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Month: February 2017

Film, Review, Uncategorized

Hidden Figures- the book and the film

Hidden Figures is a story of three black women’s lives in 1960s America. Except that these particular women are working as mathematicians for NASA and are responsible for the calculations which will ultimately lead to men landing on the moon. Continue reading Hidden Figures- the book and the film

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Jackie

Pablo Larraín’s Jackie is a lyrical film of trauma, mourning and mythmaking. Continue reading Jackie

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The Lego Batman Movie

An intelligent celebration of unashamed popular culture Continue reading The Lego Batman Movie

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The Irrational Essays, Uncategorized

The dominion of fact

On the one hand, we are obsessed with collecting data: our smartwatches take note of our every move. On the other hand, we have a growing distrust of experts and the rise of what Donald Trump’s adviser Kellyanne Conway calls ‘alternative facts’. What is behind our attitude to facts and data? Continue reading The dominion of fact

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The Irrational Essays, Uncategorized

On the corporate cult of fitness

It’s the time of the year when every major retailer: Argos, John Lewis, Amazon – you name it – has decided to tell me that I need to get fitter Continue reading On the corporate cult of fitness

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