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Global Comment
- Posted on Wednesday January 21, 2026
Jamestown Properties, the Atlanta-based global behemoth responsible for One Times Square and Chelsea Market, takes a star turn as Robert Moses 2.0 in Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg’s Emergent City, an exhaustively lensed (over a decade in the making) fly-on-the-wall look at the myriad costs and maybe benefits of urban development with an Instagram sheen. […]
The post NYC Inc.: Emergent City review first appeared on Global Comment.
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday January 20, 2026
There is no doubt that 2025 was an outstanding year for animation. The industry achieved a perfect balance between commercial films from major studios, long-awaited sequels, and independent gems that conquered the awards season. As proof of this, we need only recall the vibrant energy of K-Pop: Demon Hunters, the visual mastery of The Wild […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday January 19, 2026
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 16, 2026
Over at Five Books For this month, we’ve been talking about 20th century classics that are truly enjoyable to read – not necessarily fun exactly, but each of this month’s books have something that makes them a compelling and deeply enjoyable read. There is something deeply reassuring about returning to a 20th-century classic that wears […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026
There’s something wonderfully subversive about waking up one morning to find your neighbourhood postbox wearing a cosy hat, or discovering that the bike rack outside the library has been transformed into a rainbow-wrapped sculpture. This is the world of yarn bombing, which combines traditional craft with guerrilla art in a really magical way. Thanks to […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
Mark Lorch, University of Hull; Alina Patelli, Aston University; Ana M Queirós, Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Anna Bedenk-Smith, University of Lincoln; Benjamin Curtis, Nottingham Trent University; Eva Wennås Brante, Malmö University; Jack Fennell, University of Limerick; Jonathan Fisk, University of York; Laura Stephenson, University of Westminster; Makayla Lewis, Kingston University; Michael Strange, Malmö University, and Viren […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday January 13, 2026
A new chapter is unfolding in the world of literary adaptations, with a wide variety of titles planned for 2026. From beloved classics such as Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights to recent works such as Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, along with a wide variety of old and new books, many iconic literary titles will be […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday January 12, 2026
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday January 09, 2026
One of the things I have grown to love about Spotify is the way its playlists are so specific and so niche. Whatever mood I’m in, someone seems to have created a playlist for that precise feeling, and it’s the main way I discover new music. Users get creative not just in the songs they […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday January 08, 2026
Bushman, David Schickele’s long-neglected 1971 film that has been newly restored and re-released for contemporary audiences, plays like a radical act of cinematic excavation, unearthing not just a turbulent moment in American history but also reverberations that feel frighteningly alive in Trump’s 2025 America. At once docu-fiction, time capsule and political provocation, it speaks to […]
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