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Film

Inheritance explained: who’s really in chains?

3 November 20203 November 2020

How Vaugh Stein’s basement thriller flips the tables on power and gender.

Book reviews

Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer

31 October 202012 December 2020

Into Thin Air reveals the lure and deadly gamble of the world’s highest mountain.

Literature

Careless whispers: the contagious curse at the heart of Macbeth

11 October 202024 October 2020

An original analysis of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy, Macbeth – with a twist.

Literature

The significance of the colour white in Fahrenheit 451

27 September 202027 September 2020

The colour white appears an awful lot in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. In fact, it’s crucial to the book’s core themes.

Film

Get Out: race, horror and hunting

9 September 202010 September 2020

Get Out’s real horror comes from its deconstruction of everyday racism.

Film

Ever noticed that Goodfellas goes into reverse halfway through?

31 August 20202 January 2021

Halfway through Martin Scorsese’s gangster classic, Goodfellas appears to run in reverse order.

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