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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Right whales, premium cigars, and tax evasion.

Reason · Jan 31, 2025

The weird psychology of airports

Many of us have witnessed unusual and even anti-social behaviour at an airport or on a flight. These may range from benign acts such as sleeping on the floor or doing yoga in front of the flight information display system to serious incidents like early morning drunken arguments or even…

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2025

Can philosophy help us manage anxiety? A new book suggests reading the great thinkers can calm our minds

Anxiety, a philosophical guide is a book of therapeutic philosophy. Author Samir Chopra’s aim is to take us through the history of philosophy, pointing out those thinkers along the way who have shaped its course.

The Conversation · Jan 21, 2025

Bella Freud x M&S: the designer on her new collaboration and best pieces to shop now

Bella Freud tells Joe Bromley her M&S collab is anything but cosy

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2024

What Sigmund Freud can teach us about the Middle East and #MeToo

In a world ravaged by war and sexual violence, a new edition of the great psychoanalyst’s works is a reminder of his continuing relevance, says academic Jacqueline Rose

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024

Lucian Freud 'Masterpiece' Fetches GBP13.9 Million At London Sale

A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for GBP13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.

International Business Times · Oct 10, 2024

There is no future for ageing women: how The Substance uses body-horror in a feminist critique

In The Substance, the career of former actor Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is diminished to daytime aerobics instructor on a television network. On her 50th birthday, she is made redundant by a network executive, Harvey (Dennis Quaid), who tells her “renewal is inevitable”.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2024

How Sigmund Freud attempted to solve the ‘riddle’ of Leonardo da Vinci’s genius

The idea that prowess in activities like playing chess or writing poetry might be “fuelled” by frustrated, unconscious sexual desire is fairly well known today. But writing more than a century ago, Sigmund Freud was considered radical in his explanation of how sexual impulses could be transformed into creative or…

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024

Viennese waltz: top travel tips for a spin around Austria’s capital

From the ferris wheel featured in the Third Man to an evening with Mozart and the world’s largest collection of Klimts, here’s how to make the most of a break in Vienna

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024

Freud was ‘misunderstood’ and wasn’t so obsessed with sex, new analysis of work suggests

A new edition of his theories on dreams argues that he used ‘sexuality’ to describe any purely pleasureable activity

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024