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2026

8 Can't-Miss Fiction Books For Your Autumn Reading List

Enough already with the summer fluff, it's hardcore literary fiction season

Shortlist

2026

Author Hernan Diaz On Ply's Post-Punk And Future Science

"It's music you feel on your skin": The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novelist goes deep on DIY gigs, community-based anarchy and particle accelerators...

Shortlist

2026

The 25 Most Anticipated Films At The 70th BFI London Film Festival

The hot tickets and hidden gems to look forward to at the 70th edition of LFF this October

TECH, DESIGN & INNOVATION

WIRED

2026

Qobuz Is the Anti-Spotify Music Streamer You've Been Waiting For

With its music focus, no-AI content policy, and larger artist royalties, the hi-res streaming service is scooping up all sorts of switchers.

WIRED

2026

Apple Is Considering Adding Cameras To Future AirPods

With serious privacy and surveillance concerns, there are many hurdles to the idea taking off.

WIRED

2026

The New Wild West of AI Kids' Toys

These cuddly, connected companions could disrupt everything from make-believe to bedtime stories. No wonder some lawmakers want them banned.

WIRED

2026

Welcome to the Future of Noise Cancelling

The next generation of noise reduction is currently being developed in R&D labs around the world. Take a look at what's to come.

WIRED

2026

Influencers and Resellers Are Turning Empty Boxes Into Big Cash

As the appetite for "authenticity" grows online, content creators are buying up empty boxes for luxury goods-and resellers are cashing in for "crazy prices."

Stylus (£/$)

2025/2026

Technology Research on Women's Health, Robotics, Agri-Tech, Fintech & more

Stylus delivers trends intelligence built for action, empowering you to seize your next opportunity - whatever your role or business challenge.

WIRED

2025

As Key Talent Abandons Apple, Meet The New Gen of Design And AI Chiefs

With "hardware guy" John Ternus as frontrunner for the next CEO, can Apple overtake its ex-employees at OpenAI and Meta?

WIRED

2025

Investigation: Apple's AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals

Halfway to its 2030 net-zero goal, Apple faces slow and hold-out suppliers, a tariffs scramble, and an AI race that could profoundly impact eco-friendly ambitions.

WIRED

2025

The Bluetooth Lady Speaks! 'Voice-Over Actors Will Be Artisans in the AI Age'

Profile of voice-over actor Kristen DiMercurio on the state of the audio performance industries she's worked in for years.

WIRED

2025

Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You

Warehouse-style employee tracking tech has expanded into job after job. Now, as millions are called back to the workplace, it's finally coming for the American office worker.

WIRED

2025

Science Has Spun Spider-Man's Web-Slinging Into Reality

When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky, web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next.

Pulse - Substack

2024

The Pioneers Building Out Menopause Tracking

Interviews with startups and experts on the future of women's health

WIRED

2024

What Is Jony Ive Really Designing Next?

Analysis: LoveFrom is working with OpenAI to build AI devices that are less "socially disruptive" than the iPhone. Is Ive looking for absolution or a new computing soul?

Condé Nast

2024

Events: WIRED Big Interview 'Science Fair' Curation

Exhibits and demos live at the Midway, San Francisco

Condé Nast

2023

Events: WIRED Impact 'Science Fair' Curation

Sustainability exhibits and demos live at Magazine, London

WIRED

2021

The Most (And Least) Repairable Apple Products

Apple recently lifted the lid on the repairability of its products, to meet new legal requirements in France.

WIRED

2021

Nike's Concept RTNA Puts Butterfly Tech On Your Feet

One man has spent thirty years trying to replicate the high-impact hues in nature. Now his technique is ready for art, accessories and concept Air Jordans

WIRED

2021

The Brixton Fund Looking for the Next Black Unicorns

Cyril Lutterodt pitched to one hundred VCs with zero results. Now, with Black Seed, he's helping to raise £10 million to fund thirty Black-led startups.

WIRED

2020

BlackBerry Is Planning a Comeback. For Some, It Never Left

Loyalists had been mourning the physical keyboards (and Brick Breaker) until Onward Mobility announced a new 5G Android Blackberry arriving in 2021.

