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Amusements and Distractions

Amusements and distractions

by , January 18, 2013 • Leave a comment

Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Hello again, The Great Gatsby game, welcome back to my life. This is why bookmarks were invented. (Make sure you read the ‘about’ gold!) The ABC of Architects video is educational, … Read more »

Column: Books and Writing

Bento books

by Caroline Hamilton , November 26, 2012 • 1 Comment

My recent dependence on the Japanese café near my office seems to be having an impact on my mindset. Over my carefully prepared bento box I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of containers. The Japanese have an important tradition of presenting food in careful, clever … Read more »

Column: Film and TV

The book is never better than the film

by Thomas Caldwell , March 21, 2012 • 9 Comments

Hearing somebody say ‘The book is always better than the film’ is like fingernails down a blackboard to me. This ill-informed yet common cliché about the supposed superiority of literary texts over visual texts is highly reductive and suggests that a comparison can be made between two … Read more »