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Psychoanalysing Succession’s tense finale – a Freudian suspension of pleasure

Warning: the following article contains spoilers.

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2023

The 19th century 'psychonauts' who pioneered experimental drug use for scientific research

These 19th century doctors and scientists experimented with drugs such as hashish, cocaine and chloroform. For some, it led to trouble. For others, it resulted in remarkable discoveries.

ABC News · May 31, 2023

Will A.I. go rogue like Waluigi from Mario Bros., or become the personal assistant that Bill Gates says will make us all rich?

The “Waluigi effect” personifies our fear about A.I. turning evil, but there is another way. We are at a crossroads already.

Fortune · May 27, 2023

DM Thomas obituary

Author, poet and scholar of Russian literature whose greatest success came with his controversial 1981 novel The White Hotel

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2023

What do women want? Freud's infamous question invites voyeurism – but examining what they do is far more revealing

Ten years ago, artist Linda Fregni Nagler’s archival collection of more than a thousand studio-made portraits of infants went on show at the Venice Biennale.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

'The unlooked-for and idiosyncratic was her stock-in-trade': last words from the unclassifiable Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm, who died in 2021 at the age of 86, left her readers this “memoir”, Still Pictures, an apt and fascinating coda to a celebrated and provocative life’s work.

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2023

Freudian trip: psychoanalyst’s London home recreated in Dublin for major film

Freud’s Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins, will feature a replica of the famous couch

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

Ellie Bamber to play Kate Moss in new film on the model's relationship with Lucian Freud

Ellie Bamber is set to star as Kate Moss in new biopic Moss & Freud, which focuses on the model's relationship with the portrait painter

Daily Mirror · Feb 3, 2023

This Cursed Reality Show Sends Mums To A Mexican Villa To Find Love… With Each Other’s Sons

Married At Freud Sight.

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 2, 2023

From Marilyn to Shakespeare: how well do you know history’s most bungled quotes?

The internet is full of wonky attributions and made-up catchphrases, from real life and pop culture. Can you tell your Attenborough from your Armstrong?

The Guardian - AU · Dec 24, 2022