Global Comment https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html “Wonderfully, off-handedly humorous and horrifying”: The Pitt review “Does not skimp on incredibly tasty toppings”: Forbici restaurants in Sheffield and Manchester Dennis the Menace turns 75: why rule‑breaking kids never go out of style April 2026: The best TV and streaming premieres “An hour and a half of cathartic wish fulfilment”: They Will Kill You review READ: Something Special #82 – Homelessness in New Delhi Global Comment’s Book Club: March 2026 When acting changed: from theatricality to realism – Late to the Movies 5 reasons you can’t miss the final season of Like Water for Chocolate Horror won big at the 2026 Oscars – it’s time the genre was taken seriously “A sense of magic”: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review LISTEN: Something Special #81 – Foundlings and textiles The purgatory of the female artist: The Bride! review 11 podcasts that debunk right-wing populism and misinformation Travelling across Europe with my best friends: Interrailing at 18 Ballet and opera are still alive – no matter what trends (or Timothée Chalamet) say WATCH: Something Special #80 – Life without bees A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: 5 reasons why you can’t miss the new Game of Thrones spin-off LISTEN: Something Special #79 – Emergence Collective and a supermarket freezer Great Adaptations: Strangers on a Train on screen “Well written and nuanced”: Wasteman review Film noir – Late to the Movies Step by step in the southernmost forest of Argentina: Tierra del Fuego National Park The 5 most anticipated action movies of March 2026 Romantic literature and self-love: intimacy as the origin of connection Home March 2026: The best TV and streaming premieres “There is a lot of meat to this story”: King Sorrow by Joe Hill “A story that needs to be told and re-told by the hopeful to the hopeless”: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings) New ways of seeing: neurodiverse documentaries to watch READ: Something Special #77 – Bihon women in South Korea LISTEN: Something Special #76 – Gisèle Pelicot SEE: Something Special #78 – Tracey Emin in the Guardian Global Comment’s Book Club: February 2026 Trainspotting 30 years later: 10 surprising facts about a cult classic Great Adaptations: Dissolution (Shardlake) on screen From Solteras to Contigo en el futuro: 6 of the best Mexican rom-coms Loss of Innocence: Cinema in the 1940s – Late to the Movies “A manic farce, careening at a million miles an hour”: Marty Supreme review Funny, tender, goofy – Catherine O’Hara lit up the screen every time she showed up From page to screen: 5 romance novels that just really, really work on TV Break out of your musical rut: how to discover new music (even if you feel stuck in your ways) Sheffield Botanical Gardens: bears, birds, and bans on loathsome disease WATCH: Something Special #75 – Sir Ian McKellen on Colbert “Slimy, subversive and surprising”: Slime Mother by Abi Palmer at the Site Gallery Dutch public broadcasting: protesters campaign against drastic cuts to media infrastructure PLACE: Something Special #74 – Castle Howard (the real Bridgerton!) Global Comment’s Book Club: January 2026 February 2026: The best TV and streaming premieres Posts