The Whale and the fail … Brendan Fraser in a fat suit is ‘not funny or sweet or deep or illuminating’ Photograph: Courtesy of A24The Whale and the fail … Brendan Fraser in a fat suit is ‘not funny or sweet or deep or illuminating’ Photograph: Courtesy of A24Film criticismThe Oscar nomination for The Whale must mean it’s great, right? Wrong! It is a shallow and stigmatising reflection of thin people’s assumptions about fat bodies Read More...
CitiesTuzla draws crowds with its salt lakes and Barcelona’s manmade beach is a hit – but are they a sustainable form of regeneration?
In 2000, when Jasmin Imamović became mayor of Tuzla, it was a dilapidated, swampy mining settlement short on prospects. Bosnia-Herzegovina’s third-largest city had suffered badly in the Bosnian war, and from recessions, low wages and exodus of people since.
In an apt metaphor, the city was also sinking. Read More...