‘It was chaos’: The history of San Francisco’s most unforgettable TV ad
The 2005 Sony Bravia ad has won countless awards and racked up millions of YouTube views
Covid & Cancer
There is now compelling medical evidence that Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, and trigger the growth of secondary cancers (metastatic progression). In studies, cancer survivors who contracted Covid…
Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the…
The Hole in the Ground (2019)
The Hole in the Ground is a 2019 supernatural horror film, directed by Lee Cronin, and written by Cronin and Stephen Shields. It stars Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Simone Kirby,…
Singing the Sublime: A Profile of Donika Kelly
I don’t know that there’s been a time in my life when there was not a genocide happening,” Donika Kelly tells me, her deep voice, redolent of her youth in…
Dead Again (1991)
Dead Again is a 1991 neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Scott Frank. It stars Branagh and Emma Thompson, with Andy García, Derek Jacobi, Hanna…
Stephen Merchant & Richard Ayoade Take on Dubrovnik
Comedy colossus Stephen Merchant joins Richard for 48 hours of medieval mini-breaking in the Croatian crib of Dubrovnik.
Imaginary Worlds: Music of a Forbidden Planet
In the 1950s, the avant-garde music scene in New York and the movie studios of Los Angeles might have seemed like opposite ends of a cultural spectrum. But they came…
Long Live the Longer Short Story: Depth Without a Novel’s Commitment
Our attention spans are being whittled to nonexistence by an increasingly impatient feedback loop, with social media, the internet, and AI competing to devour our attentional capacity. Yet when leafing…
Q&A: Michelle Aielli Leads AWP
After nine months as interim executive director of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Michelle Aielli was named executive director in July. The organization she now oversees supports…