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The Shards transforms Bret Easton Ellis’s 1980s LA nightmare into a warning for the present

The Shards transforms Bret Easton Ellis’s 1980s LA nightmare into a warning for the present

Beneath the show’s wealth, sex and violence is an examination of how the freedoms and fears of the 1980s shaped the world we inhabit today.

07.08.2026 5

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Bran Nicol

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan: an unforgettable look at gig-economy hardship

The book began life as a lockdown blog post about its author’s experiences in a logistics warehouse.

21.11.2025 10

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Bran Nicol

How the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted today’s AI 30 years before ChatGPT

Baudrillard’s genius lay in foreseeing what these rudimentary devices like fax machines suggested about likely future uses of technology.

04.11.2025 30

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Bran Nicol

László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel prize for literature – the Hungarian novelist’s grand tales of alienation speak to our times

Krasznahorkai is a deeply modernist writer with an unwavering faith in beauty and art.

09.10.2025 20

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Bran Nicol