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Global Comment
- Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2026
I’m at that age when big anniversaries happen more and more frequently. The age at which you start to sigh a little when you’re getting up off the couch (and should get up more frequently, movement is key, as my trainer always seeks to remind me). Still, it’s strange to consider that The Fellowship of […]
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Tigre is one of the most accessible destinations for travelers visiting Buenos Aires who want to experience a different environment without venturing far from the city. The trip from the capital takes less than an hour, and upon arrival, the change in atmosphere is immediate. At the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento International Fluvial Station, the steady […]
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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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Fast fashion and disposable culture have become so normal that we barely notice their foreboding presence any more. It’s so easy to never think about where the mountains of trash end up, or at least to put the idea out of our minds. But we are in a climate crisis, we produce too much crap, […]
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From the moment you pick up Literary Gardens by Sandra Lawrence, it becomes clear that the book offers an immersion into a realm where literature and imagination engage in constant dialogue. It is a work designed for attentive readers, especially those who find, in books, spaces that linger in the memory. Literary Gardens. The Imaginary […]
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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. […]
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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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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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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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