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Gillian Orr

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Gillian Orr is an arts and features writer for The Independent.

Food and Drink

How to cheat at Christmas lunch

O’Neill said of this beach shot, 'not real life'
People

​Essena O'Neill: Teenage awakening or genius marketing?

Visiting Room, the Walls
Features

Conversation with the Dead: Danny Lyon is republishing his masterpiece

One of Lee Liberace’s dazzling two-pieces
Features

A man finds out why he has a 'gay voice'

‘Perpetual Shadow’, 2014
Features

Clarissa Bonet’s cityscapes reflect the anonymity of living in Chicago

Quirky campaign: The 40 second advert sees Workie stalk a small business owner in a park only to be ignored
UK Politics

DWP under fire for spending £8.45m on workplace pensions film

Every night a rotating cast of seven creates a new show on the spot with a little direction from the audience
Theatre & Dance

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical: the cast reveal their secret

Sycamore leaves edging the roots of a sycamore tree, Hampshire, 1 November 2013
Features

From mud to ice, Andy Goldsworthy's artwork is a testament to passing

Natsuko Kuwahara: Bread and a Dog
Features

Natsuko Kuwahara's photos of four years of feeding her pet dog

This pheasant had a muscle contraction in its feet
Features

Anjès Gesink’s photographs of Vogelklas Karel Schot bird sanctuary

Schwarz commissioned watercolour portraits to showcase his daily ensembles
Features

Matthäus Schwarz prefigured the selfie blogger craze by 500 years

Storm in a breakfast bowl: the protest at the weekend
UK

Cereal Killer Café protest: Hitting the wrong target?

Press

How to interview a celebrity

Press

How to interview a celebrity

Features

What makes people mark themselves permanently with with corporate

Features

Can vandalism ever add to an artwork?

Features

Can vandalism ever add to an artwork?

Brazil, 1981
Photography

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado captures the essence of a

Brazil, 1981
Photography

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado captures the essence of a

Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight of the American electronic music duo Odesza perform on day three of the Coachella Music Festival
Features

How Odesza have gone from bedroom producers to festival highlights

'Baptism of Fire, Pachuca, Mexico' - Santa Muerte statuettes are consecrated and baptised with tequila then set alight
Features

In pictures: The devotees of unorthodox religion Santa Muerte

Included in a new exhibition about Arnatt is his 1969 self-portrait series 'Self-Burial'
Features

Keith Arnatt used humour to explore invisibility of the artist

Alanis Morissette could well be about to make a comeback
Features

Alanis Morissette is back in the spotlight following duet with Taylor Swift on 1989 tour

Early adopter: Charles Dodgson photographed in 1863
Features

Lewis Carroll photographed some of the biggest celebrities of his day

Comedian Amy Schumer
People

Trainwreck star Amy Schumer is standing up to be counted

Marie Meier, Schaumburger Land
Features

Eric Schuett's portraits of Black Forest villagers in peasant dress

Morris-Cafiero deliberately chooses crowded spots – tourist attractions, beaches, shopping malls – that she knows will be rife with curious onlookers
Features

Photographer Haley Morris-Cafiero looks at passers-by, looking at her

Comedian Amy Schumer
People

Trainwreck star Amy Schumer is standing up to be counted

Marie Meier, Schaumburger Land
Features

Eric Schuett's portraits of Black Forest villagers in peasant dress

Morris-Cafiero deliberately chooses crowded spots – tourist attractions, beaches, shopping malls – that she knows will be rife with curious onlookers
Features

Photographer Haley Morris-Cafiero looks at passers-by, looking at her

Pet detectives: police sniffer dogs
Crime

Calais crisis prompts a recruitment drive for police sniffer dogs and

Crime

Calais crisis prompts a recruitment drive for police sniffer dogs and

Pet detectives: police sniffer dogs
Wenders captured the perennial blue skies, retro signs and kitsch interiors that fans of the film will recognise
Features

Wim Wenders: Unseen photographs from his Paris, Texas project

Bringing home the Birkin: Jane with her eponymous handbag
Features

Jane Birkin asks Hermès to rename bag - but what else could the

That will do ricely: the Cauli-Rice that will be gracing your supermarket shelves soon
Features

Cauliflower rice: The new superfood or just the latest food fad?

