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 /...
Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, a tale of love, loss, wealth and excess, is now 100 years old. Over at Five Books For this month we've been looking at classics that are quicker reads and this is...
After the finale of The Handmaid’s Tale this year, it didn’t take long for disappointment to surface on social media, with some viewers calling the last episode “awful.” However, that...
Millions of tourists arrive every year to Machu Picchu, but not all of them take the time to explore other indigenous jewels preserved in Cuzco and the Sacred Valley. For me, spending a few days in...
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 /...
A few weeks ago, a friend sent me an Instagram reel that made me laugh. This was because she knew - as I had not stopped talking about it - that I was getting very into a particular app on my phone....
Gill Plain, University of St Andrews This piece contains spoilers for Towards Zero. Agatha Christie, a middle-class English crime writer who preferred to be known as a housewife, is the world’s...
TV in the first half of the 2025 has been wonderfully fruitful. There has been a little bit of everything, from dark comedies and teen dramas, to post-apocalyptic adaptations and heartwarming family...
It would be fair to say that, generally speaking, I'm not much of a movie person. While others can quote entire scenes from their favourite films or debate the merits of different directors, I've...
This week, it was announced that Neil Druckmann will be stepping away from HBO’s The Last of Us series to focus on his work for Naughty Dog. Some background in case you are not aware: Druckmann and...
