Sleeping Beauties by David Byrne review – a quirky journey through the afterlife of invention The Talking Heads frontman considers dormant ideas that made a comeback – from Indian irrigation to Kafka The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Jah Wobble on covering the Beatles, London buses and why punk went wrong: ‘Being kind is seen as square’ The maverick former Public Image Ltd bassist takes us on a typically picaresque journey through his ‘Kafka-esque’ days at Transport for London, being named by Sid Vicious and his spiritual learnings The Guardian - UK · Aug 19
Quote of the day by Haruki Murakami: 'And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through' One of the most memorable lines written by renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami is what he wrote at the beginning of Kafka on the Shore when he introduced the protagonist who decided to leave his home on his 15th birthday. "And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how… The Times of India · Jul 10
Fortnite x Honkai Star Rail collab announced; splits fandom Kafka and Blade look set to come to Fortnite in an unexpected Fortnite x Honkai Star Rail collab. Dot Esports · Feb 7
Elon Musk’s top man felled in freak fried chicken accident, now ‘can barely’ swallow or speak The Colonel sends his regards. We Got This Covered · Jan 22
‘Like Kafka by way of Pedro Almodóvar’: 10 debut novels to look out for in 2026 A Pulitzer finalist is among the first-time novelists, in tales of love, a surreal prison, teen murder and a tradwife The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025
Is it a Greek epic? A state-of-the-nation drama? No – it’s Shaun the Sheep! Who’s that daring young farmyard animal on the flying trapeze? The creatures of Mossy Bottom have been put on stage by ‘edgy’ circus stars Circa – but the burlesque shearing had to go The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025
NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, December 1 (game #904) Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. TechRadar · Nov 30, 2025
Hysilens is here to save DoT in the Honkai: Star Rail 3.5 update – and I couldn’t be happier The Version 3.5 update for Honkai: Star Rail launches on August 13 – here's everything coming in 'Before Their Deaths', including new characters, story, maps, bosses, events, and more. TechRadar · Aug 4, 2025
Militsioner – finally a game that asks, is it illegal to use an apple to bribe a giant policeman? Thief: The Dark Project converges with Kafka, Gogol and Tamagotichis in this immersive sim with a giant personality The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2025
Hong Kong ex-lawmaker describes ‘Kafka-esque’ prison experience Claudia Mo says she read more than 300 books and brushed up on her French while in prison. Al Jazeera · May 2, 2025
‘Touching the soul is all that matters!’ The outrageous genius of Barrie Kosky and his Wagner phantasmagoria He put Carmen in a gorilla suit and had Das Rheingold’s Erda represented by an 82-year-old naked woman. What are the the director’s plans for his edge-of-the-seat Die Walküre? The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2025
Kaiju No 8: Mission Recon review – the fury and rawness of battle as monsters keep coming A high school-style training academy is the setting for Tomomi Kamiya and Shigeyuki Miya’s punky anime tale of a volunteer army’s battle against the Godzilla-like kaiju The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025 New Contemporaries review – Kafka portals, concrete phalluses and a Muppet Pasolini One miraculous, mind-boggling work dominates this annual show of emerging artists, but there is an enormous amount of absorbing art, not least the Trans-Siberian video diary
The Conversation · Nov 22, 2024 Nations at Cop29 have emphasised the role culture can play in climate recovery – as a playwright, I’m sceptical For many, the advent of the 29th UN Cop has elicited as much despair as hope – especially with the long shadow of the US election result darkening proceedings. Add in the grim irony of its setting in Baku, Azerbaijan – capital city of a petrostate maxing out on fossil…
Metal Hammer · Oct 23, 2024 "It pulverises the boundaries of modern progressive metal." Jinjer announce fifth album Duél, release new single Kafka Ukraine’s finest will release their next record in February
USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 24, 2024 Giants’ coaching staff ranked in bottom third of NFL ESPN recently ranked all 32 coaching staffs across the NFL and have the New York Giants in the bottom third.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024 ‘Somewhere between Orwell and Kafka’: Hungary closes in on its media The country’s new sovereignty protection office was set up to quieten anti-government voices, critics say
The Conversation · Jul 16, 2024 Shelley Duvall: one-off actress whose courage and vulnerability made her perfect for The Shining With large expressive eyes and a big, slightly bucktoothed smile, she was few people’s idea of a conventionally beautiful Hollywood star. But Shelley Duvall, who died on July 11 at the age of 75, enjoyed a hugely successful career in film, and later as a producer of children’s television. For…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024 Pip Simmons obituary Experimental British theatre director whose confrontational style often featured loud rock music, nudity, blasphemy and free dance
Reason · Mar 15, 2024 Problemista Is a Magical Realist Fable About the Absurdity of America's Immigration System A story about a young man who just wants to legally work, if only the system would let him.
The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2024 Problemista review – Tilda Swinton lifts uneven debut on visa purgatory Julio Torres’s whimsical comedy shows promise in its portrayal of the Kafka-esque maze of the US immigration system, but his ideas don’t always come together
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 15, 2023 Fuzzy critters, a free man, and everything else new in the Honkai Star Rail 1.6 update HoYoverse announced the Honkai Star Rail 1.6 banners in the RPG’s latest livestream along with plenty about what to expect in the next update
Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2023 Tesco Christmas advert 2023 review: has this slice of festive fun sprung from the mind of Franz Kafka? The festive spirit is here, and it looks terrifying