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Global Comment
- Posted on Friday May 15, 2026
This month over at Five Books For, I’ve been looking at books where education is either a key theme or setting in the story. The book: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go spends a fair bit of time in the school setting of Hailsham, a residential school where we meet […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday May 14, 2026
Do you have plans for May 15 yet? International Day of Families is just around the corner, and despite our busy schedules, the best way to celebrate it is by getting back to basics: quality time. This day, promoted by the UN General Assembly since 1993, aims to raise awareness about the challenges families face […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday May 13, 2026
It is remarkably arrogant to tell an artist what her work is supposed to represent, especially when she has – very clearly – stated otherwise. A work of art may evoke thoughts, feelings or imagery for us as we view it, but if an artist says she wasn’t painting vulvas, then she wasn’t painting vulvas. […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
Vinicius de Carvalho, King’s College London; Boriana Alexandrova, University of York; Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, King’s College London; Karolina Watroba, University of Edinburgh; Marion Gibson, University of Exeter, and Narguess Farzad, SOAS, University of London This year’s International Booker Prize shortlist presents a diverse and intriguing array of books that all demonstrate the highly creative imagination […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday May 11, 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 May 08, 2026
There’s a pleasing sense of continuity in moving from last month’s films – On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Best Years of Our Lives – into this one. Where that trio traced the evolution of acting, culminating in the raw emotional immediacy of Method performance, this month steps back slightly to look […]
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The month of May arrives with high-voltage energy, marking a turning point both in movie theaters and in the world of streaming. Action fans are in for a treat, as several iconic pop culture franchises return to reclaim their throne. The deadliest tournament in cinema returns with Mortal Kombat II. This installment ups the ante […]
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35 years later, Wes Craven’s best movie is also one of his least well known, and it’s well worth dusting off the VHS off in our current Trumpian nightmare. The People Under the Stairs is an urban fairy tale, a vital social commentary on the devastating effect Reaganomics had on the black working class in […]
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