
Should global media giants shape our cultural and media policy? Lessons from satellite radio
Debates about regulating Canadian content for streaming media platforms are ongoing, and key issues include revising the definition of Canadian content for audio and visual cultural productions and whether big streaming...

Tornado is a Scottish samurai-western film – genres with a long-shared history
Tornado fuses aspects of the western and samurai-style action in atmospheric 18th-century Scotland. Critics have praised the performances of Tim Roth, Jack Lowden and newcomer Kki who plays the titular Tornado. Director...

The UK governments spending review has set out its priorities for the next three years. But behind the rhetoric about boosting growth lies growing concern about small businesses being locked out of the wider UK economy....

Why can’t we stop feeding monkeys? Experts explain the reasons behind a dangerous habit
Weve seen it happen. For example, a visit to the Ouzoud waterfalls in Moroccos High Atlas led to an encounter with a group of nearby tourists feeding chips supplied by the tour guide to some waiting Barbary macaques....

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boy and visionary composer whose groundbreaking music reshaped the sound of American pop, died on June 11. I had the pleasure of meeting Wilson several times, but first met with the great man...

The transatlantic race to create the television
Number 1519 Connecticut Avenue lies just north of Dupont Circle, just over a 20-minute walk from the White House in Washington DC. In 1921, the inventor Charles Francis Jenkins set up his laboratory and offices there,...

Air India crash: what do we know about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner involved? Expert Q&A
An Air India plane bound for London Gatwick airport crashed shortly after take-off on 12 January in Ahmedabad, western India. Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven...