After Israel bombed Iran’s main nuclear facilities and assassinated its top negotiator and nuclear scientists, there are conflicting claims over how far Tehran’s nuclear programme has been set back. Hans Blix, who […]
After Israel bombed Iran’s main nuclear facilities and assassinated its top negotiator and nuclear scientists, there are conflicting claims over how far Tehran’s nuclear programme has been set back. Hans Blix, who […]
“Some of the tenants – particularly the families, are far from happy with the facilities that they get for their money.” Nationwide’s Brian Ash reports from the Barbican Estate, the Corporation of […]
Newly restored from archive footage, this 1988 interview offers a rare and intimate glimpse into Brian’s mind. He speaks about his love for making music, his reaction to being inducted into the […]
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new short film, “Last Scene,” was shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro.
Russell Mael of Sparks goes record shopping at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. Sparks’ latest album ‘MAD!’ is available from Transgressive. See Sparks on tour: https://allsparks.com/
🍚 Are you cooking rice today? If you use a rice cooker you have Yoshitada and Fumiko Minami to thank for that. When Yoshitada’s water-heating business started losing sales in the early […]
In 2019, a Japanese student submitted a blank paper as her ninja history essay. This unusual submission was part of an ancient ninja tradition, where invisible ink, or secret writing, was used […]
By Arnaud Bertrand This is a terrifying phenomenon that should be spoken about much more: insects are quite literally disappearing. The Bugs Matter citizen science survey, which lets 1000s of people record […]
The Man Behind the Squares That Changed the World In a quiet corner of Japan, in the early 1990s, a humble engineer named Masahiro Hara stared at a problem that was frustrating […]
Miki Endo, a 24-year-old municipal worker in Minamisanriku, Japan, made the ultimate sacrifice during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. As the disaster approached on March 11, 2011, she remained at her […]