Alison Baker, University of East London For 75 years, Dennis the Menace – wearing his signature red-and-black striped shirt and joined by his scruffy sidekick Gnasher – has been delighting...
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 close out the film awards season, this month’s reading recommendations include books that also made the leap to the big screen. These works show how the same story can unfold differently in...
After a busy March, TV networks and streaming platforms are stepping up their game with stories ranging from pure suspense to returns that are already dominating the conversation on social media....
Millennial nostalgia creeps up on you slowly. One day, you notice that the music you used to listen to in middle school - and perhaps even thought of as transgressive - is playing at the grocery...
Frazer Lee, Brunel University of London The horror genre rose from the grave to win big at this year’s Oscars, with four films featuring prominently in the awards. Ryan Coogler’s period vampire...
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 over at Five Books For I've been looking at crime novels - not detective fiction exactly, and not quite thrillers either, but stories centred on the crime itself and, often, the...
Interrailing across Europe has been a long-established rite of passage for British students in ‘the A-level summer’ before university. Although no longer as cheap and carefree of an experience as...
The 2024 premiere of the adaptation of Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) marked a turning point for productions in the Latin American region, establishing itself as the the...
