Bread baked in someone else’s oven
One’s mother tongue is the greatest comfort blanket, an intimacy like no other, in which we feel most at ease
Ecology to an anarchist beat
Although a consensus is forming as to the necessity of an ecological approach, ecology has been politically neutered and, in
When is bullshit real bullshit?
Campaigning in the December 2019 British general election, Boris Johnson informed voters that ‘We have a deal with the EU
The nine buzzy Cannes films that could become Oscar contenders
There were hardly any American films at Cannes this year, but one of them was a clear festival highlight. Written
Starry new drama Fjord pits conservatives against liberals
Stan plays Mihai Gheorgiu, a bald, bespectacled and entirely un-Winter-Soldier-ish engineer who, like the actor himself, comes from Romania. Reinsve
John Travolta’s new film is a dud. It shows why great actors can be bad directors
But Propeller One-Way Night Coach was apparently the first film to be selected for this year’s Cannes. Did Frémaux really
Cool or gross? Why ‘ugly shoes’ are taking 2026 by storm
There are other permutations of the sneaker. Sales of Mary Jane-inspired sneakers were “up more than 350% year-over-year in Q1
The divine visions predicting the fall of the USSR
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1950s novel Lord of The Flies is the ultimate study of hate and division. It has never been more relevant
But the book has only one specific reference, to “the Reds”, hinting at the Cold War, and that vagueness has
The artworks that inspired eight Met Gala looks
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