit and around the Moon. On paper, it is a ten day mission. In reality, it carries far more weight than that. This is the first time humans will travel into deep space since Apollo 17. Everything that follows in the Artemis programme depends on w

Most homes are designed around constraints. Space, structure, regulations, what you can change and what you can’t. This one begins from the opposite place. Set along the edge of the Volga in the Tver Region, the House of Five Roofs is being developed by Alexander Tischler LLC, led by creative director Karen Karapetian. It is still in the design stage, with completion expected in 2029, but the thinking behind it is already clear. This is not a house built to fit into everyday

There is a certain kind of festival that exists purely as a moment. You go, you post, you leave. It lives for a weekend and disappears just as quickly. WOMAD has never really worked like that. Its return in 2026, now set against the grounds of Neston Park from 23 to 26 July, feels less like a relaunch and more like something picking back up where it left off. After a year away, there is a sense of anticipation around it that is not driven by hype, but by familiarity. People k

There is a particular kind of stillness you expect in Venice. The kind that comes from water, from age, from history sitting exactly where it has always been. What Lu Yang does at the Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia unsettles that completely. DOKU The Illusion , on view from May 8 to October 4, arrives during the orbit of the La Biennale di Venezia, but it does not try to compete with the noise of it. Instead, it pulls you inward. Not into the past, which Venice tends to offer,

The OffWestEnd Awards (known as the Offies), established in 2010 to celebrate independent theatre across Off-West End theatre, have announced the winners of this year’s awards at Central Hall, Westminster, in a ceremony hosted by drag sensation Divina de Campo. Celebrating the breadth, boldness and innovation of independent, alternative and Fringe theatre across London and beyond, this year’s ceremony brought together artists, producers, venues and creatives from across the s

Actor, comedian and singer-songwriter Riki Lindhome brings her critically acclaimed solo show  Dead Inside  to London, charting a deeply personal decade-long journey through fertility treatment, loss and eventual motherhood. The show explores how we process experiences that are often lived in private  and what it means to find connection, and even laughter, on the other side. Dead Inside covers a decade of your life -  egg freezing, pregnancy loss, adoption and surrogacy. How