Hollywood actress Cynthia Erivo recently revealed she experiences synesthesia, a sensory phenomenon where she sees colours when hearing music. Affecting about one to four per cent of people, ...

The Bonfire Party by Sean O’Brien; Plastic by Matthew Rice; Retablo for a Door by Michelle Penn; Jonah and Me by John F Deane; Intimate Architecture by Tess Jolly The Bonfire Party by Sean O’Brien ...

I have a form of time–space synesthesia, so the new year arrives for me in a very physical way. I feel myself move around the year, almost like I'm traveling along a structure. December sits low and ...

As human beings, how we perceive the world makes us unique. For some people, those perceptions are even more distinctive: they may be able to “taste words”, “feel sounds”, or “see colours when looking ...

Employees, poets, and other community members at the Poetry Foundation are protesting the organization’s decision, announced on December 1, to phase out all public programming, beginning in the new ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s most recent collection, “The New Economy,” was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry, and one of their poems was included in “A Century of Poetry in The New ...

As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

Artificial intelligence video startup Synthesia Ltd. has reportedly raised $200 million in new funding at a $4 billion valuation. Though the company has not confirmed the new raise, Forbes reported ...

London-based AI video generation startup Synthesia has closed a funding round that nearly doubles its valuation to $4 billion, three sources familiar with the matter told Forbes. GV, the venture firm ...

THIS SUMMER Sir Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, opened a new glass-fronted office block in the centre of the capital. Its tenant was Synthesia, a firm that turns written prompts into slick videos with ...

Brooke Bhola, 24, has always associated letters with colors. When she sees a U, it’s yellow. The letter N is light blue. And T is orange. She thought these sensations were unique to her until she ...