Category: General
Who said it: tech CEO or communist leader? Take our quiz
This week Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to advance human potential and promote equality. But hes not the only tech billionaire in a Che Guevara shirt. Capitalism is catechism in Silicon Valley. The civic religion is entrepreneurism and evangelism is a marketing tool. But for an industry that worships at the altars of the marketplace, the […]
Chuk Iwuji: ‘My Hamlet is an ugly beast about to be unleashed’
A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Iwuji is finally playing Hamlet, in a production inspired by Black Lives Matter and which is being performed in homeless shelters and prisons. For the Nigerian-born British actor Chuk Iwuji, to be or not to be wasnt remotely the question when it came to playing Hamlet. He has […]
Kevin Can Wait: Is Kevin James an acting genius or a one-trick pony?
His new show Kevin Can Wait is about to hit screens this week and his everyman schtick has divided opinion. Two Guardian writers argue the case. The case for: He gives a masterclass in screen acting Before I begin, let me say this. The trailer for Kevin Can Wait, Jamess new sitcom for CBS, looks […]
If George HW Bush votes against Trump, he’ll be in good Republican company | Jamie Weinstein
Bush’s opposition can be dismissed as the qualms of a north-eastern moderate. But alongside him are many with unimpeachable conservative credentials. It wouldn’t be surprising if, as one recent visitor to the Bush compound in Kennebunkport reports, former president George HW Bush will be voting for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump this fall. After all, […]
Could the Higgs boson have been discovered by accident?
A theorist says no. I say yes. See what you think. We have a tendency to oversimplify complicated issues. Sometimes this gives useful clarity, but more frequently it gives a distorted impression of what I am stubborn enough to call the truth. Clarity can be seductive, but is disastrously misleading if it neglects important facts. […]