By Maria Bregman The 2026 Bafta TV nominations are out. It is a heavy list. If you want to know exactly how the British television…
In August 2024, Apple pulled a ten-minute promotional video from its YouTube channel and issued a rare public apology to Thailand. The film, part of…
By Maria Bregman, writer and film critic Hollywood finally exhaled. After years of wringing its hands over the death of the theatrical experience and the…
By Maria Bregman, literary and music critic Recently, some very strange and sudden news has emerged from Boston. It has been announced that Andris Nelsons,…
By Maria Bregman, writer and literary critic Paris in December doesn’t care about your romantic ideas. The low-hanging sky hangs over the zinc roofs. The…
In the traditional museum, the object is a captive of its label. The small rectangular placard – often printed in austere, sans-serif typography – has…
By Katerina Karp “What is the most effective punishment for a crime?” It is a question that has echoed through millennia, from the Athenian agora…
By Maria Bregman I spent most of my twenties) ignoring romance novels. Actually, scrap that. I didn’t just ignore them. I actively looked down on…
By Maria Bregman I was in Paris when they announced it. The Golden Lion for Father Mother Sister Brother. There was this collective, slightly confused…
By Sara Bright At the Cristea Roberts Gallery during the Georg Baselitz exhibition. The show was called Geschichte and ran from late January to the…