A secret society of assassins is played by a stellar cast – but does it really matter that they’re all women?Gunpowder Milkshake takes its “John Wick with chicks” premise and runs with it, scything through swathes of the supporting cast and creating a …
A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris review – the man and the myth
A dreamer’s storytelling son reworks his father’s life in Ferris’s daring and very funny latestAny novelist is fiercely impelled to give their story a shape, to mould a satisfying journey along which ends are tied and consequences paid out. And yet par…
Greenwich Design District review – a lesson in how to make somewhere out of nowhere
Eight architects, 16 new buildings and one masterplan have converged in the shadow of London’s O2 to conjure up a neighbourhood for creative types that’s full of energy and charmThere once was an area in Singapore – Bugis – which, its trans nightlife b…
「Twelve Minutes」は、人間の邪悪な側面を“悪夢のループ”で暴き出す：ゲームレヴュー
12分間でループする世界が舞台のアドヴェンチャーゲーム「Twelve Minutes」。妻のことを殺人犯として逮捕にやってきた警官を相手に、夫であるプレイヤーはどう行動するのか。まるでクリストファー・ノーラン監督の映画を思わせるような時間感覚は、わたしたちに異様な精神状態をもたらし、邪悪な側面も暴き出していく──。『WIRED』US版によるレヴュー。
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No more white saviours, thanks: how to be a true anti-racist ally | Nova Reid
In order for true diversity to flourish, we need to first become unswervingly anti-racist. That means doing more than watching a few documentaries or reading some books, says Nova Reid. Consciously ‘unlearning’ racism is the crucial first stepI felt ov…
‘Something magical happens’: the cameras helping refugee children to heal
We talk to the man behind an extraordinary project in Turkey, where children, most of them refugees, have been given old analogue cameras and taught the art of photographySerbest Salih studied photography at college in Aleppo, before fleeing Syria with…
TV presenter Julia Bradbury reveals she has breast cancer
Broadcaster best known for work on Countryfile urges women to check their breastsThe television presenter Julia Bradbury has announced she has breast cancer, and urged other women to check their breasts and seek help if they notice any changes.The 51-y…
Tantrum of the opera: how Michael Palin’s angry dad inspired new show
Monty Python star has reinvented his play The Weekend as musical theatreTheatres are about to embark on a new “golden age” thanks to the combination of freshly enthused audiences and a drive for new adventurous work, according to Michael Palin.Ahead of…
Mary Beard: ‘If we want to understand the pandemic, we need the arts’
The Cambridge classicist on owning her TV image, dealing with internet trolls, and why her new book on Roman emperors sheds light on our preoccupation with statuesIn her new book, Twelve Caesars, Mary Beard touches enticingly on the life of Elagabalus,…
How leading thriller writer helped reveal plagiarism of Emmy prizewinner
Robert Harris, whose second world war film was copied, tells how the scandal led to George Stevens Jr being stripped of his awardsIt was a just few seconds of vivid footage: joyous scenes of American troops on tanks and Jeeps driving down a Champs Élys…