What are we celebrating on St Patrick’s Day? The day celebrates St Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. But what on earth does Christianity have in common with being Irish?
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Many recent Hollywood movies have played the daddy-issues card. But this movie is showing that, for many of us, there will also be mummy-issues.
The melancholy of human existence is that we constantly crave something new. But the new quickly becomes old. And then what?
When he sings, “Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don’t reckon I did it right”; we reminisce, “Me too!”. That’s Ed Sheeran’s charm. He’s one of us.
His name says it all. He is alone. Solo. No parents. No friends. If we trust no-one, we will never be hurt. But if we trust no-one, we will be alone.
On the one hand, the Laurel-Yanny debate is a proof of relativism. You have your truth and I have mine. But on the other hand, it can also function as proof of objective truth—because everyone still hears two syllables and the same vowels.
“Do I like the person that I’ve become?” We don’t like who the Aussie team has become, but what about the plank in our eye then?
Black Panther is the latest instalment in the Marvel franchise. Scoring 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, it is the #1 movie at the box office right now. But what makes this movie so special?
“Meant to Be” is Bebe Rexha’s highest-charting single. It’s essentially an updated version of Doris Day’s Que será, será! – a siren call for freedom without the responsibility.
The dreamy Hugh Jackman dreamingly chases his dreams – as he plays P. T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman. So why can’t I?