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“The risk is worth it”: Carrie review

Now that I’ve had time to process Mike Flanagan’s Carrie - and time to read some of the angrier responses to the liberties Flanagan has taken with Stephen King’s original source material - I have to say this Prime show is very, very good....

Taylor Swift: my database of her 123,553 lyrics reveals hidden patterns

Naomi Adam, University of Liverpool “It seems like all I ever do is change”, Taylor Swift writes in the prologue to the bestselling album 1989 (Taylor’s Version), released in 2014. In fact, change is a core part of the Swift marketing machine,...

WATCH: Something Special #109 – Have you seen the epics?

Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place. It will be something...

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