Helen Phillips on the Effects of Technology and AI on Our Most Intimate Bonds
Photo by Getty Images on Unsplash Helen Phillips’s new novel, Hum , takes place in a world populated by intelligent robots called “hums.” In this work of speculative fiction, Philips explores a near future stemming out of our world’s obsession with technology and artificial intelligence. At the same time, though, this is a story about […]
Liza Minnelli writing memoir as she’s ‘mad’ at docs that ‘didn’t get it right’
LIZA Minnelli is setting the record straight. The Oscar winner announced her new, explosive memoir will be released next year, adding a “series of unfortunate events” determined her decision to write the book. Sign up for the Entertainment and TV newsletter Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy Lady Gaga, left, […]
Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet
I first became infatuated with Luigi da Porto, a warrior-poet from 15th century Italy in 2001, when I went to live in Verona. I’d just completed my Creative Writing masters at UEA, and, young and low on life-experience, was on the hunt for a story. It was not the most thought-through plan. I ended up […]