Sexist coverage of Jimmy Savile story is hiding in plain sight – just like he did
The report into Savile BBC abuse points to disturbing echoes in how the media has covered what happened.
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Writing long reads for The Conversation can be ‘instrumental’ in developing research – Insights story updates
Our expert authors explain the value in bringing the story of their research to a much wider audience.
Western Horizon: An American Saga – first chapter of Kevin Costner’s epic is both strikingly old fashioned and highly contemporary
In many ways, Western Horizon seems to aim to be a 21st-century equivalent to the pageant-like 1962 blockbuster How the West Was Won.
Gary Glitter will not make a profit from the use of his song in the film Joker – here’s why
The use of a song written by a convicted sex offender in the film Joker has caused controversy over royalty payments.
Reality stars have their uses … for big business
The rise of social media over the past ten years has radically changed how we perceive “celebrities” and the corporate machine around them. While most of us understand what is meant by a “D-Lister”, complex…
Masters of the Air: ten other films and TV shows about the ‘friendly invasion’ of the American Eighth Air Force
The American military buildup in Britain –popularly known as the “friendly invasion” – was an unprecedented moment in British history.
Is this love? Don’t be Heathcliff and Cathy – what you should watch, read and play this week
A proper adaptation of Wuthering Heights, a guide to love, games for love, a regency swoonfest and a modernisation of revenge tale.
Stop watching TV, get off your couch and head to the cinema
“Movies will never die”, writes James Wolcott in Prime Time’s Graduation, his influential 2012 essay for Vanity Fair: But TV is where the action is, the addiction forged, the dream machine operating on…
The Testaments: female friendship fuels resistance in this Handmaid’s Tale sequel
The Testaments has to resolve the plot dilemmas established in The Handmaid’s Tale.
Addicted: how the world got hooked on illicit drugs – and why we need to view this as a global threat like climate change
As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?