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Lauren Bacall, 1947 | Photo: C.Everett/REX Shutterstock

PURSUIT What does pursuit mean to you? Mischievous romantics might think of Nancy Mitford . Cynics may recall Sylvia Plath . History students can quote the Declaration of Independence while any theater buff knows Shakespeare’s most baffling stage instruction . 1

For everyone else, there’s the game that’s kept families fighting for over 35 years . 5

To mark the launch of our editorial offering, we asked writers to explore the theme of “pursuit” in each of our five new content categories: fashion, entertainment, news, sport, and archive. Enjoy their stories and our images.

1. “She was filled with a strange, wild, unfamiliar happiness, and knew that this was love,” The Pursuit of Love | 2. “His ardor snares me, lights the trees, And I run flaring in my skin,” Pursuit 3. “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” | 4. “Exit, pursued by a bear,” The Winter’s Tale | 5. Trivial Pursuit, created in 1979.

January Jones, 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Los Angeles | Photo: Jim Smeal/BEI/REX Shutterstock

Fashion

A TAILORED MESSAGE TAKING THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL PAY TO THE RED CARPET.

hen women entered the workforce after World War I, they used their wardrobes to make a statement. Led by the trouserembracing Coco Chanel they began bobbing their hair, abandoning corsets, and favoring low-waisted, boyish clothing cuts. A century on, gender in the workplace is still an issue. In late 2014, Hollywood was hacked. Amidst the tittle-tattle in the leaked emails, it emerged that actresses were being significantly underpaid compared to their male counterparts. At the Oscars, Patricia Arquette used her Best Supporting Actress win to make a point: “It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America.” Other actresses used award ceremonies to speak out, but this time on the red carpet. Like the women entering the workplace nearly one hundred years ago, they adopted a masculine style to make a point.

Pants and suits were particularly prominent on the 2015 Emmy red carpet. January Jones wore an emerald Ulyana Sergeenko jumpsuit and Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany topped several best dressed lists in a sharp white Bouchra Jarrar tux. “I expect to see menswear-inspired looks this season,” forecasted Maslany’s stylist Micaela Erlanger, who also outfits awards season vets like Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank and Lupita Nyong’o. “Suiting is making a comeback.”Proving her point

was Jennifer Aniston in a sienna Gucci tuxedo at the Critics Choice Awards and Julia Roberts in a Givenchy tux-collared jumpsuit at the SAGs, while the Grammys proved it wasn’t just a good look for actresses. Demonstrating the versatility of the style, Gwen Stefani opted for a black semi-sheer Atelier Versace jumpsuit, Charli XCX wore a shiny white Moschino suit with pink bowtie, and Rihanna performed in an oversized black suit by Maison Martin Margiela. At the 2016 Golden Globes the look got a ringing endorsement from the creator and stars of Transparent. Actresses Melora Hardin and Judith Light both wore sleek white suits, while showrunner Jill Soloway went for a baggy style in baby pink. Calls for equality continued to manifest on the carpet, with Amy Poehler prompting reporters to ask Hollywood women more than just who they’re wearing, in a pre-Emmy Twitter campaign for #SmartGirlsAsk. And when women were turned away from 2015 Cannes premieres for wearing flat shoes, Emily Blunt felt disbelief. “You think that there are these new waves of equality, and waves of people realizing that women are just as fascinating and interesting to watch and bankable,” she expressed at the press conference for her action film Sicario, where she voiced an equalizing thought. “I think everyone should wear flats, to be honest.” by Jasmin Rosemberg

Emma Watson, Late Show with David Letterman, New York | Photo: Kristin Callahan/REX Shutterstock

Lucky Blue Smith, Moschino show, London | Photo: James Gourley/REX Shutterstock

Alexa Chung, W Art magazine launch, New York | Photo: Billy Farrell/BFA/REX Shutterstock

Joan Smalls, Givenchy show, New York Fashion Week | Photo: Giovanni Giannoni/WWD/REX Shutterstock

Street style, London | Photo: Tippetts/REX Shutterstock

Entertainment

INSTANT AND TIMELESS THE CHANGING FACE OF CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHY.

