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    "Lost" to "WandaVision": The joys of weekly watching

    We might be at a decisive moment in the history of how we watch our favourite shows. Will the relatively new binge-watching model win...
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    "Eternal Sunshine": Why Memory Is Lo-Fi

    "Eternal Sunshine": Why Memory Is Lo-Fi

    What Michel Gondry's movie, full of practical effects and the noise of film-grain, tells us about the mechanics of memory 1. As our lives...
    Letters To A Contrarian: Christopher Hitchens and Heroism

    Letters To A Contrarian: Christopher Hitchens and Heroism

    A series of letters responding to Christopher Hitchens' advice on the philosophy of the dissident. I Dear Christopher, As you well know,...
    A Conversation With "Cloud Atlas"

    A Conversation With "Cloud Atlas"

    On the connections within David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas", how they reach out and into the wider world, and my attempt to reach back to...
    "Ex Machina": The Virtue and Vice of Empathy

    "Ex Machina": The Virtue and Vice of Empathy

    On Paul Bloom's "Against Empathy" and how Alex Garland's 2014 film "Ex Machina" explores the arguments for and against empathic feeling....
    "The Festival of Insignificance": On Asking Big Questions

    "The Festival of Insignificance": On Asking Big Questions

    Every era has asked big questions about its culture. Are we asking any now, or is modern life little more than, to borrow from Milan...
    Grief Is The Thing With Feathers

    Grief Is The Thing With Feathers

    Obsession can drive us; transformation can open new roads – how Max Porter's novel finds balance between the two. 1. Once upon a time...
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    Your Undivided Attention: Why You Can't Concentrate

    Your Undivided Attention: Why You Can't Concentrate

    Grief Is The Thing With Feathers

    Grief Is The Thing With Feathers

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