Thoughts on … Trains (2024) – Maciej Drygas

How archive footage of trains tells the story of a continent – and a century One of my favourite things I’ve watched in recent years is From the Sea to the Land Beyond, directed by Penny Woolcock and with a…

Friday Reading S14E09

A weekly round-up of what I’ve read and enjoyed from around the web. I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things…

Friday Reading S14E08

I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things I’ve read that caught my eye – regardless of what the algorithms were…

Friday Reading S14E07

I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things I’ve read that caught my eye – regardless of what the algorithms were…

One-line spoiler-free movie reviews for February

This month featuring: existential parenting panic, analogue Welsh folk horror, rock-history revisionism and the worst movie ever made (with additional UFOs wobbling on visible strings and themed cocktails). Rabbit Trap (2025), Bryn Chainey – Wow, I absolutely loved this. Creepy…

One-line gig reviews for January and February

This month featuring, among others: Suede x 2, The Umlauts, Maxïmo Park and Kaiser Chiefs, plus a bit of theatre from Inside No. 9 and the Double R Club – and the moment I was absolutely done with The Wolfgang…

Friday Reading S14E06

I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things I’ve read that caught my eye – regardless of what the algorithms were…

Friday Reading S14E05

Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its fourteenth season. Sign up…

Friday Reading S14E04

Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its fourteenth season. Sign up…

Friday Reading S14E03

Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its fourteenth season. Sign up…