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'Border crime writing often questions the role of the state in regulating big business and preventing crime and finds it wanting'

Why borders are perfect locations for crime fiction and drama

Crime Fiction • 06 Aug

In bed with Connell and Marianne

Why are we so obsessed with Normal People?

Normal People • 27 May

"You should never call a psychopath a psychopath. It upsets them." Jodie Comer as Villanelle in Killing Eve

5 things you didn't know about psychopaths like Villanelle

Killing Eve • 21 Apr

Anyone for a game of Boar on the Floor?

Lessons from Logan Roy and Succession for family businesses

Family businesses • 07 Nov 19

Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders

Who were the real Peaky Blinders?

Peaky Blinders • 05 Nov 19

"The originality of Black Spot lies in its extensive use of imagery from the popular repository of Celtic mythology, cleverly reworked for the 21st century"

How Celtic history is ripe for use in modern TV and film

Folklore • 07 Aug 19

Stellan Skarsgård and Jared Harris in HBO's Chernobyl

How HBO's Chernobyl addresses 21st century concerns

Philosophy • 06 Aug 19

Drag queen Alyssa Edwards performs at WorldPride in New York City, June 2019

Teenage girls, drag queens and empowerment

Brainstorm • 18 Jul 19

"Derry Girls can be characterised less as quality TV and more as good television"

Derry Girls and the value of good television

Derry Girls • 13 May 19

Of course, there are some who would prefer a game of Snap

Our fascination with evil

Evil • 24 Nov 17

"When we see somebody in pain, an alarm goes off in our brain. Psychopaths don't have that alarm, their brain just doesn't respond the same way to other people's distress and pain"

In search of evil

Brainstorm • 17 Nov 17

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