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Books you can’t sink your teeth into: A brief look into unsolvable manuscripts

If there’s one thing that most people appreciate, it’s a good mystery with a clever solution. It is no accident that Agatha Christie is listed as the Guinness World...

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Review: Will Heaven Fall on Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective

Will Heaven Fall on Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective, which aired in cinemas this...

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Has the romantic comedy lost its charm?

The romantic comedy genre is often criticised for its overreliance on tropes. The romcom...

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Palimpsest

This is a secular city, built on holy bones. We’re on the edge of another...

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2024 was for the girls: The rapid success of female artists

The last nine months of pop can perhaps be summed up in one word:...

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