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Morgan Bell

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Author of visual poetry collections 'Pretend I Don't Exist' (2021) and 'Idiomatic, For The People' (2019). NaNoWriMo ML. Zine maker on Etsy. morganbellstudio.etsy.com

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The 1960s show that was the original Black Mirror Now forgotten, Out of the Unknown was a series of bold, one-off sci-fi dramas
15.10.2025 10:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight review – heartfelt child’s-eye view of last days of Rhodesia Embeth Davidtz stars and directs, with outstanding performances from Zikhona Bali and seven-year-old Lexi Venter as Bobo as white minority rule ends Continue reading...
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Why Frankenstein is so misunderstood How Mary Shelley's novel's phenomenal success overshadowed its message
14.10.2025 10:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels A bothered bear; a great guide to drawing; a life of Josephine Baker; a role model daughter; a search for words and more Continue reading...
14.10.2025 08:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A new series about Martin Scorsese is a must-watch Apple TV+ show Mr Scorsese gives deep insight into the great US film-maker
13.10.2025 16:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Hitler's architect escaped the death penalty Albert Speer distanced himself from Nazi atrocities at the Nuremberg tribunal
13.10.2025 11:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Clown Town by Mick Herron review – more fun and games with the Slow Horses The ninth novel in the Slough House series, this tale of IRA infiltration is a perfect mix of one-liners, plot twists and real-world-tinged intrigue Continue reading...
12.10.2025 23:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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On Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu review – a philosopher’s guide to psychedelics What if Descartes had melted his brain on acid? Find out in this mind-expanding exploration of drugs and formal philosophy Continue reading...
11.10.2025 21:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Big Payback by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder review – the case for reparations The TV star and his co-author make a compelling argument for properly addressing the legacies of slavery Continue reading...
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A secret history of gay people in the US military New Netflix comedy drama Boots shows what gay recruits have had to endure
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan review – the limits of liberalism A century from now, a literature scholar pieces together a picture of our times in a novel that quietly compels us to consider the moral consequences of global catastrophe Continue reading...
09.10.2025 21:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Eight of the UK's cosiest thatched cottages Where better to hunker down in the autumn than the ultimate snug home?
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We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad review – a delicious follow-up to Bunny Scabrous satire drives this camp, goofy sequel about a cabal of writing students at an Ivy league university – its hot-boyfriend golems are adorable Continue reading...
08.10.2025 23:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The turbulent history of the union jack flag For centuries the ultimate emblem of Britishness has had many meanings
08.10.2025 10:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang review – a daughter of China speaks again The bestselling author returns with an account of how her homeland has changed – and the personal costs of fame Continue reading...
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The 20th Century's defining war photographer How the unflinching, surreal gaze of Lee Miller bore witness to WW2 brutality
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Clearing the Air by Hannah Ritchie review – practical climate optimism A data scientist rebuts 50 arguments against green technology with lively pragmatism and authority Continue reading...
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Why Britain loved Jilly Cooper's raunchy books The bestselling novelist, who died yesterday, was beloved in the UK – here's why
06.10.2025 13:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The century-long search for the Loch Ness Monster In 1987, the BBC reported on the scientists who used sonar to hunt for Nessie
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The Man in My Basement review – Willem Dafoe is an unsettling guest in eerie psychodrama Adapted for the screen from his own novel Walter Mosley examines power dynamics and racial tension with a deftly disquieting hand in this deeply strange parable Continue reading...
05.10.2025 23:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley Instead of recognising that social media harms mental health and democracy, the former deputy PM and Meta executive repeats company talking points Continue reading...
04.10.2025 21:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How The Social Network predicted tech's future The Oscar-winning drama about the birth of Facebook was eerily prophetic
04.10.2025 17:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown review – weapons-grade nonsense from beginning to end Code-breaking hero Robert Langdon is back for another conspiracy thriller, featuring underground laboratories and new thoughts on the nature of consciousness Continue reading...
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The dog-centred horror led by a canine 'superstar' New film Good Boy tells its scary story from the point of a view of a pooch
03.10.2025 12:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai review – a dazzling epic Longlisted for the Booker, this capacious story of love, work and family set between India and the US is both dizzyingly vast and insistently miniature Continue reading...
02.10.2025 22:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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12 of the best films to watch this October From a Dwayne Johnson MMA biopic to Julia Roberts in a campus drama
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Between the Waves by Tom McTague review – the long view on Brexit An ambitious history of Britain’s volatile relationship with Europe, culminating in the 2016 referendum Continue reading...
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The overlooked 'goddess' of Italian cinema Why Anna Magnani deserves to be as well-known as Sophia Loren around the world
01.10.2025 12:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From a new Thomas Pynchon novel to a memoir by Margaret Atwood: the biggest books of the autumn Essays from Zadie Smith; Wiki founder Jimmy Wales on how to save the internet; a future-set novel by Ian McEwan; a new case for the Slow Horses - plus memoirs from Kamala Harris and Paul McCartney… all among this season’s highlights Continue reading...
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11 of the best TV shows to watch this October From the return of rom-com Nobody Wants This to a series about Martin Scorsese
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