'Chinks in the world machine' – on the casting of the 13th Doctor Who
Jul 18, 2017 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who dreamed of going into space. She would sit on the floor in the library, cross-legged on the carpet before a big shelf of books and read about a machine that could travel in...
Global hijabista style, from the Afghan burqa to the cover of a fashion magazine
Jul 12, 2017 19:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
July 12 is National Hijab Day in Iran, a celebration that has been met by defiant protests by women driving headscarfless in their cars. At the same time, the American glossy Allure has featured, for the first time, a...
Game of Thrones and the cut and thrust of warring women through the ages
Jul 12, 2017 18:46 pm UTC| Entertainment
Enemies to the east, enemies to the west, enemies to the south, enemies to the north. Whatever stands in our way, we will defeat it. So says Cersei Lannister to her brother Jamie, as she considers the various threats to...
A very British EU: how Europe has been portrayed by thriller writers
Jul 08, 2017 18:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Over a year before the UKs fateful EU membership referendum, BBC Four broadcast The Great European Disaster Movie. This was an authored documentary by Italian journalist Annalisa Piras. Co-produced with several European...
The Mummy: what the West's obsession with ancient Egypt reveals
Jun 30, 2017 17:13 pm UTC| Entertainment
With another version of The Mummy menacing cinemas, the curse of the pharaohs is back. Again. Hollywoods determination to put marauding mummies in our sights suggests we still havent reached peak curse, almost a century...
Twenty years on from the first book, Harry Potter continues to cast a spell on readers
Jun 27, 2017 08:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
A couple of weeks ago while at Durhams Pride Parade, my attention was caught by a teenager carrying a placard which read: If Harry Potter taught us anything its that no one deserves to live in a closet. A quick...
“Rick And Morty” Creator Dan Harmon Says Season 3 Is Coming Soon, Explains Delay
Jun 27, 2017 08:16 am UTC| Entertainment
Rick And Morty series creator Dan Harmon has finally respond to concerns about the cartoon shows Season 3 release. Ever since Adult Swim advised viewers that Season 3 will debut this summer, the premiere episode that...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects