Daniel Theophanous
Film
First Degree Blunder: The Rise Of TV’s Reluctant Murderers
Search Party, Big Little Lies, Black Mirror, Breaking Bad… A new kind of murderer is increasingly present in recent TV series. No longer, the mad, bad, psychos of yore, but someone more human, more ordinary – perhaps not even intentional
Film
First Degree Blunder: The Rise Of TV’s Reluctant Murderers
Search Party, Big Little Lies, Black Mirror, Breaking Bad… A new kind of murderer is increasingly present in recent TV series. No longer, the mad, bad, psychos of yore, but someone more human, more ordinary – perhaps not even intentional
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Baker's Dozen
The Centre Of Everything: John Frusciante’s Favourite Electronic Music
Electronic music isn't some casual fling for the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist. From synth-pop and ghetto house, to old-school UK rave and hardcore, it's long been a major preoccupation. As he prepares to release his thrilling, jungle-inspired new LP Maya, he guides Brian Coney through 13 indispensable titles from his collection
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Jennifer Lucy Allan On Inspector Morse’s Rave Episode
In this month's Low Culture essay, Jennifer Lucy Allan rewatches the infamous rave episode of 90s TV detective drama Inspector Morse, and discovers that while he might have preferred lunchtime ale to nocturnal pingers, the Oxford detective knew all about a comedown
Black Sky Thinking
Governance By Algorithm: Big Data, The NSA & A Sinister Future
One of the biggest stories of the year has been the perhaps-not-shocking revelation that the American NSA and our own GCHQ have been snooping on our everyday communications. Becky Hogge writes about how we're struggling to grasp the consequences of this erosion of our rights, and asks what we might do to counter it
