From health to the environment, how comics could drive behaviour change

Feb 08, 2022 03:44 am UTC| Entertainment

When we hear the word comic, graphic novels oozing with superheroes, villains and other colourful characters are likely to come to mind. Its true that comics are, traditionally, fictional tales condensed into compelling...

How social media forces stand-up comedians like Trevor Noah and Basket Mouth to self-censor

Feb 02, 2022 08:49 am UTC| Entertainment

The essence of stand-up comedy is that you have a comedian performing to a live audience with the goal of entertaining through eliciting humour. Comedians hold social, cultural, and political phenomena up to ridicule....

Who is Joe Rogan, and why does Spotify love him so much?

Feb 02, 2022 08:35 am UTC| Entertainment

Joe Rogan is described on his website as stand up comic, mixed martial arts fanatic, psychedelic adventurer, host of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Its the last of these that has really made his name, and for many...

‘Halo’ TV series release date: Where to watch the live-action adaptation and will it cover the game’s original plot

Jan 31, 2022 10:45 am UTC| Technology Entertainment

The highly anticipated live-action adaptation of the Halo video game series got a new trailer over the weekend, reminding fans that its premiere is getting close. However, fans looking forward to an honest-to-goodness plot...

Jane Eyre – content warnings are as old as the novel itself

Jan 26, 2022 04:50 am UTC| Entertainment

Read Jane Eyre if you dare warned papers recently. The Daily Mail had sent a request for information to Salford University and subsequently claimed that the institution had issued trigger warnings on a literature module...

Beyond Sherlock Holmes: five Victorian detective stories you must read

Jan 03, 2022 12:09 pm UTC| Entertainment

In December 1893, just six years after his first appearance and at the height of his popularity with the late-Victorian reading public, Sherlock Holmes, the worlds most famous fictional detective, was killed off by his...

Is The Matrix a trans film? Revisiting the Wachowskis through a trans lens

Jan 03, 2022 12:04 pm UTC| Entertainment

With Lana Wachowskis The Matrix Resurrections about to hit theatres, were going to see a lot of criticism interpreting siblings Lana and Lilly Wachowskis body of films through a trans lens. Im really looking forward to it:...