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Global Comment
- Posted on Tuesday January 28, 2025
Venezuelan food is increasingly present in different corners of the world. High migration numbers have made it easy to find arepas, tequeños or cachapas (or the ingredients to make them) in almost any city. But there are some unique flavors that can’t be replicated, those you can only have at home. I think that, by […]
The post Foods I miss from Venezuela as an immigrant – and it’s not the ones you’d imagine! first appeared on Global Comment.
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday January 27, 2025
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don’t want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place. It will be something different every week, but it will always be about […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday January 24, 2025
Relationships ending can be odd. Sometimes, you’re relieved – thrilled, even. Sometimes, you’re devastated. Sometimes, you’re a bit sad but you know it’s the right thing to do. But sometimes, you’re bloody furious. You need some music to carry you through the range of moods and emotions, but you’re stuck with playlists that are all Please […]
The post 5 of the best Spotify break-up playlists (for when you’re more furious than devastated) first appeared on Global Comment.
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday January 23, 2025
2024 brought some literary pleasures into my life: a posthumous Gabriel García Márquez book was published, and some of my favorite books by Latin American authors were brought to the screen in the final weeks of the year. These productions, recently released on platforms such as Netflix and HBO Max, are also making history by […]
The post Latin America on screen: 3 great book adaptations to start 2025 first appeared on Global Comment.
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday January 22, 2025
With its 1000th episode rapidly approaching, this is the perfect time for a nod to the genius and vitality of American podcast Knowledge Fight. In an era where conspiracy theories and misinformation run rampant, two self-deprecating heroes emerged from Chicago’s comedy scene: Dan Friesen and Jordan Holmes. Their podcast Knowledge Fight, which began in 2017, […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday January 21, 2025
David Lynch’s films are not mere cinematic experiences — they are fever dreams, whispering across the fault lines of reality. To enter Lynch’s world is to surrender to the surreal, to accept that the ordinary can be disturbed by a malevolent hum or a crimson curtain drawn across the cosmos. Lynch doesn’t merely depict the […]
The post Remembering David Lynch: the maestro of the surreal, the weaver of dreams and nightmares first appeared on Global Comment.
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday January 20, 2025
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don’t want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place. It will be something different every week, but it will always be about […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday January 17, 2025
Ah, Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. Have you seen it yet? Have you read the book? If not, then run, don’t walk – the book is brilliant and the recent Disney+ adaptation is the most fun you can have with your clothes on, to paraphrase one of the songs that features in both book and series. The […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday January 16, 2025
2024 was a good year for horror television. Series such as The Fall of the House of Usher, Teacup, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Evil, Chucky and Interview with the Vampire proved that the most attractive and ingenious proposals of the genre are not limited to cinema. Fortunately, 2025 is also shaping up […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday January 15, 2025
Some years ago, a friend of mine became a mistress to an Oscar-nominated director. She confided that he did not treat her very well. She also confided that his wife knew everything, and was being treated even more horribly. I didn’t want to offer any half-baked advice in the midst of an ugly situation – […]
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