35 years later, Wes Craven's best movie is also one of his least well known, and it's well worth dusting off the VHS off in our current Trumpian nightmare. The People Under the Stairs is an urban...
“Writers are unfilmable.” I forgot who told me this years ago, but while there are exceptions to this rule, the rule is there for a reason. Writing, for example, is probably the most important...
Around 25 miles from the city of Leicester, in the English Midlands, is a 1000-acre (approx. 4 square kilometre) nature reserve that did wonders for my soul. Managed by Leicestershire and Rutland...
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 /...
Aditi Upmanyu, University of Oxford In his biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, written after her death, her husband William Godwin remarked of her travel writing: “If ever there was a book calculated...
Attention, TV fans! May 2026 is here with a line-up of must-see shows that will dominate every platform. Netflix kicks off the month with diverse programming ranging from horror to sports drama. The...
As humans, we are movement. It’s hard not to tap your fingers when you hear a good beat or keep your feet still when the rhythm takes over. Even those who consider themselves uncoordinated — with...
Every Brilliant Thing is a simple play that speaks about something huge; it doesn't try to impress with elaborate sets or effects, and by doing this it manages to touch something real. It deals with...
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 /...
This month’s reading selections offer a small literary journey through landscapes. In these novels, natural settings play a prominent role and accompany the development of the stories, whether...
