HeLa cells
Medical advancement, ethical misstep, or both?
Volume 68
New faces in old places
“In the same way that the heart does not care which life it beats for, the city does not care who fulfils its various functions. When everyone who moves around the city today is dead, in a hundred and fifty years, say, the sound of people’s comings and goings, following the same old patterns, will
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Simulacra and stimulation
It’s a two syllable word that is everywhere and nowhere at once. Taboo—easy to miss, yet glaringly obvious. But what does it mean today with the commodification of art? In 2024, A24 released the movie Babygirl, which is about a powerful CEO who engages in a BDSM relationship with her much younger male intern. In
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What’s daddy up to?
What has Carney’s government actually accomplished thus far?
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Is chivalry unfeminist?
On the infantilisation of women in heterosexual constructs of romance
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8 things to never ask your Amazon Echo
Because some things are better left unsaid
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Echoes of The Strand
Some interesting historical forerunners to your favourite Strand sections
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