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The Loneliest Robot | WALL-E at 10

Released in 2008, Pixar’s ninth feature remains one of the studio’s most ambitious productions and one of its most critically acclaimed. WALL-E is about a lonely robot living 700 years in the future and his pursuit of love across the…

Fortnightly Fiction | Defiance

Not everybody left during the evacuation. Some people didn’t want to go with the crowd. Didn’t want to do what they were told. “Alternative facts…” “This is my home…” “Wha’ do them politicians know anyway…” Distrust. Anger. Suspicion. Fear.…

Ebola Elgon

Norman Marshall stretched and sighed, the bones in his shoulders and back cracking like gunshots. It had been a long flight and he needed a shower and a cup of coffee, but instead of sitting at his breakfast bar in his bathrobe, Norman…

Electric Picnic 2014 | 9 | The 1975

There are few pop artists currently around with as fresh a sound as The 1975. This year saw the pop-rockers burst into the mainstream, bringing with them a nostalgic nod to 1980s electro and head-bopping anthems, creating hit song after hit…