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Seeing and Believing 359 | Glass Onion & High and Low
This week, we give thanks for whodunnits. Sarah and Kevin assemble in the drawing room to get to the bottom of the mystery…
The lives and afterlives of Cold War weapons
Weapons developed to fight the Cold War are being resuscitated to fight the war in Ukraine. Both sides are…
What Keeps Us Up at Midnight
With the release of Midnights, Taylor Swift’s refrain of life awake at midnight is finally culminating in a curated anthem. …
The politics of bones | Eurozine
Back in May 2022, when southern Ukrainian cities were already occupied but not yet annexed, the Russians…
The Incapability of the Human Will in Smile
***Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Smile.******Content Warning: This article addresses themes of mental…
Qatar untouchable | Eurozine
The greatest sporting spectacle on earth – the finals of the football World Cup – is underway. The tournament…
Keeping Time with Tár and Being Summoned by Your Future Self
Lydia Tár demands attention and is given quite a lot of it, for better or worse. She’s a globally renowned composer, the…
Seeing and Believing 358 | She Said & Shirkers
Sarah and Kevin report on Maria Schrader’s film She Said, a dramatization of the investigative journalism by Megan Twohey…
Will the ‘nuclear taboo’ survive?
Since 1945, the so-called ‘nuclear taboo’ has been grounded on what British diplomat, historian and…
The Scandal of Reading 7 | Karen Swallow Prior on Flannery…
Jessica hosts fellow Flannery O’Connor fan, Karen Swallow Prior to discuss the author’s final Novel, The Violent Bear It Away.…