When players of the 1993 Super Nintendo game Secret of Mana (known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 2) powered up their consoles, they were met…
By Maria Bregman, writer and literary critic The remote landscapes of British historical fiction often possess a quiet, brooding sentience; windswept moors, isolated coastal villages,…
By Sara Bright At the intersection of sentience and engineering lies an unexpected canvas: the airplane cabin. Once a sterile transit zone, it’s now a…
By Sara Bright The tangible remnants of our past – the grand country houses, the intricate furniture, the captivating artworks – hold within them narratives…
By Sara Bright The return of The Last of Us to our screens was not merely anticipated; it was awaited with the kind of cultural intensity reserved…
By Maria Bregman, writer and literary critic London Book Fair is one of the most important events in the literary world, a meeting place for…
For centuries, humanity has stared into the dark expanse of the cosmos, listening for a voice. We imagined radio signals from distant civilisations, complex mathematical…
By Sara Bright A palpable sense of anticipation settles within the cavernous expanse of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Before the official pronouncements fill the digital…
By Sara Bright The captivating illusion of theatre, that shared dream conjured nightly in darkened auditoriums across the UK, relies profoundly on an intricate web…
By George Bregman From my vantage point here in Cambridge, a city synonymous with deep-rooted academic excellence and cutting-edge technological discovery, the debate surrounding the…