A child doing pirouettes across the table from you is the scariest opponent you can see in chess

Lawrence Arabia’s debut gets a 20th anniversary vinyl reissue, pairing Holiday Records’ local pressing with Lume’s instant digital access. Video / Herald NOW Business

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Callard’s theory of the uni-context: the idea that we’re all existing in one big room now, and that one of the...

This month the second season of Heated Rivalry has started filming in Toronto and the actors playing our favourite gay hockeys are out and about each looking...

Sorry this is a day late, I’m old and the jetlag knocks me around now a lot more than it used to. I landed early on Friday morning and went straight to the...

This is the home of the Tiny Awards, which, since 2023, has celebrated the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web.

I’ve had two pieces that came across my radar via Kottke saved in my to-read pile for a while now, and getting to them at the lake this week unlocked...

The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

Aotearoa punk force Dick Move are renowned for their explosive live shows and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it anthems, blending party-punk chaos with razor-sharp political bite. Their third studio album, Dre...

This week I read this great essay from Maxine Kaplan about the early-00s show Felicity. I watched the show obsessively in the beginning, as part of that...

As you all know, I spend a lot of my life consuming fanfiction on Archive of Our Own, the volunteer-run archive that now hosts over 18 million transformative...

What began as a childhood obsession became a two-year pursuit to turn imagination into something you could wear and build on. After nine months of crafting, four failed prototypes, and a lot of late n...

As you all know, I spend a lot of my life consuming fanfiction on Archive of Our Own, the volunteer-run archive that now hosts over 18 million transformative...

Every step was part of a plan. The Thomas Crown Affair is only in theaters March 5. #ThomasCrownAffair Academy Award® winner Michael B. Jordan directs, produces, and stars in a visually breathtaking, sensual, and unexpectedly moving heist thriller, where the most dangerous man in the room is the on

BTS will not submit its music for Grammy consideration this year, apparently in protest over a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.

Be among the first to step inside Auckland’s City Rail Link stations before they open to passengers.<br><br>Across three weekends in August, free CRL First Look Events will give the public a rare oppo...

If you’re a bit obssessive about films or the movie industry, you will probably have heard of The Numbers. It’s a hand-researched box office database that...

If you’re a bit obssessive about films or the movie industry, you will probably have heard of The Numbers. It’s a hand-researched box office database that...