ollywood has always embraced new technology. First came sound, then color. Since then it’s been about spectacle, from special effects to 3D. But even as movies became bigger and brighter, the simple power of a single image remained. In the golden age of Hollywood, photography created icons. Famed celebrity shutterbugs like Bert Stern, Dennis Stock, and Milton Greene captured images that created a sense of glamour and mystery. Images like James Dean smoking a cigarette in a rainy Times Square or Marilyn Monroe posing in a sheer scarf just six weeks before her death helped secure their legacy. They were forever captured in a moment in time. As the 20th century progressed, the entertainment world grew bigger. It was no longer just about cinema, but television, music, and more. Our appetite for celebrity grew, fed by images. The focus shifted and the mystique of celebrities was broken down by paparazzi. Now entertainment photography is no longer a one-way street—stars have turned the camera on themselves. Selfies have become prime

currency in Hollywood, from Tom Cruise’s marathon meet-and-greets outside movie premieres to Ellen DeGeneres’ record breaking selfie when she hosted the 2014 Oscars, retweeted over 3 million times. New ways of thinking about photography have further broken down the barriers between celebrities and their fans. Selfies have even moved from our social media feeds to our coffee tables, with Kim Kardashian’s Selfish collecting 300 of her most popular images in a book published by renowned art publisher Rizzoli. Initially viewed as disposable and narcissistic, the selfie can also be seen as a bridge between the two worlds of celebrity images, mixing the stylized, carefully considered shots of the Hollywood photographers with the intimacy and immediacy of a candid shot. One thing seems certain though - however it changes and evolves, the celebrity image is here to stay. by Malina Saval

Katy Perry and Joy Venturini Bianchi, Stella McCartney 2016 Fall Presentation, Los Angeles | Photo: David X Prutting/BFA/REX Shutterstock

Beyonce Knowles, Costume Institute Gala Benefit, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | Photo: David Fisher/REX Shutterstock

Eddie Redmayne, The 87th Academy Awards, Los Angeles | Photo: A.M.P.A.S/REX Shutterstock

Brie Larson, 73rd Golden Globes, Los Angeles | Photo: David Fisher/REX Shutterstock

Daniel Craig, Spectre film premiere, London | Photo: David Fisher/REX Shutterstock

Taylor Swift, Shanghai | Photo: Imaginechina/REX Shutterstock

John Legend, Stella Artois Under the Stars installation, New York | Photo: Andrew H. Walker/REX Shutterstock

Viola Davis, 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, Los Angeles | Photo: Stewart Cook/REX Shutterstock

A migrant gets a haircut at the New Jungle refugee camp, Calais, France | Photo: PuzzlePix/REX Shutterstock

News

REFUGE IN THE CALAIS “JUNGLE,” REFUGEES ARE TELLING THEIR OWN STORIES.

e’ve never done anything like this,” says Joe Murphy, a playwright from London. Murphy had been watching the news with writing partner, Joe Robertson. Concerned by what was happening across the English Channel in Calais, France, they felt compelled to visit the so-called “Jungle” refugee camp. The two 25-year-olds were shocked by the conditions and resolved to do something. “We considered writing a play, but what good would that do?” asks Murphy. The Jungle is a makeshift camp in northern France near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel and the UK border. It is just 21 miles from England, the intended destination of people in the camp. Over 2015 it came to house around 7,000 migrants, from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Eritrea.

share stories, or listen to others. In the Jungle - where many feel unheard - Good Chance provides a platform for their voice. “A lot of people come to the theater very depressed,” says Murphy. “They don’t know what their options are anymore. It’s increasingly difficult to get to England and they feel stuck.” He talks of seeing people staying in their tents all day. Some begin drinking for the first time. “They’ve become disengaged with their own situation,” he adds.

