Biopics give us something to hope for
Cast your eye over the films released in the past few years and those slated to come out in the near future and you'll notice a trend. Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, Judy—these films aren't...
Category: Feature
Car-free spaces are far too exclusionary to be fair
Public transport’s great, isn’t it? You can pay a few quid to a bus driver and she’ll take you across the city. Or you can get a train to the other end of the country and avoid the stress of...
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
“Living is an adventure and a challenge…If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.” Opening with the words of the great jazz musician himself, the tone is set for Stanley...
#WednesdayWisdom: Won’t someone think of the incels?!
As someone who was recently accused of anti-incel propaganda, I am obviously very embarrassed and would like to clear my name. In case you were wondering, “incel” is short for “involuntarily...
Strangers With Candy is Still Ridiculous (and Relevant) at 20
Comedy Central’s riotously weird series Strangers With Candy—which lasted for three seasons, until it was cancelled in favor of a show called Strip Mall—turns 20 this year. As a millennial,...
Stop bullying Greta Thunberg
There’s nothing quite like the passion with which a 16 year old can hold a belief. It is pure, it is unadulterated and it is uncompromising. And often, despite the way teenagers are accused of...
Cold Case Hammarskjöld is a gonzo journey you don’t want to miss
Mads Brügger’s Cold Case Hammarskjöld, which debuted at Park City back in January, is a cinematic reinvestigation of the mysterious 1961 plane crash that took the life of United Nations...
Situation for Yezidis still dire five years after genocide began
For the Yezidis August 3, the anniversary of the infamous genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State against their community, has yet again come and gone. It’s now been five years since the Islamic...
Russia’s Protests Are About More Than Elections
For the past three weekends, central Moscow has resembled more of a warzone than a quickly developing modern metropolis. Tens of thousands of people have been peacefully protesting in the street...
No, fat people should not be sacrificed for economic benefit, Michael Buerk
Michael Buerk is a 73-year-old British newsreader who railed against obese people in his latest article for the Radio Times. “The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us,” he wrote....