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Sophie Duncan did not call her book Looking for Juliet, possibly because that was the name of a Pirelli calendar featuring film stars posed as exquisite, death-obsessed goths. This is just one of the artefacts Duncan, a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford, analyses in her invigorating cultural investigation of Shakespeare’s heroine, reaching back to his source texts, forward to Taylor Swift’s song Love Story, and beyond.Juliet enacts a “stunning rebellion against a society that deems her the property of her parents” when…

Photo by Amador Loureiro on UnsplashIn the English language, more than 38% of words are polysemous, a term referring to a single word which may have multiple definitions, or “senses” (Edmonds, 2006). The word “set” for instance — which can be used as a noun, verb, and adjective — has dozens of unique definitions, making it one of the most polysemous words recorded in the English dictionary. Thus, if we were to ask someone to “please set the set of cutlery on the table”, how would we instinctively know the difference…

Duncan Laurence has released the romantic ode to true love ‘I Want It All’, which is available via Capitol Records to stream and download. Laurence wrote the track with his fiancé, songwriter Jordan Garfield, and producers Leroy Clampitt (Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber) and Paul Phamous (Frank Ocean, Nick Jonas). “In finding love, I’ve always wanted someone who would stick around after the honeymoon phase. Someone who would love me for the good and bad, the highs and lows,” explains Duncan Laurence. “I’d grown tired of…

Image: Disney+ With this week’s “One Way Out,” Andor takes its place as masterful modern myth-making, every frame a powerful statement. We have missed, you good Star Wars, and it’s great to have you back! Star Wars: Shatterpoint Announcement Trailer02:27The First Things To Do In VR, Part 3Today 9:39AMDirected by Toby Haynes and written by Beau Willimon, this episode—the conclusion of the Narkina 5 prison arc—solidifies Andor as not only the best of recent Star Wars, but the best of recent television.When Cassian Andor…

To many people, Duncan Laurence will be best known for bringing Eurovision victory to the Netherlands back in 2019 with his song ‘Arcade’ (which has since found viral success on TikTok). Since then, he’s toured across Europe, released his debut studio album ‘Small Town Boy’ and been a coach on The Voice Kids Belgium. Now, as he prepares to release new music, he’s been out on the road including a headline show at Lafayette in London last night. Dressed in a loose double-breasted black suit and backed by his…

Blue have been together for 22 years and after working together on a few projects the past decade, the band – Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Simon Webbe and Antony Costa – is back together with a renewed energy and their best music in ages. ‘Heart & Soul’, the group’s new album released on Friday 28th October, sees the four-piece reunite with former label head Hugh Goldsmith and the end result is their best album in some time. You can read our review to find out what we thought. Ahead of the release, I spoke to…

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: An IBM study of 550 global organizations finds the average cost of a data breach is $4.35M, up ~13% over the last two years, and 83% had more than one breach — A new report from IBM Security today reveals that data breaches are costlier and more impactful than ever before. Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: An IBM study of 550 global organizations finds the average cost of a data breach is $4.35M, up ~13% over the last two years, and 83% had more than one breach …

Modern corruption is a refined process for sophisticated people. Urbane actors enter the political equivalent of a “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) agreement. Politicians or civil servants grant a shady financial institution or incompetent arms manufacturer access to decision-making and public money. No agreement needs to have been reached. No wads of cash change hands. But after the civil servant retires or politician leaves parliament, he can expect an immensely rewarding job. The sole benefit of the multibillion collapse of…

The news of his demise was confirmed by the DGA representatives to Variety. He passed away on Tuesday due to pancreatic cancer Representational image. Pic/iStock Oscar-nominated producer and long-time member of the Director Guild of America's national board (DGA), Duncan Henderson, died at the age of 72 in Valencia, California.The news of his demise was confirmed by the DGA representatives to Variety. He passed away on Tuesday…

For anyone who’s ever bemoaned the parochialism of contemporary literary fiction – its preponderance of writer protagonists, thinking and doing the things that writers think and do – here is a corrective: a novel about the mechanised harvesting of peat in 1950s Ireland, told from the perspective of a mathematician. Its eponymous narrator is a Russian emigre hired by Bord na Móna, an Irish state-owned company based in Kildare, to help measure swathes of land set for drainage. After weeks spent tracing vast triangles across…