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Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Murakami: “I don’t have any plan, I’m just writing, and while I’m writing, strange things happen very naturally, very automatically”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
Haruki Murakami Isn’t Afraid of the Dark
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Murakami: “I don’t have any plan, I’m just writing, and while I’m writing, strange things happen very naturally, very automatically”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
How Silly Can You Get? The Tumultuous Making Of ‘Top Secret!’
screencrush.com/top-secret-30/
screencrush.com/top-secret-30/
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
How Silly Can You Get? The Tumultuous Making Of ‘Top Secret!’
screencrush.com/top-secret-30/
screencrush.com/top-secret-30/
Riotous Company: Thomas Pynchon’s America
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon
From “The Crying Lot of 49” to his latest noirs, the American novelist has always proceeded along a track strangely parallel to our own.
www.thenation.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Riotous Company: Thomas Pynchon’s America
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was never a love story. It was a warning
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was never a love story. It was a warning
Watching Michel Gondry’s 2004 time-twister as a hard sci-fi film, we might heed its advice – on technology and its futility against our romantic woes
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was never a love story. It was a warning
Quite exciting news for the new audiobook of Alasdair Gray's Lanark:
"Alasdair himself also makes an appearance. Back in 1995, Alasdair recorded excerpts from Lanark for a cassette release, and those tapes have been folded into the new production."
www.thenational.scot/news/2583385...
"Alasdair himself also makes an appearance. Back in 1995, Alasdair recorded excerpts from Lanark for a cassette release, and those tapes have been folded into the new production."
www.thenational.scot/news/2583385...
I'm Alasdair Gray's only child. We must remember my father's political message
ALASDAIR Gray’s only child, Andrew Gray, laughs when he describes himself as “officially retired”
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Quite exciting news for the new audiobook of Alasdair Gray's Lanark:
"Alasdair himself also makes an appearance. Back in 1995, Alasdair recorded excerpts from Lanark for a cassette release, and those tapes have been folded into the new production."
www.thenational.scot/news/2583385...
"Alasdair himself also makes an appearance. Back in 1995, Alasdair recorded excerpts from Lanark for a cassette release, and those tapes have been folded into the new production."
www.thenational.scot/news/2583385...
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“We finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
Franklin J. Schaffner's ‘Planet of the Apes’ premiered in New York City's Capitol Theatre 58 years ago today.
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/planet-of-th...
Franklin J. Schaffner's ‘Planet of the Apes’ premiered in New York City's Capitol Theatre 58 years ago today.
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/planet-of-th...
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
“We finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
Franklin J. Schaffner's ‘Planet of the Apes’ premiered in New York City's Capitol Theatre 58 years ago today.
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/planet-of-th...
Franklin J. Schaffner's ‘Planet of the Apes’ premiered in New York City's Capitol Theatre 58 years ago today.
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/planet-of-th...
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What an incredible, insightful, and poetic piece: "Twin Peaks is my comfort show: not because it makes me feel better, but because it assures me the world is worse and that I am not alone in noticing."
Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
Laura Palmer’s House
Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
What an incredible, insightful, and poetic piece: "Twin Peaks is my comfort show: not because it makes me feel better, but because it assures me the world is worse and that I am not alone in noticing."
Larry's managed to put up with six PMs and still get to the top old age of 19. Long my he reign!
Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days
February 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Larry's managed to put up with six PMs and still get to the top old age of 19. Long my he reign!
The curse of Peter O’Toole’s most dangerous film
Maverick auteur Richard Rush saw his career peak with The Stunt Man, but a series of unfortunate events followed its release
www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/0...
Maverick auteur Richard Rush saw his career peak with The Stunt Man, but a series of unfortunate events followed its release
www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/0...
The curse of Peter O’Toole’s most dangerous film
Maverick auteur Richard Rush saw his career peak with The Stunt Man, but a series of unfortunate events followed its release
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The curse of Peter O’Toole’s most dangerous film
Maverick auteur Richard Rush saw his career peak with The Stunt Man, but a series of unfortunate events followed its release
www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/0...
Maverick auteur Richard Rush saw his career peak with The Stunt Man, but a series of unfortunate events followed its release
www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/0...
"It can be forgotten just how unsuccessful George Orwell was for much of his writing career."
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"It can be forgotten just how unsuccessful George Orwell was for much of his writing career."
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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Journalist Jay Rayner posts farewell to "one of the very last if not the very last classic newsstands in a central London tube station" - in Brixton - adding that Transport for London has "put them in a financial position where they had to surrender their lease" www.instagram.com/jayrayner1/p...
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Journalist Jay Rayner posts farewell to "one of the very last if not the very last classic newsstands in a central London tube station" - in Brixton - adding that Transport for London has "put them in a financial position where they had to surrender their lease" www.instagram.com/jayrayner1/p...
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David Bowie during rehearsals for the Earthling Tour at Brixton Academy, London, May 1997, by George Chin.
