Diversity at the Emmys calls for bigger change in Hollywood
This year’s awards were marked by diversity, inclusion, and displays of queer joy. It’s a standard the industry would do well to uphold. At the 76th Emmy Awards on Sunday, actor John Leguizamo gave Hollywood a much-needed reminder: diversity doesn’t just happen by accident. The actor and long-time advocate for...
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Opinion – bring back the fat chefs
The online convergence of food and fitness influencers on social media means that people are focusing on the protein and ‘fuel’ quotient of their quick-to-make meals, rather than delighting in the flavour of their culinary creations and the process of cooking them. I vividly remember the first time I...
Are ticket sales facing their biggest reckoning?
Poor organisation and dynamic pricing have placed global ticket retailers in the hot seat. News of an Oasis reunion sent the UK into a frenzy of nostalgia that’s defined much of the past few weeks. But when tickets finally went on sale last Saturday, fans were faced with a throwback...
Opinion – most TV shows do not represent teens’ real experiences
Nadie nos va a extrañar is one of the latest Mexican releases on Amazon Prime. It brings back the nostalgia of the 90s without incorporating inappropriate themes for the sake of views. On social media, producers of teen TV series are regularly criticized for casting adults in their mid...
Will basketball ever make it rain in the UK?
Is British basketball slowly retreating, and will it ever have its time as an adequately funded sport? You pass the threshold into a large, echoey chamber. Four brick walls, sealing the aromas of effort, climb high into a ceiling of imperceptible detail. The hardwood courts lay steady under your foot....
Cognify wants AI-simulated memories to help rehabilitate prisoners
Hashem Al-Ghaili, a Berlin-based scientist and filmmaker, envisions a future where prisoners are rehabilitated using implanted synthetic memories created by AI. His MO is to instil a sense of empathy and cut lengthy sentences from years to a matter of minutes. Having cut his teeth in the realm of independent...
Why has the proposed smoking area ban sparked outrage in the UK?
To reduce the number of preventable deaths linked to tobacco use, Labour wants to take the indoor smoking ban outdoors. Opponents of the plan – including those who don’t light up – are lamenting the loss of valuable spaces where ‘all the best socialising happens.’ It’s no secret that life online lacks substance. These days, with the false promise of lasting connectedness through social media growing tired, many of...
A serial killer exhibition is coming to London this month
While documentaries and podcasts have been fulfilling society’s interest in true crime for a decade, a new exhibition in London will invite fans of the genre to explore genuine artefacts and recreated crime scenes from some of the world’s most notorious serial killer cases. As if people weren’t obsessed enough with true crime already, a new exhibition is coming to London to fuel humanity’s darkest fascinations further. Serial Killer: The...
Decluttering trends are making a mess of our mental health
With ‘cleantok’ videos racking up billions of views, experts are concerned that people are losing their ability to distinguish between fads and methods that will actually help them. Last year, world-renowned decluttering expert Marie Kondo admitted that she’d ‘given up on tidying.’ The ‘queen of clean’ (as she’s so aptly referred to) willingly succumbed to the reality of having three kids to look after, turned her back on domestic order, and...
NSQK’s new project challenges for album of the year in Mexico
A fun and fresh concept is positioning this project as the album of the year in the Mexican music industry. Rodrigo Torres, better known as NSQK, is a singer-songwriter and producer from Monterrey. He is currently breaking into the Mexican music scene with his experimental and multifaceted style. According to an interview with Rolling Stone, NSQK’s mission is not to break the barriers between musical genres, “but to blur them...
