GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
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PROBLEMATIC HISTORY: The virtual Holocaust Museum in the popular game Fortnite
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
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REALITY is changing – faster now than ever.
The spectre of the metaverse is looming large and the age of the quantum computer is right around the corner. Developments in artificial intelligence are yesterday’s news. Simulated experiences in virtual and augmented environments, where real and digitally generated content are combined, are altering the very fabric of our existence.
And it really is happening. Our museums, galleries, and cultural institutions are moving online. Video games are disseminating history. Battle lines are being drawn and a new class struggle is unfolding in worlds of wire.
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