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
David Bowie during rehearsals for the Earthling Tour at Brixton Academy, London, May 1997, by George Chin.
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January 31, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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This just in from the Bowie Centre: No ticket needed!
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We are happy to announce that from Tuesday 3 February you can visit the David Bowie Centre without the need to book a timed ticket.
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We are happy to announce that from Tuesday 3 February you can visit the David Bowie Centre without the need to book a timed ticket.
February 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
This just in from the Bowie Centre: No ticket needed!
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We are happy to announce that from Tuesday 3 February you can visit the David Bowie Centre without the need to book a timed ticket.
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We are happy to announce that from Tuesday 3 February you can visit the David Bowie Centre without the need to book a timed ticket.
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Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
Kelly Reilly: ‘It was a shame Yellowstone ended that way’
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Kelly Reilly: ‘It was a shame Yellowstone ended that way’
The wisecracking star of the cowboy drama is actually a suburban Brit. She talks about how she fooled America into thinking she was one of them, and coming home for Under Salt Marsh
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Kelly Reilly: ‘It was a shame Yellowstone ended that way’
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Misha Glenny is taking over from Melvyn Bragg after 27 years as the presenter of the Radio 4’s flagship show — and promises evolution not revolution
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
My plans for In Our Time — ‘We have to compete with The Rest Is History’
Misha Glenny is taking over from Melvyn Bragg after 27 years as the presenter of the Radio 4’s flagship show — and promises evolution not revolution
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Misha Glenny is taking over from Melvyn Bragg after 27 years as the presenter of the Radio 4’s flagship show — and promises evolution not revolution
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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Magnificent documentary by writer (and one time New York taxi driver) Michael Goldfarb, about Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 70s New York and the transformed city of today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Taxi Driver at 50: New York, Then and Now - BBC Sounds
The film Taxi Driver is 50 years old. Michael Goldfarb looks at New York then and now.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Magnificent documentary by writer (and one time New York taxi driver) Michael Goldfarb, about Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 70s New York and the transformed city of today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You wait ages for a Robert Crumb exhibition and then two turn up at the same time!
Managed to catch "Robert Crumb: Boswell's London and Other Diaries" at CASSIUS&Co. It's an amusing satire of Boswell, who Crumb obviously saw as a kindred spirit who reflected his own lofty ideals and base desires.
Managed to catch "Robert Crumb: Boswell's London and Other Diaries" at CASSIUS&Co. It's an amusing satire of Boswell, who Crumb obviously saw as a kindred spirit who reflected his own lofty ideals and base desires.
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 AM
You wait ages for a Robert Crumb exhibition and then two turn up at the same time!
Managed to catch "Robert Crumb: Boswell's London and Other Diaries" at CASSIUS&Co. It's an amusing satire of Boswell, who Crumb obviously saw as a kindred spirit who reflected his own lofty ideals and base desires.
Managed to catch "Robert Crumb: Boswell's London and Other Diaries" at CASSIUS&Co. It's an amusing satire of Boswell, who Crumb obviously saw as a kindred spirit who reflected his own lofty ideals and base desires.
Infinite Jest is a novel for 2026
'Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace published Infinite Jest - a novel so sprawling, so formally strange, and so unnervingly prescient that it has never quite stopped happening.'
pca.st/episode/70e2...
'Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace published Infinite Jest - a novel so sprawling, so formally strange, and so unnervingly prescient that it has never quite stopped happening.'
pca.st/episode/70e2...
Infinite Jest is a novel for 2026
Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace published Infinite Jest - a novel so sprawling, so formally strange, and so unnervingly prescient that it has never quite stopped happening. Set in a…
pca.st
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Infinite Jest is a novel for 2026
'Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace published Infinite Jest - a novel so sprawling, so formally strange, and so unnervingly prescient that it has never quite stopped happening.'
pca.st/episode/70e2...
'Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace published Infinite Jest - a novel so sprawling, so formally strange, and so unnervingly prescient that it has never quite stopped happening.'
pca.st/episode/70e2...
As a proud Welshman, I really wish the English were more familiar with, and celebrated, their folklore and folk traditions. Excellent discussion with Dr Martin Shaw on English myth on @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social's latest podcast
pca.st/episode/5f45...
pca.st/episode/5f45...
English Myth and Folklore with Dr Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw is a writer, mythographer and Christian thinker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
pca.st
January 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
As a proud Welshman, I really wish the English were more familiar with, and celebrated, their folklore and folk traditions. Excellent discussion with Dr Martin Shaw on English myth on @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social's latest podcast
pca.st/episode/5f45...
pca.st/episode/5f45...
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the incredible snat
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM
the incredible snat
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I love John Biggs' illustration accompanying my Thomas Pynchon piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social. I wrote a bunch of stuff about how he predicted it was going to get worse like a month before everything got so much worse.
January 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I love John Biggs' illustration accompanying my Thomas Pynchon piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social. I wrote a bunch of stuff about how he predicted it was going to get worse like a month before everything got so much worse.