The theater runs informal workshops and on Saturdays at 7pm hosts a two hour variety show to share the week’s work. “We’ve found it allows people to confront or escape from the situation they find themselves in,” says Robertson. “They begin to express themselves again which encourages contemplation and mental “The sanitation is appalling. There is no electricity,” says Robertson. wellbeing in really desperate circumstances.” “Nobody should have to live like this. These are people who fled With so many nationalities in the camp, communication can be a their lives, their families and made perilous journeys. Many have barrier. However, the most captivating piece put on has been by seen death.” But the Jungle is just one example of Europe’s struggle to respond to mass migration. A few large charities are on Misbah, a 22-year-old man from Afghanistan who is deaf and has no words. “It was incredibly emotional,” says Robertson. “For 40 the ground in Calais, alongside volunteers with no experience of minutes he had an audience of a few hundred people silent and humanitarian crisis, like Murphy and Robertson. riveted.” Using just movement and expression Misbah told the story of a soldier arrested in Afghanistan and put in prison. He On that first visit the pair were welcomed into an encampment escapes, flees, and gets on a boat. It ends with a reunion with a of Kuwaiti Bedouin people. “Everybody wanted to tell their story friend in Europe. “Putting these stories in front of an audience that about where they’d come from and the journey they’d made,” relates to them feels important,” says Robertson. says Robertson. In a situation where many see little hope, the two writers knew how they could help: by setting up a temporary While Good Chance provides people some emotional relief, theater to give people a place to tell their story. answers to the refugee crisis are far from clear and the situation in Calais remains unresolved. “Migration is one of the great issues of Housed in a geodesic dome, Good Chance (@GoodChanceCal) our generation,” comments Robertson. “We’re going to have to began in October. Its mission is to convey the humanity that exists at the core of the crisis. The name comes from a phrase used in the become accustomed to thinking creatively about the way we deal with it.” camp to indicate the likelihood of crossing the border that night. The theater is a welcoming space for people to come together, by Candice Pires

Two refugees near Banksy graffiti at Calais refugee camp, France | Photo: NurPhoto/REX Shutterstock

Ireland says yes to same-sex marriage, Dublin | Photo: Fran Veale/REX Shutterstock

Mistrial declared in Freddie Gray trial, Baltimore | Photo: ddp USA/REX Shutterstock

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, New York | Photo: REX Shutterstock.

Debris of Russian passenger airplane, Sinai Desert, Egypt | Photo: Xinhua/REX Shutterstock.

Sports

GOLD IS TENNIS THE LONELIEST AND MOST GRUELING SPORT?

he professional tennis season is so long it’s hardly fair to even call it a season. The tour begins in Australia around the start of the New Year and finishes on the other side of the world, in London, around Thanksgiving. It’s a marathon filled with sprints that create an incredible amount of stories.

Last season, none of these stories were bigger than the dominance of Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic. Williams created most of the drama as she pursued tennis’s biggest accomplishment: the calendar year Grand Slam. Although she faltered a mere two matches from history at the US Open, her dominance transcended the sport; Sports Illustrated named her Sportsperson of the Year, the first time an individual woman received the honor since 1983. Djokovic did his best to place himself firmly into the conversation about the all time greats, compiling an intimidating win-loss record of 82-6 that included three Slam victories and a final round loss at Roland Garros.

Tennis can be a lonely sport; there’s no clock to bail you out, no teammate can be subbed in and your coach can’t help out if you’re falling apart. There are 1024 spots in the men’s and women’s draws at the Grand Slams but only eight pairs of hands get to hold the trophies on the final day. The fact that Williams and Djokovic each collected three of them says it all. They don’t have a monopoly on the drama, however. One of tennis’s longest running competitions, the Davis Cup, is often the stage for the sport’s most thrilling moments. In 2015, Andy Murray helped carry Great Britain to their first cup victory in 79 years. It wasn’t the first time the Scot rewrote the record books; his 2013 Wimbledon victory was the first time a British man won the tournament in 77 years. While the 2015 season gave Williams, Djokovic, and Murray stunning victories, there’s no time to celebrate. The new season has already begun, the slates are wiped clean, and other players are in pursuit of the champions. by David Rosenberg

Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon Championships, London | Photo: Mike Frey/BPI/REX Shutterstock

Serena Williams, Australian Open Tennis, Ladies Final, Melbourne, Australia | Photo: BPI/REX Shutterstock

Sergio Perez, Formula One Grand Prix Practice, Budapest | Photo: Action Press/REX Shutterstock.

Usain Bolt, IAAP World Athletics, Beijing | Photo: Xinhua/REX Shutterstock

USA claims victory, Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Cup Football Final, Vancouver | Photo: Xinhua/REX Shutterstock

Robbie Maddison, Pipe Dream, Tahiti | Photo: Stephens/REX Shutterstock

Tom Brady, Super Bowl XLIX, Arizona | Photo: ddp USA/REX Shutterstock.

Simone Biles, 46th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Glasgow | Photo: Xinhua/REX Shutterstock

Roy Halston and Bianca Jagger, Studio 54, New York, 1978 | Photo: ZUMA/REX Shutterstock