WIRED

2019

How Google Warped The Hyperlink

30 years on, SEO and social media silos have replaced pre-web visions of linking

WIRED

2019

Google Has A New Pitch For Startups Outside London's Tech Scene

Marta Krupinska, head of Google for Startups UK, is on a mission to champion startups taking on big social issues while opening up UK tech to communities it's long overlooked

WIRED

2019

Amazon And Apple Are Quietly Building Networks That Know The Location Of Everything

Amazon's new Sidewalk protocol and Apple's experiments with ultra-wideband signal a new battleground that gets Amazon out of the house and Apple inside it

SOCIETY

Shortlist

2026

Lucian Freud's London: An Art, Food and Booze-Filled Guide

"Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait."

Shortlist

2026

12 Podcasts to Help Make Sense of The Batshit News Right Now

*Internal screaming intensifies*

WIRED

2023

Profile: Patriotic Millionaires - Working With The 1 Per Cent

Profile: A group of multi-millionaires in the UK and US say it's time to get serious about taxing wealth - or else face rising inequality and the pitchforks.

Photobook - Zoo Park Publishing

2022

Book: To Sea Again

Introductory essay, research and captions for To Sea Again photobook on Grimsby fishermen and local communities by photographer Faraz Pourreza-Jorshari.

WIRED

2021

I Accidentally Snooped. Am I A Bad Person?

By accident or design, it's easier than ever to invade someone else's privacy. The question is whether we allow our worst instincts to drive what we do next

WIRED

2021

I Left My Marketing Agency To Run An Ice Cream Van

Dirk Mischendahl swapped life in the office to pursue his foodie dream.

WIRED

2020

Investigation: England's Contact Tracers Are Unprepared, Confused and Bored

Contact tracers we spoke to were left feeling unprepared, confused and bored as the system got off to a wobbly start.

WIRED

2020

Can Apple Fix The Media's Cash Crisis?

Exclusives? Apps? Audio? Apple is the latest to try to crack media's existential money crisis

WIRED

2020

What The Goop Lab Gets Right (And Wrong) About Sex

The Goop Lab sets out to explore the biggest myths and taboos around sex, but it doesn't get everything right

WIRED

2020

England's Covid-19 Strategy is All About London. Sorry, Northerners

Northern mayors are joining efforts to shift the focus of a Covid-19 response that is stuck just south of Watford

WIRED

2020

Our Terrible Housing Stock is Making Lockdown Life Even Worse

Government restrictions are a breeze if you've got a four-bedroom house and a garden. But millions aren't so lucky, and our awful housing is exacerbating self-isolation

WIRED

2020

As MWC Looms, Execs Are Being Put Into A Coronavirus Quarantine

Reporting: As major companies back out and others quarantine their own staff, coronavirus could still topple one of the world's largest technology trade shows

Grazia

2014

Tinder, Trolls And Selfies - Why 2014 Was A Pivotal Year For Women & Tech

If it wasn't playing out on our smartphones this year, we weren't paying attention...

FILM

Shortlist

2026

The BIG London Cinema List 2026: Film Festivals, Seasons, Q&As and Rep Screenings

Shortlist hand-picks the major movie events, cult venues, outdoor screenings and hidden gems coming up this year for our London film fan calendar. Freshly updated for 2026's colder months.

Shortlist

2026

This Indie Film Shows Luton's Soulful Young Mandem In A New Light

Imran Perretta's debut Ish is a gorgeous story of a friendship between two young boys. We talk to the director and the film's street-cast stars, Farhan Hasnat and Yahya Kitana.

Shortlist

2026

The Real Space Science of Project Hail Mary

The possible, the plausible, the sci-fi and the really, really strange...

Shortlist

2026

25 Films By British Directors To Watch Out For In 2026

Peaky Blinders on film, music documentaries and high-concept indies

Shortlist

2026

Oscar Predictions: The Films Team Shortlist Wants To Win

One award after another, but which stars and flicks will come out on top at this weekend's 98th Academy Awards?

Shortlist

2026

The Big Awards Season Movie Preview

These are the awards contenders, blockbusters and indie gems you need to know about.

Shortlist

2025

Ranking The Films of Yorgos Lanthimos

There's blood and biscuits everywhere.

