Culture
Our curated articles offering new takes on the big themes and questions in our culture. Plus reviews of books, film, media and experiences. Culture is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.
Essay
- Culture
- Romance
From evening entertainment to essentially influential, TV dating shows define how many relate to each other. As a new series of Love is Blind drops, Lauren Windle explores their attraction and how to survive them.
11min read
Review
- Culture
- Fun & play
While Pentiment’s game-play makes it a playful, enjoyable, and in-depth history lecture, it also raises deeper questions, says Lukas Herren.
3min read
Review
- Culture
- Film & TV
A thermonuclear ethical debate swaddled in a family road-trip comedy. Daniel Kim reviews Broker.
3min read
Article
- Culture
- Digital
An ancient story of compassion inspires an ethical response to social censure.
4min read
Essay
- AI - Artificial Intelligence
- Culture
What impacts has artificial intelligence had on society, past, present and future? Simon Cross explores just where have our machines got us.
13min read
Review
- Culture
- Trauma
What follows is an act of female emancipation. Belle Tindall reviews the Oscar-winning Women Talking.
5min read
Review
- Culture
- Re-enchanting
Fascinated by the astonishing success of the whimsical The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse, Belle Tindall probes at the deep wisdom of Charlie Mackesy’s enchanting, not to mention Oscar-winning, modern fable.
7min read
Review
- Culture
- Film & TV
Yaroslav Walker is warmed, bored, and then revived as he reviews The Fabelmans, Babylon, and Empire of Light.
9min read
Review
- Culture
- Film & TV
Friends is about being friends. Not family. But also family. Sitcom writer James Cary unpicks what makes the show tick.
7min read
Review
- Art
- Climate
A famed photographer's exhibition about Amazonia prompts Jane Cacouris to consider the wider issues.
5min read
Essay
- AI - Artificial Intelligence
- Culture
Creative Artificial Intelligence generates a disquiet within. Daniel Kim explores why it confronts our humanity.
14min read
Review
- Books
- Culture
Written before the death of Cormac McCarthy, Austin Stevenson reviews the acclaimed author's last sibling novels, exploring the frugal conversations within them and how dialogues shape virtue.
7min read