Science
Connect with conservation – orangutan genocide
Borneo's orangutan population is under threat
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Books
Willis’ macabre and amusing science fiction classic
How would we interact with those from the distant past?
Opinion
What a shame it’s not Valentine’s day...
We’d meant to run this article for our Valentine’s Day issue a few weeks ago, but didn’t manage to. Oh well! A little bit late, Comment Writer Bamish Heck suggests some of the more outlandish things you could do next Valentine’s day
Culture
Mark Dion – theatre of the natural world brings the Thames beaches to the Whitechapel Gallery
Something of a hit and miss, a retrospective of Mark Dion’s work is most successful when it embraces the realities of nature.
Music
King Gizz are exactly as you’d expect: fucking great
The queue looped around two corners as fans waited eagerly to pass beneath the dome of the O2 Academy Brixton. Spanning the readergraph above them hailed the cause: Australian psych-rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Performing their only London show in the support of the immense five albums they
Opinion
In The Whites…
Imperial College Musical Theatre Society’s latest production features a predominantly white cast pretending to be Latino in a musical intended to promote representation of this marginalised community.
Games
I’m just saiyan: Dragon Ball FighterZ
After over thirty years, we finally have the perfect fighting game from the Dragon Ball franchise.
Opinion
Huel: An ingenious solution for modern life, or the 21st-century workhouse gruel?
Hint: it’s the latter. This week Grumpy Bastard has a lot to say about Huel, and why it will doom humanity
Music
Franz Ferdinand prove that they can still rock
Returning to another sold-out Brixton Academy, Franz Ferdinand demonstrated that their new material is just as capable as their back-catalogue of indie anthems at getting nearly five thousand people dancing. The band are touring their recently released fifth album, Always Ascending, which is their first in five years. In that
Film & TV
Felix Film’s guide to the Oscars – who will win, who should win, and who’ve been left out in the cold
We take you through our picks for the night
Music
Bon Iver has something for everyone
First things first, 22, A Million is the Kid A of this generation. With that in mind, it is absolutely necessary to see Bon Iver in their current form. Performing two sets (with a 22 minute interval) at the Hammersmith Apollo with candles adorning the stage, this night was a
Books
An intellectual perspective on progress and positivity in Enlightenment Now
With the help of the philosophies of the Enlightenment and a wealth of statistics, Steven Pinker’s new book seeks to answer questions of the current state of humanity.