Shortlist

2025

The Greatest Films Of The 1930s

Do the monster mash with Frankenstein, Dracula, Kong, the Wizard and the Invisible Man.

Shortlist

2025

The 20 Most Anticipated Films At The London Film Festival

Our picks of the most exciting films, documentaries and in-competition debuts playing at the 69th BFI LFF this October, at cinemas in the capital and all around the UK.

Shortlist

2025

The Greatest Films of The 1940s

What, you never seen a gun before?

Shortlist

2025

The Greatest Films of The 1950s

Because cinema didn't start with the French New Wave, kids.

Shortlist

2025

10 of The Best Spike Lee Joints

We take a double dolly through the director’s back catalogue.

Shortlist

2025

10 Films By British Directors to Watch Out For in 2025

Previews: Tom Hardy, Hot Milk and Samurai in Scotland

WIRED

2020

Forget Tenet, Proxima is The Perfect Film to Reopen Cinemas

It may be about astronauts in training, but the film's themes of separation and parenting sync up in strange ways with a pandemic.

WIRED

2019

The LEGO Movie 2 Totally Throws Out the Instruction Manual

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part trades master building for freewheeling creativity, with glorious results

NME

2018

'Roma': A Stunning Piece Of Personal Cinema

Settle in for Alfonso Cuarón's monochrome Mexican masterpiece because Roma demands and deserves your full, undivided attention.

NME

2018

'BlacKkKlansman': A Riotous Comedy About Despicable Racism

Starring John David Washington and Adam Driver, Spike Lee does his thing in this KK-caper carefully crafted for the times we're living in.

Forbes

2018

How Mubi's CEO Plans To Keep Cinephile Streaming Alive

We spoke to Mubi CEO Efe Çakarel about his indie and world cinema streaming service's moves into film distribution and its new Mubi GO app.

NME

2018

Heathers At 30: How Does This Gen-X Classic Fare Amid Earnest Millennial Outrage?

Christian Slater's deranged bad boy J.D and Winona Ryder's iconic misfit Veronica Sawyer go on a Bonnie and Clyde-style killing spree in this re-released cult classic.

NME

2018

Every Wes Anderson Movie Ranked in Order of Greatness

From Bottle Rocket through to Isle of Dogs, we rank every one of Wes Anderson's films in order of greatness.

NME

2018

'Mary Shelley': This Monster Mash Gives Good Gothic

Icons deserve movies and Frankenstein author Mary Shelley is nothing if not an icon.

Little White Lies

2016

First Look SXSW Review: Beware the Slenderman

A sinister internet phenomenon is unpacked in this intensely chilling cautionary tale documentary.

BOOKS

Shortlist

2026

10 New Fiction Books To Read This Summer

Featuring a twisty mystery, a sun-soaked charmer and a gnarly LA neo-noir. You can't go wrong.

Shortlist

2026

10 New Non-Fiction Books To Read For Summer

Cool down in the shade this summer with our top picks of new non-fic and memoirs

Shortlist

2026

10 Mind-Expanding Non-Fiction Books for Spring

We're journeying from the bottom of a pint glass to the edge of space-time...

Shortlist

2026

10 Must-Read Fiction Books To Sort Your Spring Reading

Twisty crowd-pleaser: Check. Elegant meditation on tech: Check. Fresh, original debuts: Check check.

Shortlist

2026

Early 2026 Fiction Reads

There's something for everyone with this first batch of must-read fiction for early 2026, including the return of George Saunders.

Shortlist

2026

Early 2026 Non-Fiction Edit

Retreat from furby-organ-pilled mass culture and read one of these excellent books.

Shortlist

2026

Our Most Anticipated Non-Fiction Books For 2026

All signal, no noise, these are the smart reads, talking points and weird gems to look out for in the coming year.

Shortlist

2025

The Best Books of 2025

The finest books across fiction, non-fiction and memoir.

Shortlist

2025

Winter Fiction Edit

Meme monsters, NYC scenesters and perspective-bending time-loops feature in our winter reading.

Shortlist

2025

Autumn Reading Edit

Tis the season the literary big hitters come to play.

