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‘A full-circle moment’: why Stephen Colbert is an enticing fit for Lord of the Rings

The Late Show host is co-writing a new JRR Tolkien adaptation to be produced by Peter Jackson

The Guardian - US · Mar 28

In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback?

The lowbrow dominates culture and anyone who questions the status quo is dismissed as an elitist killjoy. But with bland algorithmic content on the rise, perhaps we consumers should start taking our art a bit more seriously

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2025

Cruelty, pettiness and real estate: in Confidence Man, Maggie Haberman wields eye popping anecdotes to plumb the Trump phenomenon

Donald Trump has been colonising the world’s attention for years, via television, on social media and in books. Ironically, given Trump likes books about as much as he does germs, more than 100 books about him are listed on Wikipedia, ranging from biographies and exposés to paeans of praise (think…

The Conversation · Oct 26, 2022