The 50 best museum cafes in the UK
The pioneering V&A tea rooms were designed to draw people into culture, and today such spaces offer more than just sandwiches. Source: The 50 best museum cafes in the UK | Museums | The Guardian
Watch: Conan O’Brien honoured at Trump-run Kennedy Center
Comedian Conan O’Brien received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at one of the more prominent events since US President Donald Trump took charge of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Comics zeroed in on the Trump administration and … Continued
Tony Harrison’s V: Why a poem outraged 1980s Britain
Forty years ago, Northern English poet Harrison published a powerful work inspired by vandalised gravestones in his hometown Leeds. Then, when it was screened on TV in 1987, a national furore erupted. Source: Tony Harrison’s V: Why a poem outraged … Continued
Atomfall, the survival game that draws from classic British sci-fi
‘British Fallout’ became the almost-instant sobriquet for this game when it was announced – but that doesn’t capture the breadth of its scary influences. Source: Atomfall, the survival game that draws from classic British sci-fi | Games | The Guardian
‘Like a giant Squid Game’: soul searching in South Korea after latest celebrity suicide
On Friday, the South Korean columnist Yang Sung-hee asked a question to which no one appears to have an answer: “When will this ever end? How many more lives must be lost before this tragic cycle is broken?”Yang’s question, asked … Continued
‘Miss Austen,’ Feminist Show on Jane Austen Letters: Love or Vandalism
It is often described as a “literary mystery” and has caused much debate. Why did Cassandra Austen burn the letters of her sister, famous author Jane Austen? Miss Austen, a new four-part drama launching on the BBC on Sunday and … Continued