LISTEN: Something Special #8
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 /...
Great Adaptations: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll on film
This month over at Five Books For we've been looking at clever thrillers - the kind of thriller that not only keeps you compulsively turning the pages but has characters you care for, brilliant...
I can’t stop listening to Hi Ren and I am not ok
If, somehow, Ren Gill has not been all over your TikTok feed in the last few weeks, and you haven’t seen him perform Hi Ren, now is the time. But brace yourself. It is harrowing. Hi Ren is not a...
“Truly gripping”: The Whirlwind review
If you enjoy watching a good political drama full of secrets, intrigues, conspiracies and power games, then Netflix's South Korean original series, The Whirlwind (돌풍), is for you. Produced by...
Why London’s new slavery memorial is so important: ‘The past that is not past reappears, always, to rupture the present’
Meleisa Ono-George, University of Oxford In 2026, a new memorial to the 12.5 million enslaved people transported to the Americas and Europe – and their descendants – will be unveiled on West...
Horseback wrestling and hunting with eagles: Kazakhstan celebrates nomadic culture at the World Nomad Games
For Kazakhstan, the Central Asian nation of around 20 million people, it was an honor to host the World Nomad Games last week. This event epitomizes the strength of cultural and sports diplomacy,...
WATCH: Something Special #7
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 /...
Good Bye, Lenin! and the fall of horcruxes
The head of Vladimir Lenin's statue hanging from a helicopter marks a turning point in Good Bye, Lenin! The 2002 film by Wolfgang Becker and starring Daniel Brühl recounts the aftermath of the fall...
“Fresh and deeply addictive”: Presumed Innocent review
Created by the prolific David E. Kelley and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent is now available on Apple TV+ and has exploded the platform's ratings. In August 1987, a young and unknown...
Believing you deserve to be safe: when true crime gets it right
True crime series like Netflix’s Worst Roommate Ever and Worst Ex Ever seem exploitative on the surface. I mean, just look at the titles! Obviously, they’re meant to appeal to the lowest common...