'The osterias represent the soul of the ancient traditions of my region,' says the 27-year-old. 'And the people who drink there fit perfectly in the environment.'
Features

Photographer Giulio Magnifico captures the tranquillity and characters

'The osterias represent the soul of the ancient traditions of my region,' says the 27-year-old. 'And the people who drink there fit perfectly in the environment.'
Features

Photographer Giulio Magnifico captures the tranquillity and characters

Girls, uninterrupted: Lena Dunham
Tech

Lena Dunham launches feminist e-newsletter 'Lenny'

Fit to print: the key to success in magazines is to corner a specialised market and speak directly to your reader
Media

Indie magazine sales are proving print is not dead

Manchester, 1966
Photography

How photographer Shirley Baker chronicled Manchester's working-class

Barclay says: 'The idea is that I want to inform people with something that looks arty enough that they want to put it on their wall too'
Features

Graphic designer Nick Barclay breaks down classics cocktails in his

Science

Behind the scenes of the world's most experimental science labs

South Carolina lawmakers have requested that the Confederate battle flag be removed from the state house
Americas

The Confederate banner isn't the only flag to cause controversy

Hawking in 'The Simpsons' in 2005
People

How Stephen Hawking became a pop-culture phenomenon: From Star Trek to

No slacker: the hugely talented Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett
Features

Courtney Barnett on being a voice for the millenial generation

Pilton's peaceful existence is turned upside-down by the arrival of Glastonbury Festival
Features

Glastonbury 2015: What's it like to live in the quiet village of

Multi-talented: Ashton likes to do her own thing
Profiles

Zawe Ashton interview: The actress is moving on from Fresh Meat with a

Hotels

Silencio à la Maison de L'Aiguebrun, France: Club culture in tranquil

Hotels

Silencio à la Maison de L'Aiguebrun, France: Club culture in tranquil

Features

Father John Misty interview: ‘I was so sure I had made a dud

'Pugahm Myo: Thapinyu Pagoda', August 1855
Features

V&A to display Captain Linnaeus Tripe's salute to Asia as part of its

Hot temper: The firestarting Aisha Gaddafi arrives in Baghdad in 2000
World

From Sarah Kyolaba to Rachele Guidi Mussolini: What jobs can the

Azuma is inspired by the Japanese tradition of ikebana
Features

Encyclopaedia of Flower II: Makoto Azuma delights the art world with

Azuma is inspired by the Japanese tradition of ikebana
Features

Encyclopaedia of Flower II: Makoto Azuma delights the art world with

Quilt free: Sam Wingate, the founder of Manmade, at work
Features

Manmade: The UK's first men-only craft fair opens this week - and it's

Quilt free: Sam Wingate, the founder of Manmade, at work
Features

Manmade: The UK's first men-only craft fair opens this week - and it's

Home News

Is bridge the latest twee pastime to get hip?

Emily McDowell Card that read's "I'm really sorry I haven't been in touch, I didn't know what to say"
Features

The story of a cancer survivor who went on to create her own line of

Features

Best Coast interview: 'I grew up obsessed with female musicians, to

Festival-goers at Glastonbury last year
Features

Festival survival guides: do we need them?

Festival-goers at Glastonbury last year
Features

Festival survival guides: do we need them?

Eduardo Guerrero Gonzales, Osuna
Features

Ruven Afanador's book showcases surreal world of flamenco dancers

A cyclist passes a bank of daffodils in the spring sunshine in Hyde Park on March 23, 2012 in London, England. Parts of the United Kingdom are enjoying high temperatures.
Culture

Dazed and Confused to The Importance of Being Earnest, the works that

Hajdu Tamas's work carries a certain preoccupation with the animal world
Features

Photographer Hajdu Tamas captures the quirkier side of life in Romania

Bags for life: The Walkers factory in Leicester is the world’s largest crisp plant, producing more than 11 million bags a day
Features

Crisp sales are in decline - but this tasty trivia might tempt back

Features

Crisp sales are in decline - but this tasty trivia might tempt back

Bags for life: The Walkers factory in Leicester is the world’s largest crisp plant, producing more than 11 million bags a day
A room in the Udaipur City Palace is enhanced by Knorr superimposing a shot she took in a zoo of a sarus crane, a creature that features frequently in Indian miniatures
Features

