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Marilyn. The very mention of her name conjures images of her playful, unmistakably flirtatious smile, her luminous blonde hair, her expressive eyes. Not to mention her distinctive singing voice and her flair for comedy. But as a resident...
When it comes to satire, surrealism, and style, Boots Riley has no equal. Parts of this just felt cold and stilted to me…
In which I didn't get tetanus.
Emma Loffhagen, the Guardian: [Sarah] Wynn-Williams, whose bestselling memoir, Careless People, details her years working at Facebook, was due to appear in conversation with the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and academic Tim...
Alexander Graham Bell is widely credited with inventing the telephone, in 1876. It’s not entirely undisputed: Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci, and Johann Philipp Reis each also have a decent claim as well, but Bell’s name is the one we most...
I'm finding it quite fascinating to watch the current spate of ShinyHunters breaches and dumps. There's the obvious criminality of it all, but then there's also the response from organisations (or lack thereof, as it relates to...
Before anyone panics about me destroying a perfectly good English cottage garden, I think it's important to review the current condition of said English cottage garden. Because over the years, photos of it have mostly been taken between...
Google maps said it would take 2.5 hours to drive from our place in the Blue Mountains to Hill End. Maybe we’re slow. And sure, we stopped to check out nearby gold mining village Sofala on the way. But we left home shortly after 8am and...
Kamy at 558 – Havana, Cuba Issue 83 of my fabulous photography magazine is hot off the digital presses (via email). Articles about surprisingly comfortable travel in a beautiful setting, my newest monochrome-only marvel with tons of...
On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all. ▰ The Jeff Parker ETA...
This is a sentiment my previous subtitling/captioning colleagues would hate me for, but it’s a philosophy I’ve lived with for a few years now. I think it’s evident from the things I post in here. They’re usually filled with...