Boxing Day links
John Wyver writes: a relatively modest selection (with perhaps more to follow later) of readings and videos that may engage you on the day after the day before - and beyond. We hope everyone is having a safe and happy more
John Wyver writes: a relatively modest selection (with perhaps more to follow later) of readings and videos that may engage you on the day after the day before - and beyond. We hope everyone is having a safe and happy more
John Wyver writes: I'm not sure quite how the holidays and any additional lockdown strictures will impact Sunday links over the next couple of Sundays, so make the most of this clutch of stuff that has engaged me over the more
John Wyver writes: this week's selections begin with an exceptional profile from The New Yorker; see also the Guardian longread below the break, which is as good as anything the fabled US magazine publishes. • On Succession, more
John Wyver writes: another Sunday, another lot of links, starting out with a couple of essential lists to help you catch up with the year's highlights. • The 50 best films of 2021: who can resist this more
John Wyver writes: As you may have noticed, I have almost immediately failed to fulfil my resolution to write three non-links posts each week. There's just SO much else to write at the moment: a grant application, a television series more
John Wyver writes: this week's links. That's it, that's the introduction - apart from an expression of thanks to those in my Twitter timeline for some great recommendations. • The bad guys are winning: read Anne Applebaum's more
John Wyver writes: despite, or because of, the disappointing compromise in Glasgow last night, the state of the world is no better this weekend than last, but instead of gloom-and-doom political pieces I thought I'd begin this week's list of more
John Wyver writes: Let's do this (once again). • Multimedia lectures on film (Ep. 1) - They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948): this is a fascinating initiative by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin, a dynamic more
John Wyver writes: along with everything else, including a nasty cough with a slew of negative tests and a fall that left me with a wounded knee, I had been struggling for weeks, indeed months, to finish the draft of more
John Wyver writes: ... and we're back, if somewhat late in the day. I've finally submitted a draft of my article, and have only one further piece promised. Quite soon, really very soon, I can spend some more time with more