Shortlist

2025

Autumn Non-Fiction Reset

The bell's ringing, school's very much in: learn a lesson from these new non-fiction book must-reads

Shortlist

2025

Summer Fiction Edit

The sun is orange, the planes are overhead and you're horizontal with one of these summer reads - including the return of giants Irvine Welsh and Stephen King.

Shortlist

2025

Summer Non-Fiction Edit

We've covered all the major topics of life: food, music, art, comedy... and trees, with this non-fiction book selection.

Shortlist

2025

Spring Fiction Reads

Your spring book stack starts here. We've read a bunch of new fiction releases out now or due this season and put together this edit of ten must-reads.

Shortlist

2025

Spring Non-Fiction Reads

Our non-fiction book picks for Spring include titles on the mess of the manosphere, the future of the Baltics and the emotional lives of The Beatles.

Shortlist

2025

10 New Fiction Books You Need to Read in 2025

Reviews and recommendations of new fiction and winter reads

Shortlist

2025

10 New Non-Fiction Books to Soup-Up Your Brain in 2025

New non-fiction previews

WIRED

2019

Review: Margaret Atwood's 'The Testaments' Is Done With Handmaids

'The Handmaid's Tale' sequel is upon us, but it might not be exactly what you're expecting.

TV

Shortlist

2026

Cook like The Bear: We Tried To Make The Show's Signature Dishes

We attempt our own twists on Carmy and Syd's fine dining.

Shortlist

2026

The 20 All-Time Greatest The X-Files Episodes

Do you believe in the existence of extra-terrestrials?

WIRED

2022

'Battle Kitty' Stretches the Limits of Interactive Netflix

The experimental animated kids series plays like a video game-and demonstrates the potential of interactive shows.

WIRED

2020

Truth Seekers Is The Spooky, Dorky Comfort TV We Need Right Now

Interviews: Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's new Wi-Fi horror show explains the paranormal mysteries behind your bad broadband connection

WIRED

2020

We Need to Talk About Season Two of The Mandalorian

The less we see of Boba Fett in The Mandalorian the better. And yes, this article contains spoilers for the first episode of season two

WIRED

2020

The Classic Simpsons Episodes To Stream On Disney+

Co-authored Edit: We've spent the week picking out our favourite episodes of The Simpsons.

WIRED

2019

I Binged AppleTV+ And Can Confirm It's Odd, Angsty And Horny As Hell

Reviews: For All Mankind and Dickinson are the breakout shows in Apple's launch line-up of eight TV+ originals.

WIRED

2019

All The Deaths In Game of Thrones 'The Long Night', Ranked

Who died in Game of Thrones season eight, episode three? We rank the deaths from best to worst as we review The Long Night

WIRED

2019

Who Won Game of Thrones? The Finale Reviewed

Co-authored Review: In our Game of Thrones finale review, we explore who won and lost in the end and how we feel about the end of the show

WIRED

2019

Nightflyers Is A George RR Martin Sci-fi Binge In Search Of A Fandom

Review: This space horror series takes an early story from the man behind Game of Thrones and twists it into something else entirely

WIRED

2019

Why I Listen To Recap Podcasts About TV I'm Not Watching

It's possible I've discovered the antidote to both millennial burnout and toxic levels of screen time.

Den of Geek

2018

Essay: Abducted By The X-Files: All the Places Fandom Can Take You

What happens when you fall hard for a show like The X-Files in 2018? Sophie found out...

MUSIC

Shortlist

2026

The Best Concert Films Ever Made

With Billie Eilish's new concert movie out in cinemas, we take a look back at some of the greats. Still time to become a roadie, right...

WIRED

2022

Brian Eno on Why He Wrote a Climate Album With Deepfake Birdsongs

Interview: The ambient music pioneer is back with 'ForeverAndEverNoMore,' an album that wants to get you in touch with your climate emergency feelings.

WIRED

2020

More Radio, More Live: Where Apple Music's Headed

Interview: The future of music streaming is radio, but not as we know it. Here's what next for Apple Music, according to Oliver Schusser and Zane Lowe

WIRED

2019

The Unlikely Cassette Comeback Isn't Over Yet

UK cassette sales are at their highest levels for more than a decade. By the end of 2019 it's predicted 75,000 tapes will be sold. But tapeheads don't care if the redux stays small scale - that's part of the charm.

WIRED

2019