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Who does Spiderman vote for?
Stuart J Turnbull-Dugarte looks at how people project their political views onto fictional heroes and villains
March 24, 2025
‘I am not an evil stepmother’
On Disney and its disservice to the modern blended family. Stepmothers of the world unite!
March 22, 2025
Facebook, friends and the power of positivity
What's the measure of a man or woman in the 21st century?
March 15, 2025
Would ‘Great Expectations’ be better as a videogame?
Why Charles Dickens would have made 'Great Expectations' a videogame if he were writing today, by Lynda Clark, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Edinburgh
March 13, 2025
The Gulf of Mexico or America? How about Gulf of Malta?
In the light of Donald Trump’s unilateral renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, shall we claim part of the Med?
March 9, 2025
Girl power goes interstellar – or does it?
As the first all-female space mission launches this spring, should women be excited or disappointed?
March 8, 2025
Is Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ too sensationalised?
Dicing with deception: why do we love docu-drama series that gloss over the truth?
March 2, 2025
When Elon Musk nearly sacked 2 million US workers
Why last month's crazy mass mailout to all Federal employees (and FBI agents) is relevant closer to home
March 1, 2025
The land of the free
As California fought off a new fire some weeks ago, creating what can be best described as a…
February 24, 2025
No room for the elderly
When you’re used to seeing the same thing repeatedly, you can’t tell that something is absent unless someone…
February 10, 2025