Anthony Hopkins has been quietly ushering in a new age for Twitter
Why the The Silence of the Lambs star’s Twitter account teaches us valuable social media and life lessons.
Social Media
Society
Why do people call the Amazon rainforest the “lungs of the earth”?
The devastating fires in the Amazon will have a knock-on effect for the rest of the world.
Culture
Films that told the future 004: ‘Network’
Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film eerily predicted the modern world’s insatiable hunger for live broadcast violence.
Culture
How Skepta’s vision of a loved-up future rave came to life
For the past three nights Skeppy’s been offering up a utopia within a dystopia at Manchester International Festival. No phones, no socials. All love and AI.
Society
Yer da sells Avon: how the Scots language found a new home on Twitter
Young Scots have spoken in their own languages for decades. Now they’re finding an authentic voice online, thanks to social media. And blowing yersel up tae fuck in a microwave.
Culture
What the death of the ‘Like’ tells us about ourselves
“It seems telling that we need ‘Likes’ taken away from us, even though we view caring about them as gauche and grotesque...”
