Caitlin Marie Hogan, Queen Mary University of London K-pop has become a multibillion-dollar global success. This growth has been driven by viral choreography, high-concept music videos and a highly...
Twice recently, I’ve been lucky enough to be sitting on the grass in the park, watching local brass bands play. There’s definitely something special about the restored-but-usually-locked...
When we were children, flickered in light and held in thrall to the shuddering genius of Ray Harryhausen’s mythical beasts in Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans we could only dare to...
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 /...
To watch Sky Documentaries’ Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard is to plug your wet brain directly into a high-voltage socket of pure, unadulterated 1980s chaos, only to realise with a sickening...
This month, over at Five Books For, we've been looking at books that reimagine the Victorians - a selection of modern novels that revisit the nineteenth century from fresh and often unexpected...
When people don’t trust cops, I get it. Remind me to tell you all about the cop who tried to bust me for “underage drinking” at age nineteen, when I’d merely been enjoying an Arizona Iced Tea...
Some podcasts make you laugh out loud, some make you feel things deeply, and some give you plenty to think about; it's rare for a podcast to manage all three. But a quiet favourite of mine for a...
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 /...
You might think that only a child would get any enjoyment from a trip to an aquarium, but as long as you bring some childlike wonder of your own, they can absolutely be places for adults, too....
