1984

I once bought a book with the title, What’s Wrong with Eating People? It didn’t offer any notable enlightenment on its titular question, and was surprisingly dull, but it did plant the query stubbornly in my brain. It’s not that I’d…

When American Horror Story first aired in 2011, it was widely received with enthusiasm. For fans of the horror genre it became a must-watch event, cleverly mixing the gruesome and the supernatural with original plot twists. Plus…

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four just turned 70 years old. It was, and still is, the definitive dystopian novel, a horrifying vision of life lived under the strict control of a totalitarian government. Big Brother, Thought Crimes, Room…

“Although what you are about to see is a work of fiction, it should nevertheless be played at maximum volume.” So opens Todd Haynes’s Velvet Goldmine (1998), and it sets the tone for two key elements of the glam rock movie: it’s not about…

Time once again to step into the past in order to weigh up the cream of the crop of the Irish music scene. This time out it's 1984, a very special year indeed for NO ENCORE host Dave Hanratty. He and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness are…

Library Ransom Have you ever felt like it would be easier to pay those library fines in bitcoin? In what is hopefully the last instance of library crime in 2017, the public libraries of St Louis are being held ransom. Hackers using a…

For this edition of Great Movie Fight Scenes we're going back to Hong Kong with the 1984 martial arts comedy caper Wheels on Meals. Wheels on Meals is a fun (and funny) martial arts film set in Barcelona, Spain. Jackie Chan and Yuen…

Lifelogging is the subject of the current exhibition in the Science Gallery Dublin (runs until April 18th), which explores the way in which we can use data logging to track and improve our lives. HeadStuff is exploring various aspects of…