2015 has been an interesting and sometimes controversial year in the world of literature in English. (I am not equipped to comment on the rich and varied non-English-language literary scene, so this...
New year, new TV! Old standards are returning from their midseason break, but more importantly, there’s a fresh crop of television including midseason pickups and, of course, fall shows — while...
For the last month, we at Global Comment have posted a song a day of the best Christmas songs of all time. Now, here they are gathered together into one post, with an added Spotify list. What's your...
There was only ever one song that would make a suitable finale to our musical advent calendar and it is, of course, Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade. Another titan of glam rock, also from the Midlands...
Today's calendar entry is - confession time - my personal all-time favourite Christmas song. I love all of the songs we've featured in the calendar but the reason I really love this one is its...
Humans have been enjoying poverty porn for millennia, and the West has refined it to an elevated art, with no nation more infamous for it than the United States. These consumers drool over pictures...
And welcome to the 1980s! Unlike most of the other big Christmas hits, I have never met anyone who doesn't like this song - it seems to be universally accepted as a Christmas classic. In fact, one...
Chris Rea was one of the voices of my childhood. Every summer we used to make the drive from Birmingham up to Sunderland to visit my grandparents and one of the albums that we used to listen to in...
Today's entry on our musical advent calendar takes us back to 1973 and has been a perennial favourite ever since. It's definitely one of the most beloved Christmas songs of my childhood, and...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year--Christmas cookie making time! It can be hard for Justice Oriented bakers on a budget to bake Justice Filled cookies. While 'ethical' consumption (e.g.the...