Film review: The Kid Detective
What is it that makes a slight, inconsequential movie like “The Kid Detective” tap on your bedroom windows to keep you awake at night thinking about it? It’s a shaggy dog story of sorts about...
Category: Arts & Literature
A woman of hope and courage
On August 4, 2020, the port of Beirut suddenly exploded. After Australian bushfire season, the Covid-19 pandemic, the explosion of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, the death of George...
Podcast Showcase: Rebel Uprising
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Rebel Uprising. Sum up your podcast in three...
Traces of Italian Colonialism in the work of Eritrean artist Dawit L. Petros
There is still a profound failure of Italian public memory when it comes to to properly coming to terms with its colonial past. It is important to discuss the issue as Italy represents the first...
Angel Olsen introduces All Mirror’s darker twin on her latest release
Angel Olsen’s fans have just finished sobbing along to her previous album, All Mirrors (2019), whose tracks sorted through her reflections after the disintegration of a five-year relationship. And...
Podcast Showcase: DumTeeDum
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Dumteedum Sum up your podcast in three sentences...
Greatest songs of all time – part 2
Welcome to the second instalment of our “Greatest Songs of All Time” series. This week, we’re looking at another fantastic set of songs from different eras, all with interesting backstories...
Review: Rebecca
Director Ben Wheatley doth protest too much. He may want to play down any comparison to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 version of, “Rebecca”, but the parallels are too great to ignore. Both rotund,...
Podcast Showcase: Woman Centered Health
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Woman Centered Health. Sum up your podcast in...
From the Arab Springs to the present day: the book Arabpop tells of a cultural world that is never still
The crisis in Libya, the hardships and trauma of Lebanon, the turmoils in Egypt. One sure thing about the Arab world is that it is never still. In this ever-changing cauldron of cultures, as well as...