The death of the Polaroid instant camera in 2008 was a sad but unremarkable reality at the time, with its rapidly declining sales coinciding with the rise of a product…
Month: March 2020

Exhibitions and a book festival go virtual in BBC’s Culture in Quarantine
The BBC has announced details of its new Culture in Quarantine programme, which will take place across its spectrum of TV channels, radio stations and a newly repurposed BBC Arts…

Cartoonist Tom Gauld on drawing the humour out of science
Ahead of the release of his forthcoming book of New Scientist cartoons, Tom Gauld talks to us about his creative process and why he gets a kick out of the…

How to keep kids creatively occupied during coronavirus
Being a parent during the coronavirus pandemic is no mean feat. Just as you’d started getting used to WFH life, the UK government made the decision to close schools, and…