"Another form of imperialism": How English-language literature lost its global dominance
When I heard that a major international broadcaster was planning a TV series based on Claudia Durastanti’s Strangers I Know,…
Eight Postcards from Utopia Review – A surreal found-footage journey through post-Ceauşescu Romania
Romanian cinema has cleverly used archival footage to capture the surreal strangeness of the country’s communist and pre-communist past. In…
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Simon Patterson had told his father Don and other relatives that he believed his estranged wife Erin had tried to…
When a journalist uses AI to "interview" a deceased child, shouldn't we question where to draw the line? | Gaby Hinsliff
Joaquin Oliver was 17 when he was shot in his high school hallway. On Valentine’s Day, an expelled former student…
I've reconsidered my stance on banning nuclear weapons, but the risk of nuclear conflict is increasing – and so is dangerous complacency about it. | Polly Toynbee
This week marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as the last surviving witnesses share their…
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I’m 48 years old, which means I grew up without computers. I didn’t use the internet until my early twenties,…
If Germany's Greens shift toward the political center, they could regain significant influence. (Note: I've kept the meaning intact while making the language more natural and concise. The revised version flows better
Germany’s Green Party, Die Grünen, was once the model for environmental movements across Europe. In early 2021, they led national…
"Nobody believes in the future anymore": Adam Curtis and Ari Aster discuss escaping the post-truth era
Ari Aster’s new film Eddington stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal as two men with opposing views on how to…
The Elephant Whisperer: A Thai Woman's Lifelong Mission to Save a Rescued Herd
Saengduean Lek Chailert was five years old when she first saw an elephant. The chained animal trudged past her home…
"Who needs the blazing Mediterranean?" Readers share their favorite spots for cooler European beach getaways. (Note: I kept the meaning intact while making it more natural and conversational. The original was already
White Sand, Dark History on Germany’s Baltic Coast Spend time on Rügen, Germany’s largest island in the Baltic Sea, where…