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Who sang it better
Ten covers that did justice to the original songs that inspired them.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
Openly talented men and monsters
On Jonathan Bailey's deserved rise to mainsteam and Jacob Elordi's moving performance as the Creature in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
Frenchflix and chill
I turned to Netflix for language support and I ended up watching what probably is the best romantic comedy of the year.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
Where were you when they were getting high?
I missed the first wave of Oasis mania. I couldn't miss the second.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
Odd behaviours
On reality shows and neurotypical extroverts as the standard of normality
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
The power of storytelling to change lives
Yes, I have finally watched Adolescence
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
In the mood for love
40 songs to light up your fire (or help you put it out)
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
How often do I think about the Roman Empire? Not often enough
The crisis of cinema, the case for more sad and sexy gladiators, Netflix stars, decline and fall of a prince and my true Roman Empire: Hugh Grant.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
Why does everybody want this?
I've been thinking about love and its discontents a lot recently.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
The biggest rock band you haven't yet heard of - but now you will
You don't have any valid excuse to not listen to The Struts.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
Let the music play
A trip down musical memory lane plus five songs I'm listening to right now
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
Bloody pussy
Someone fainted during a key moment in the stage adaptation of Annie Ernaux's The Years. I can't stop thinking about it and what it means.
 • Cristina Carmona Aliaga
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