Analysis: public opinion shifting, but reaction from authorities may have related more to crackdown on fame cultureIt felt like a turning point. The arrest of one of China’s biggest pop stars on rape allegations had raised hopes that authorities were f…
Emeka Ogboh’s Brexit lament, the brilliant Joan Eardley and a Viking hoard – the week in art
Ogboh fills Edinburgh’s Burns Monument with sound, Eardley’s seascapes get a welcome outing and a detectorist’s extraordinary find – all in your weekly dispatchEmeka Ogboh: Song of the UnionA sound installation of Robert Burns’s Auld Lang Syne, sung in…
‘We are pretty bruised’: UK cinemas bounce back from Covid closures
Admissions are almost at pre-pandemic levels despite fears that streaming would wreck businessMoviegoers are flocking to cinemas in numbers not seen since before the pandemic as the return of Hollywood blockbusters to the big screen fuels what theatre …
チャットアプリ「Discord」は、ユーザーによる“非公式”な改変でも進化している
ゲーマーたちの間から人気が広がったチャットアプリ「Discord」は、いまやユーザー数が3億人を超えるまでに規模が拡大した。幅広いジャンルを扱う「みんなのもの」へと変わりつつあるDiscordは、実は非公式なかたちで機能を追加するなどの進化を遂げている。この“改変”を支えているのは、Discordユーザーでもあるヴォランティア開発者たちだ。
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ゲーム大手ブリザードの社長は、こうして「性差別的な企業文化」が原因で退任に追い込まれた
米国の大手ゲーム会社であるブリザード・エンターテインメント社長のJ・アレン・ブラックが、性差別的な企業文化を巡る議論のさなかに退任した。給与格差から性的に不適切な行為の容認にいたるまで、「男子大学生のノリ」とされ問題になっていた企業文化は、社長が退任しても決着しそうにない。
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TV tonight: Suranne Jones in emotional tour de force I Am Victoria
Anxiety destroys a flawless domestic idyll in a new standalone drama. Plus: the inside story of life on board the Covid-hit Diamond Princess. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…
‘The best summer of my life’ – Kae Tempest takes Sophocles on a gender odyssey
The writer has turned a Greek tragedy about a marooned soldier into an all-women play for the Covid era. They reveal how its creation mirrored their own journey‘These stories can be intimidating for so many reasons,” Kae Tempest says of the classical G…
Britons spent third of time watching TV and online videos in 2020
Ofcom finds average UK resident spent five hours and 40 minutes a day watching video content Britons spent a third of their waking hours watching TV or online videos in 2020, according to research from the media regulator Ofcom that shows how we were d…
Historic England re-lists nine sites to mark 70th anniversary of Festival of Britain
Newbury Park bus station in Ilford and Royal Festival Hall in London re-listed Not many people get wildly excited by a concrete bus shelter but Elain Harwood is, proudly and unapologetically, one of them. “It is grand, I love it … it is a simple curve …
Mel Brooks announces his first memoir at the age of 95
All About Me!, to be published on 30 November, will cover everything from the film director’s military service to his long comedic partnership with Carl ReinerAt the age of 95, the comedian and film-maker Mel Brooks has written his first memoir. All Ab…