Spoilers for Derry Girls season three below.
As she appears over Zoom, Saoirse-Monica Jackson looks exactly like Erin Quinn, the de facto leader of a small teen clan living through the Troubles in early ’90s Northern Ireland on Derry Girls. But when Jackson speaks, the differences between the actor and her character become apparent: Erin talks at two octaves higher, is much more animated, and will contort her entire body just to make a point or scrunch her face in multiple directions at once to show disgust, awe, or incomprehension. Read More...
CROWD surfing and camping in a muddy field isn’t for everyone.
Luckily, if the mainstream festivals leave you cold, the UK's scene is fit to burst with quirky alternatives to big Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds.
Whether you’re into live theatre, comedy acts or heated debates on hot topics, you’ll find them all at one of the British festivals below.
For example at Wilderness, festival goers will be able to visit the book tent for some quiet time or try one of the four types of yoga on offer. Read More...
PhilosophyObituaryGA CohenPolitical philosopher who produced a revolutionary reinterpretation of Marxist theoryProfessor GA ("Jerry") Cohen, who has died of a stroke aged 68, was arguably the leading political philosopher of the left. He was the most important interpreter of Marx in the analytic tradition and, in 1978, his Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence engendered a new school of Marxist thought – Analytic Marxism, or, as Cohen called it, Non-Bullshit Marxism. Read More...
