π₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Matthew Perry,Television & radio,Friends,US television,Society,Alcoholism,Culture,Television π‘ Key idea: Watch the third season of Friends, writes Matthew Perry in his memoir, and you can see how thin he had become by the end of it. βOpioids fuck with your appetite, plus they make you vomit constantly,β he writes. Look again, and yes β his fragile wrists emerge from a shirt that looks as if he has borrowed it from someone far larger, his trousers hang off him β and itβs unbearably sad now, with the knowledge that…
β¨ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture π Main takeaway: Dispatches: The Prince Against the Paper β Harry, Piracy and the Post8pm on Channel 4Expect legal fireworks in January as the case launched by Prince Harry (along with six other public figures including Doreen Lawrence and Elton John) against Associated Newspapers gets underway. This documentary by Cathy Newman provides a primer on the case β which includes accusations of phone hacking and eavesdropping. Phil HarrisonSeniors - Wisdom at the age of 90+At 7.30pm on ITV1There are now more than half a…
π₯ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: History books,Science and nature books,Philosophy books,Books,Culture π‘ Key idea: nOne of the most useful things to know is the name of the era you live in, says Amy Alderman, and she suggests one for ours: the information crisis. In fact, the emergence of digital media represents the third information crisis that humans have experienced: the first came after the invention of writing; The second follows the printing press.These were periods of great social conflict and upheaval, and they profoundly changed our social and political relationships as…
π₯ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Fiction,Books,Culture π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: There is a long tradition of stories about artists that are also about how life is represented in art; Novels about artists who have toxic female friendships are even stranger.Enter Anika Jade Levy's lean, sharp debut film Flat Earth, which shares its title with a film made by a woman narrator Avery knows as her best friend. Frances is a wealthy, beautiful young woman in her twenties who becomes a "reluctant celebrity in certain circles" after her film, "an experimental documentary…
π₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Television,Culture,Television & radio,Drama,Documentary,Factual TV,Educational TV,TV comedy π Key idea: 50-4150The last of us(Sky Atlantic/Now) The best TV video game of all time is brought back to life with the year's most shocking murder of a beloved character. Losing one half of the show's central duo wasn't easy to get over, but The Last of Us turned into a poignant meditation on grief, loss, and the pain of love left unspoken β with the addition of mushroom monsters. What did we say: βA bold and thoughtful presentation…
π Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: US news,Young people,Society,Magazines,Media,ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement),US politics,Culture π Hereβs what youβll learn: On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, the Los Angeles Central Public Library was bustling with nearly 100 people making zines: little DIY journals made from a single piece of paper. There was folding and laughter and helping with wounds. Titles such as Narcan 101, Free Palestine and American Zain, filled with illustrations and tips, line a table down the hall.While this may seem like a scene from the 1980s or 1990s β when music…
β¨ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Bob Vylan,Ireland,Defamation law,Law,Europe,Media law,Media,Music,Israel-Gaza war,Glastonbury 2025,Glastonbury festival,Culture,World news π‘ Key idea: British punk and rap duo Bob Phelan have launched defamation proceedings against Irish broadcaster RTΓ over its coverage of their Glastonbury performance.The legal action alleges that Irish National Radio defamed the group by claiming they led anti-Semitic chants at the festival last June.The group's lead singer, Pascal Robinson-Foster, known as Bobby Phelan, led a chant of "Death, death to the IDF", a reference to the Israel Defense Forces, making international headlines and prompting a British police…
π Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Paris,France,Museums,Europe,World news,Culture π Main takeaway: The thieves who stole the Crown Jewels from the Louvre Museum in October managed to evade police with just 30 seconds to spare due to an avoidable security failure at the Paris museum, a damning investigation has revealed.The investigation, ordered by the Ministry of Culture after the embarrassing daylight robbery, revealed that only one of two security cameras was working near the site where the intruders broke into the morning of Sunday, October 19.The report, details of which were made public…
π Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Books,Sophie Kinsella,Culture,Romance books,Fiction π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: Madeleine Wickham, best known for writing the best-selling novel Confessions of a Shopaholic under her pseudonym Sophie Kinsella, has died at the age of 55.Wickham, whom novelist Jojo Moyes called the "Queen of Romantic Comedies," has written more than 30 books for adults, children and teens, which have sold more than 45 million copies.In April 2024, Wickham announced that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer, at the end of 2022, and underwent radiotherapy…
π₯ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Quentin Tarantino,Film,Paul Thomas Anderson,Paul Dano,Culture π Main takeaway: Has Quentin Tarantino put Paul Dano in the alpha league of the world's most beloved and admired film actors?His latest insults targeting Dano have sparked a torrent of defensive praise, publicly endorsed by Daniel Day-Lewis, Dano's costar in "There Will Be Blood." But was Tarantino's statement just a fluffy threat? Will he end up casting Dano in his next film β a U-turn like Donald Trump did to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after he threatened him with…
