FLEE: Not escapism, but essential viewing
Danish animated documentary FLEE has been collecting quite a few awards and nominations since its premiere in January 2021. And rightly so, it works both as a wonderful animation and a personal, moving documentary of…
Song&Art: ‘Sunblind’ by Fleet Foxes
After spending so much time indoors, it’s a joy to be outside and see Spring unfold around me.
SSE: the anatomy of feelings
The title track Only Skin of this new album by songwriters Lowri Evans and Tom McRae is a thing of beauty.
Almost every letter changed: Netflix’s The Letter For The King
The last time I’ve read The Letter for the King (De Brief voor de Koning) by Tonke Dragt before writing this article, was over ten years ago when I was still studying. I disappointingly discovered…
SSE: a voice of understanding
Only want to get to work, but every morning I’m too sick to drive.Suffering whiteout conditions, forget the mission just get out alive Whiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers The song Whiteout Conditions is one…
BBC’s OneCoin podcast “The Missing Cryptoqueen” has it all
A conspiracy, larger than life characters, pyramid schemes, plastic surgery: if you want a podcast that has all the ingredients of a mystery novel and combines with some decent journalism, look no further than The…
Niccolò Ammaniti: You and Me
Sometimes you stumble across an author, whose every word you’d like to devour. At least, I stumbled across one of those, back when I was 19 years old. His name is Niccolò Ammaniti. Frantically, I…
Words in the middle of the world
That books mean love to me was something that was clear from the moment I could read. I read all the books in the library and any books that I brought with me on holiday…
Category: Matter
Stories about the things we encounter