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30 years on, Heat still shapes action cinema – and tactical police training

The crime thriller Heat (1995) is a formidable blend of character, setting and complex storytelling.

The Conversation · Dec 14, 2025

Never-ending odyssey: the rise of perpetual cruises that offer the very wealthy a new home at sea

After numerous delays, the Odyssey finally sets sail from Belfast for three-and-a-half years – but what drives people to spend a fortune living full-time on luxury liners?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024

The philosopher Marc Augé defined our cities. Now it’s in our hands to make them homey

“[The] city is a spatial figure of time in which present, past and future come together. It is, at times, a cause for astonishment and, at others, for remembrance or expectation […]. In this sense, the city is both an illusion and an allusion.” (Marc Augé, “Pour une anthropologie de…

The Conversation · Aug 31, 2023