One of the things I have grown to love about Spotify is the way its playlists are so specific and so niche. Whatever mood I'm in, someone seems to have created a playlist for that precise feeling,...
Welcome to this month’s Late To The Movies, where I try to educate myself on cinematic history one film at a time. This month, I thought I’d take a look at musicals - how they emerged as a genre...
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 /...
Hussein Boon, University of Westminster; Andrew J. Green, King's College London; Chris Waugh, Manchester Metropolitan University; Douglas Schulz, University of Bradford; Ellis Jones, University of...
Over at Five Books For this month, I thought it would be interesting to explore something I've never yet covered: books to change your life. I'm not talking about great works of fiction either...
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 /...
Musical theater has become a universal language capable of crossing borders, cultures, and languages. From New York to London, passing through Madrid, Tokyo, Sydney and Hamburg, the world’s major...
As the leaves start turning an ever-surprising number of shades of orange and red, there's something about autumn that just begs for the perfect playlist. Music has an amazing way of capturing that...
Beth Johnson, University of Leeds Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama Riot Women opens not with music, but with the sound of ice clinking in a glass and tonic fizzing as it’s poured over gin. Beth...
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 /...