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The Master of Suspense: how Alfred Hitchcock changed cinema – Late to the Movies

Last month, I spent some time with the great stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis reminded me of an era when audiences went to the cinema as much for the performers as for the films themselves. A few months...

Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5: the genius of Dolly Parton in three songs

Wendy Hargreaves, University of Southern Queensland The world has lost a music legend in Dolly Parton, who has died at 80 after a “brief battle” with cancer. She’s remembered for her twanging country vocals, decades of hit recordings, Grammys,...

Read lo-fi, read slow: in praise of zines

The world has become a very fast place to live. I think I was roughly plodding along pretty well with the internet as it was, but the speed of AI has frightened me. Not the speed of its widespread adoption – though that is arguably terrifying in...

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