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Soaring fish prices, labour costs and changing tastes all spell bad news for Britain’s chippies. Is this the end for the seaside staple – or will a few innovators succeed in keeping them alive?One day in 2007, Darren Sudlow drove past the old stationmaster’s house at...
‘I thank God for killing me and bringing me back’: Nicolas Winding Refn on the emergency op that inspired his new sci-fi horror
Notorious for ultra-violent movies like Drive and The Neon Demon, the Dane had lost the will to direct until ‘the Tom Cruise of surgeons’ saved his life – and triggered an astonishing creative rebirthNicolas Winding Refn has his phone out, showing me one of the...
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see SUVs and pickup trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s the Magafication of transportWhere is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour worn as a badge of honour? Where is...
Faster! Louder! Brighter! How the attention economy overwhelmed children’s TV
Does your child’s favourite show give them a chance to reflect, or does it move too quickly for its lessons to sink in?A version of this piece was originally published on Aeon as The bombarding of childhoodI am at the airport gate waiting to depart, watching...