Author: Emily Davis
Millwall bring biggest-small-club-in-the-world energy to Selhurst Park | Barney Ronay
“By undertaking a Freudian analysis of Millwall fandom, combined with a Lacanian interpretation of the death drive … it is possible to perceive Millwall fandom [more…]
Stadium-ready UK singer Myles Smith: ‘For the working class, music opportunities are few and far between’
Myles Smith’s song Stargazing – a thumping pop-hoedown full of stadium-sized chants and euphoric romance – was one of the biggest hits by a British [more…]
‘I spent 12 hours a day for 16 months with Gene Hackman – but never met him’: The Conversation’s Walter Murch pays tribute
I never formally met Gene Hackman. I glimpsed him once, in November 1972, when he bounded upstairs to the offices of American Zoetrope in San [more…]
Timothée Chalamet deserves an Oscar – for his Oscar campaign
On Sunday, Timothée Chalamet could become, at 29 years, two months and three days, the youngest best actor winner in Oscar history. But whether or [more…]
Why The Brutalist should win the best picture Oscar
OK, let’s get this out of the way: yes, The Brutalist is long. Very long. Backside-numbingly long. Which is as you might expect of a [more…]
Bdrmm: Microtonic review – Hull shoegazers nod towards the dancefloor
Right from their self-titled shoegaze-indebted 2020 debut, Hull four-piece Bdrmm – so-called because they began as a bedroom project for singer/guitarist Ryan Smith – have [more…]
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise [more…]
Ichiko Aoba: Luminescent Creatures review – nurturing music for bleak times
In a recent interview with the Guardian, Kyoto-raised Ichiko Aoba stated that she saw herself less as a conventional musician and more like a conduit [more…]
Weather tracker: six cyclones swirl simultaneously in southern hemisphere
An uncommon meteorological event unfolded on Tuesday when six named tropical cyclones were active simultaneously in the southern hemisphere, several in close proximity to one [more…]
Whence the next great tennis rivalry? Maybe don’t hold your breath
The Australian Open exists on its own in the tennis calendar at the start of the year – not really connected to what came before [more…]
