Libbie Grant is the author of The Ended World, out now from Galiot Press. Below, she recommends three novels about humanity’s relationship with thinking machines. When I first began writing my novel The Ended World, I never imagined I’d see some of the themes play out in real time shortly before the book’s release. The…
Meryl Streep is our next Aslan. “I wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a child,” Greta Gerwig told Empire in a first-look. Oh, and it had to be one of the greatest actors to play the role.…
I spent so much of my time stalking through Silent Hill: Townfall tensed in a cautious crouchwalk, that by the end of the story I was just as worried about the damage to my character’s fraying mental state as I was about the wear and tear on his knees. Taking an about-face from the action-heavy…
Why is everyone talking about Mighty Mike Plays? From the (alleged) $118,000 bill to AI-generated T-shirt designs, we’re here to explain how a Minecraft YouTube channel has captured the internet’s attention. It’s a tale as old as time: a child is playing a video game, they grab their parent’s credit card, and all of a…
New Comic: Casuality
Donyell Malen has withdrawn from the Netherlands’ squad for their upcoming Nations League matches. Malen has been in red-hot form for Roma in Serie A so far this season, and despite playing the full 90 minutes against Inter on Saturday, he will not represent his country due to injury. It has not been specified what…
I like wearing my football shirts for casual wear, especially on match days/to the ground. However, I find polyester/football shirt fabric so uncomfortable and I always wear a normal t-shirt underneath. Layering shirts like this isn’t always ideal especially in hot weather. Is there anywhere that sells football shirts in normal cotton t-shirt fabric (Gildan,…
I mean the owners play an extremely huge role in whether the team is successful or unsuccessful. Like Man City, they have been an extremely well run club in the past 15 years precisely because the owners know what they were doing. But whenever you see teams performing badly, the media very seldom blames the…
Genuine question, because I’ve noticed this quite a lot recently, especially watching City games and seeing noticeable numbers of empty seats. I’m genuinely curious what the reason is. City have been hugely successful over the last decade, so you’d expect demand for tickets to be absolutely massive. Whenever this gets brought up, though, I always…
A goalkeeper’s easiest competitive edge might just be taking a single step to the right. By standing roughly 15 centimeters off-center before a penalty kick — moving slightly to his right hand side against a right-footed kicker — a goalkeeper can fundamentally alter the math of the penalty spot. Here is why this subtle tactical…