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Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature – how she discovered new possibilities within language

Laura Jansen, University of Bristol For over four decades, Anne Carson has been quietly redrawing the map of contemporary literature. Poet, translator, classicist, essayist, performer and visual artist, she has produced a body of work that refuses...

“Continually propulsive… bizarre and gonzo”: Resident Evil review

The greatest pleasure of the many pleasures found in Zach Cregger’s 2026 reboot of Resident Evil is the hilarious and mundane running commentary of millennial medical courier, Bryan played with absolute gusto by Austin Adams as if he is only one...

“There is a fine line between self-deprecation and self-abasement”: Youth review

October is spooky season, and sometimes it feels like there is nothing spookier than aging. Especially if you’re a woman. I’m not sure, however, if Sharon Horgan’s Youth, currently streaming on HBO, is meant to be quite as horrifying. The...

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