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Film

The Mosquito Coast (1986): the paradise delusion

20 March 20221 April 2022

An eccentric inventor flees the rat-race but carries his problems to paradise

Book reviews

Why Neanderthals weren’t cut out for political life

19 March 202216 May 2022

Why you wouldn’t vote for a Neanderthal

Film

Heat (1995): talking about love without saying it

13 March 202221 March 2022

Looking for love among the bullets

Film

Spotlight (2015) explained: a conspiracy of silence

4 March 202229 March 2022

Writing the wrongs of decades of abuse

Literature

Ambiguity of existence: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? explained

27 February 202228 April 2022

Dissecting the real and fake in the book that inspired Blade Runner

Book reviews

Why you should read: Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke

26 February 202229 March 2022

A massive asteroid … or box of delights?

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