The web’s top three #94
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Year: 2024
Personal truth and consequences: Transition
Perhaps the most unnervingly unexpected film I stumbled upon in 2023, Monica Villamizar and Jordan Bryon’s Transition follows co-director Bryon, a veteran Australian journo granted exclusive...
“Poses many more questions than it answers”: Saltburn review
The greatest thing about Saltburn is that we are still talking about Saltburn. Emerald Fennell’s sophomore film was released back in November 2023 in the UK but really hit paydirt when it streamed...
Ceilings falling in an ugly war
This week’s bombardments of Kyiv, the ancient city of my birth, have been so severe that a piece of ceiling fell on a loved one’s head. She says she’s fine, but then again, she always says that...
The meat and dairy industry is not ‘climate neutral’, despite some eye-catching claims
Caspar Donnison, University of Southampton Imagine a house is on fire, and someone is actively pouring gas on the fire. They then pour a little less gas and want credit for doing so, despite still...