The great reveal

by | Feb 28, 2013 | Culture

“Soap opera” has always been a dirty term, shorthand for our guilty pleasures. But the episodic world of TV drama is very like the respected opera house: the masks are never finished falling. I keep seeing more and more period dramas on TV. Shows like Downton Abbey,...

Upload the undead

by | Jan 14, 2013 | Culture

Remember when people first started pouring fake blood all over themselves and filling city streets for zombie walks? Why hasn’t this phase died? Why do so many people love zombies as passionately as others love steampunk or going to Burning Man? What attracts people...