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We Are Chaos: A world too chaotic for Marilyn Manson (Marilyn Manson)

Review
Vinicio Ntouvlis
15/09/2020
12 minutes to read

Marilyn Manson's 11th album shows signs of maturity as it reflects on how the shock rocker figure has become irrelevant. Mixing varying musical influences, the album makes for a solid rock listen with some inspired lyrical content.

Marilyn Manson's 11th album shows signs of maturity as it reflects on how the shock rocker figure has become irrelevant. Mixing varying musical influences, the album makes for a solid rock listen with some inspired lyrical content.

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'Westworld' - The Contemporary Jurassic Park You Cannot Miss Watching (Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy)

Review
Kristiana Naydenova
14/05/2018
5 minutes to read

The new HBO series 'Westworld' is intelligent and full of mysteries for the patient viewer to uncover. Everyone interested in exploring the humand mind and behavior will love it. 

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Why you should read "Darkness at noon" (Arthur Koestler)

Review
Nataliia Vdovychenko
12/02/2018
7 minutes to read

Certain kinds of literature cannot be forgotten. Darkness at noon is a must read for everyone who values high quality novels and wants to learn more about the Soviet Union, revolution and history in general.

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Over Het Empathisch Teveel (Ignaas Devisch)

Review
Jan Blommaert
05/02/2018
9 minutes to read

Het Empathisch Teveel is een in your face argument tegen zij die denken dat de wereld zal gered worden door warme gevoelens van naastenliefde alleen.

The long season: I am alive because I'm not dead (Leonard Retel Helmrich )

Review
Odile Heynders
15/01/2018
4 minutes to read

The narrative of The Long Season is impressive and affective as a story of poverty, lack of prospect, and irrational hope. The documentary is magnificent in its focus on the details of social life, says Odile Heynders (Tilburg University).

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Dit is Londen (Ben Judah)

Review
Jan Blommaert
13/11/2017
5 minutes to read

In "Dit is London" schetst Ben Judah de Unheimlichkeit van superdiversiteit.

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Catfish: The TV Show (MTV)

Review
Irene de Groot
01/11/2017
3 minutes to read

In Catfish: the TV show hosts Nev and Max help people who are head over heels about someone they met online. A review.

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (E.M. Forster)

Review
Vanda Vozarikova
23/10/2017
4 minutes to read

Could a story from over 100 years ago have predicted today's reality? Read this to discover more about the visionary E.M. Forster truly was. A contemporary reading of E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops.

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Nosedive, a vicious take on social media (Joe Wright)

Review
Heleen Dijkhuizen
29/09/2017
3 minutes to read

Black Mirror's Nosedive shows us a vicious take on social media.

Vrede kun je leren (David Van Reybrouck, Thomas D'Ansembourg)

Review
Jan Blommaert
12/07/2017
4 minutes to read

"Vrede kun je leren" is niet meteen een denderend boekje, maar is wel nodig.

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Don't know what acceleration means? Then ''Overheating' is mandatory reading (Overheating - Thomas Hylland Eriksen)

Review
Jan Blommaert
01/06/2017
6 minutes to read

In his new book 'Overheating',  Thomas Hylland Eriksen offers a mountain of information and even more food for thought, and it does so in a text that can be read at lightning pace.

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Wat is Populisme? (Jan-Werner Müller)

Review
Jan Blommaert
15/05/2017
14 minutes to read

Wat is populisme? is een boek dat zich vlot laat lezen, maar dat analytisch niet zwaar weegt.

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Gender, power and political speech. Women and language in the 2015 UK General Election (Deborah Cameron & Sylvia Shaw)

Review
Piia Varis
08/03/2017
4 minutes to read

Gender, Power and Political Speech is not only important but enjoyable reading, says Piia Varis.