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My job at Vox is to talk to interesting people. And in 2020, I got to talk to a lot of really, really interesting people. Nine conversations in particular stick out to me. They were the ones that challenged me the most, got me thinking in a new way about a difficult problem, or simply explained what the hell was happening in this disorienting year. There’s no unifying thread tying all these conversations together, but each of them, in its own way, left a strong impression on me. One of my fav...

Hollywood Rewind | Mean Girls: Still pretty ‘fetch’ It is 2020, and Mean Girls (2004) is still relevant. Its quotes are used as comebacks in everyday conversations, the sequences are meme material, and the movie has immense repeat value. Updated: December 27, 2020 12:26:43 pm Mean Girls released in 2004. (Photo: Paramount Pictures) The year was 2004. No one could have then predicted the cult status of Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams-starrer Mean Girls. ...

Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera / Viking Several authors tackle colonialism in very different ways, from Alex Renton confronting his own family’s involvement in slavery in Blood Legacy: Reckoning with a Family’s Enslaving Past (Canongate), and Sathnam Sanghera in Kehinde Andrews, who rather more controversially takes on capitalism and racism together in The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World (Allen Lane). Gender and Identity Politics Likewise gender and ...

Hollywood Rewind | Die Hard: Welcome to the party, cinephiles! Die Hard gave us a new action hero. A man that was fallible, humane and someone who looked a lot like us. Updated: December 20, 2020 3:50:07 pm Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman-starrer Die Hard released in 1988. (Photo: 20th Century Fox) The debate surrounding Bruce Willis actioner Die Hard has been a long and winding one. And it is slightly silly too. The debate is whether the 1988 release is a Chr...

Anita Dobson in We Begin Again. - Credit: National Theatre/The Guardian Members of three east London community groups have featured in an online musical film. The Havering Asian Social Welfare Association, DABD and the Bromley by Bow Centre all participated in We Begin Again, part of the National Theatres Public Acts initiative. Written by Olivier award winner James Graham and created in partnership with The Guardian, it features a multigenerational cast reflecting on their individual lives an...

Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 03.15 EST How does a playwright attempt to sum up 2020 in five minutes? The answer, for James Graham, is with a musical short film, shot in lockdown, featuring a community choir and a Macedonian orchestra. Entitled We Begin Again, the film – a collaboration with the Guardian in partnership with the National Theatre – is released online on Thursday. Graham and composer Jim Fortune decided they wanted to create something anthemic and uplifting, a balm at the ...

Anita Dobson in We Begin Again. - Credit: National Theatre/The Guardian Members of three east London community groups have featured in an online musical film. The Havering Asian Social Welfare Association, DABD and the Bromley by Bow Centre all participated in We Begin Again, part of the National Theatres Public Acts initiative. Written by Olivier award winner James Graham and created in partnership with The Guardian, it features a multigenerational cast reflecting on their individual lives an...

Nick Mulvey has shared a full short film based on Begin Again. The songwriters new EP was released digitally a few weeks ago, and is set to gain a full vinyl pressing. Its a gorgeous listen, too, with Nick Mulvey reflecting on the processes of restoration and renewal. A full short film based on this project has been unveiled, and its a beautiful watch. Magnifying the potent themes in his work, Begin Again is reborn in visual form. Tune in now. Join us on the ad-free creative social network Ver...

We Begin Again, created with The Guardian. This House) and music by Jim Fortune ( Pericles), the piece is part of the Nationals Public Acts scheme to make work alongside communities across the UK. The piece features Anita Dobson ( EastEnders), Zubin Varla ( Enola Holmes) and Noah Thomas ( Everybodys Talking About Jamie) as well as members of the NTs Public Acts community partner organisations in Doncaster in partnership with Cast (B:friend, Conversation Club, Edlington Community Organisation (...

Nick Mulvey has shared a cinematic new short film – watch Begin Again first on NME below. The film expands on the themes set out in the singer’s 2020 EP of the same name, which came out back in July. “I see chaos but I also see the opportunity for a new world, and a more beautiful one,” Mulvey says of the short film, which tackles the idea of a fresh start following the coronavirus, as well as topics such as nature, sustainability and family. Advertisement “We are living through a...