Photography: India Song features animals from Indian folklore

A room in the Udaipur City Palace is enhanced by Knorr superimposing a shot she took in a zoo of a sarus crane, a creature that features frequently in Indian miniatures
Features

Photography: India Song features animals from Indian folklore

Park and stride: the car park is no stranger to hosting events
Features

Is this Britain’s coolest car park? Pay and sashay at Brewer Street

You can hear Rachael Naylor's dulcet tones on Olay ads and One Direction DVDs
Media

Meet the voiceover stars: From Mind the Gap to the talking clock, the

You can hear Rachael Naylor's dulcet tones on Olay ads and One Direction DVDs
Media

Meet the voiceover stars: From Mind the Gap to the talking clock, the

Carol Morley, director of The Falling with Florence Pugh
Features

'After you left the room I said, Wow!': director Carol Morley and

While they can be derided for being tacky, Marsh believes these structures have their own, curious appeal
Features

Photographer Dillon Marsh captures man-made palm trees that disguise

A red and white striped house in South End, Kensington, London, which was apparently painted by the owner in protest at a planning application being turned down on improvements to the property
Home News

Disgruntled Londoner has revenge on neighbours who objected to her

'PlayStation 1' was shot in a small town close to Dunkirk in the north of France and riffs on the concept of the games console
Features

Charles Pétillon transforms everyday scenes using balloons in

'PlayStation 1' was shot in a small town close to Dunkirk in the north of France and riffs on the concept of the games console
Features

Charles Pétillon transforms everyday scenes using balloons in

The man seen here is stooping to avoid affecting the competition
Features

Photographer Ricardo Cases captures Spain's pigeon breeders and their

The man seen here is stooping to avoid affecting the competition
Features

Photographer Ricardo Cases captures Spain's pigeon breeders and their

New documents from the late Robin Williams' estate stipulate a restriction on his image, or any likeness of it, being used until 2039
News

Why Robin Williams safeguarded himself against a morbid trend in

Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Deadmau5, Kanye West and Jay-Z at the Tidal launch event in New York
Features

Tidal, Nietzsche, and Jay-Z: A launch with many awkward moments...

At this year's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas
Features

Why SXSW is still the place to spot the next big thing

Story of his life: Malik has found his admirers' attentions too much to bear
Features

The distress of some Zayn Malik fans is real, and they need support,

Story of his life: Malik has found his admirers' attentions too much to bear
Features

The distress of some Zayn Malik fans is real, and they need support,

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Features

Photographer Ryann Ford's images of rest stops on America's highways

Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese would be on keys
Features

Steev Livingstone, Errors: My fantasy band

Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese would be on keys
Features

Steev Livingstone, Errors: My fantasy band

'Heart of the Dragon': This tree can be found in Socotra, an island off the Horn of Africa, and bleeds a scarlet sap when its trunk is cut
Features

Photographer Beth Moon's black and white images celebrate the

Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese would be on keys
Features

Steev Livingstone, Errors: My fantasy band

Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese would be on keys
Features

Steev Livingstone, Errors: My fantasy band

'Heart of the Dragon': This tree can be found in Socotra, an island off the Horn of Africa, and bleeds a scarlet sap when its trunk is cut
Features

Photographer Beth Moon's black and white images celebrate the

Fighting talk: Jeremy Clarkson after his suspension from the BBC
Features

Jeremy Clarkson: Is the word 'fracas' just a middle-class way of

Every Lidl helps: chef Kevin Love was in charge at The Hinds Head in Bray
Features

From Heston Blumenthal to Lidl: Kevin Love on leaving an award-winning

Davidson stumbled upon a child pushing a baby carriage in Cwmcarn
Features

Bruce Davidson's images of 'devastatingly awful' Cwmcarn show the

Clemens Rehbein (left), one half of duo Milky Chance
Features

Clemens Rehbein, Milky Chance: My fantasy band

Features

Photographer Sean Hawkey uses 19th-century techniques to capture

Panda Bear wants Brian May and James Brown in his band
Features

Panda Bear: My fantasy band

Some purists are displeased with the direction Crufts is taking
Features

Crufts 2015: Should foreign pooches be allowed to compete?

The oddest photo from the night
Oscars

Oscars 2015: The alternative winners, from best accessory to creepiest attendee

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