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While people had always suspected Bryan Adams’ iconic 1984 hit Summer Of ‘69 was about, as its title might sound like, the rocker’s epic summers in the late 1960s, the actual meaning has finally come out from the musician himself.Bryan reportedly admitted he was going to call the song Best Days Of My Life, but chose to instead reference the sex position 69.The Canadian music star told the Sunday Times: “Well, I was going to call the song Best Days of My Life but mentioning ’69’ felt a bit more provocative. Isn’t this…

Suzanne Collins’ novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, adapted for the silver screen by trusted Hunger Games filmmaker Francis Lawrence, is wonderfully referential, and not just within the context of its series, but outside of it as well. One of my personal favorite citations is the poem that inspired Lucy Gray Baird’s name. The songstress, played by Rachel Zegler in the film, is named after a William Wordsworth poem that all but informs the character’s destiny. Although we hear the Covey sing this ballad while…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe very best films grow richer with each viewing, unfurling new depths of meaning each time.But what happens when viewers look to create their own meaning?So-called fan theories have become a booming talking point in the age of the internet, with film-lovers often scrutinising their favourite movies for hints of some secret narrative or dark twist.While many of the theories shared –…

The ChatGPT threat may be bigger than we thought. At least, that seems to be what one of the “Godfathers of AI,” Geoffry Hinton, is worried about. Hinton, who spent decades building AI and helping machines learn, recently turned from his work as a pioneer in artificial intelligence and has now spent the past several months warning about the threat AI could pose to humankind. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree…

The fantasy is enticing, and has a tendency to emerge at times of discomfort. In stories about immigration, longing and loss, the idea of returning to the motherland can appear like an alluring siren call. It begins to feel like a place that will smooth away all your discomforts and restore you to your full self. When you reach it, the fantasy teases, you will be complete, and you will have found home.For the protagonists of Past Lives, the hotly tipped romance film by South Korean-Canadian playwright Celine Song, the…

Loki season 2 has often felt more like a whimsical staging ground for Marvel’s next big crossover event than an extradimensional character study of its eponymous trickster god. From its very first episode, though, Loki’s made clear that for all of its timeline-hopping and timey-wimey-ness, it has always been a story about Loki finally discovering his true purpose after multiple lifetimes of not knowing who or what he wanted to be. There’s a solemn finality to the way Loki’s second season comes to a close that very much…

I discovered over the past several years that I’m not as rare as I once thought I was. There are many people out there who have a science and arts interest and aren’t quite sure how to combine them. I wrote this for people who have more than one interest, maybe more than two, and they’re not sure what to do about that. I wrote it for people who think that it’s too late to have that life or career they wanted to have because of personal, financial, logistical challenges. As an older returning student, I had thought, “It’s…

Have you ever experienced those moments when it feels like the universe is trying to convey a special message to you? You know, those times when a particular set of numbers like 11:11 keeps appearing everywhere, almost like they’re following you around. If you spend time online, you’ve probably encountered discussions about numerology and angel numbers. Many people believe that the appearance of 1111, known as the “1111 angel number,” is a message from the spiritual realm.It can be a bit puzzling, but don’t worry – we’re…

No one shows off a new gadget quite like Apple. But the device that Tim Cook unveiled on June 5th was billed as…

What is Line Organisation?Line organisation, also known as a scalar organisation, is a traditional and straightforward organisational structure with a direct chain of command. It operates on a simple and linear framework, where each employee reports directly to their immediate superior. This structure ensures clear lines of authority, minimises confusion, and promotes efficient communication. Line organisation also establishes clear accountability. It means that the employees having well-defined roles and responsibilities…