The web’s top three #36
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Podcast Showcase: StoryLearning Podcast
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 StoryLearning Podcast. Sum up your podcast in...
I rewatched The Omen to celebrate Halloween (and the story of my birth)
The first movie I ever saw was The Omen. It may sound a little strange because of the genre, but I was in my mom's belly and, a couple of hours later I was born. If anyone asks me about a movie that...
The best TV and streaming premieres: November 2022
We are about to say goodbye to the month of October and very soon an avalanche of audiovisual content will arrive. Are you wondering when your favorite shows are coming back and what premieres you...
It’s still February
A friend who was forced to flee the city of Kharkiv — a city of Russian-speakers that fascist Russian Vladimir Putin has sought to “liberate” by bombing civilians — recently said, “It’s...
Ukraine: Waiting for a local nuclear Armageddon
“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired”, says a principle known as “Chekhov's gun”, named after Russian playwright Anton...
The web’s top three #35
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Thirty years on, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is still the film that haunts me the most. I can feel it scratching behind my eyes, screaming in my ears and shrieking at my soul. Consciously, I’m...
The witches are back…: Hocus Pocus 2 review
For the past several decades, Disney's family feature Hocus Pocus has stood out as a Halloween classic. Regardless of the television or movie releases scheduled for October, fans continue to watch...
Podcast Showcase: The Community Cats Podcast
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 The Community Cats Podcast Sum up your podcast in...