๐ โI have just bought my first gunโ: the war diary of late Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina
๐ โI have just bought my first gunโ: the war diary of late Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina
๐ Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet
Luca โ short for the last universal common ancestor, the progenitor of all known life on Earth โ seems to have been born 4.2bn years ago.
๐ Phish: Tiny Desk Concert ๐ต
๐ I’m intrigued by failure: Kim Deal on death, addiction and releasing her debut solo album at 63
Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by the classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit
๐ Blade Runner 2049 review - a future classic
The sequel to Ridley Scottโs 1982 classic manages to be both visually stunning and philosophically profound
๐ Identity of casts of victims at Pompeii not all they seem, research suggests
Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts
๐ The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review โ as promised, โvery, very doom and gloomโ
The bandโs first album in 16 years finds Robert Smith and co on reliably melancholy form
๐ The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review โ dark, personal and their best since Disintegration
The band are at an artistic peak on their first album in 16 years: movingly melancholic, with a punchy sound to match the lyricsโ emotional impact
๐ John Keats statue to be unveiled near his birthplace in Londonโs Moorgate
Martin Jennings โ whose previous public sculptures include John Betjeman, George Orwell and Philip Larkin โ has based his bronze on a life cast of the poet, taken when he was 21
๐ Talking Heads with Adrian Belew Live Dortmund 1980. YouTube ๐ต
๐ I hate blind baking, can it ever be avoided?
After all, lots of recipes say to blind bake for only 15-20 minutes, which is just not correct. Instead, he insists, you need to do so for at least 35-40 minutes, and at a low oven temperature, too โ 160C-170C (depending on your oven): If someone has never blind baked for that length of time, theyโll never have seen a really nice result, which is why it would feel a bit pointless.
๐ Harrison Ford keeps working for โhuman contactโ. Could he be any more beloved?
The man is a living legend with nothing left to prove, he doesnโt need to work other than for the simple pleasure of being around talented people โ and itโs a joy to watch