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  JOHN JOSEPH

  

  5 days ago

  Full Metal Jacket and Kubrick: The ultimate anti-war films

  BBC Culture - Gregory Wakeman

  Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket was released 35 years ago. Gregory Wakeman explores how the film, and others by the director, revealed "the mindlessness and cruelty of conflict" – as well as the transformation of young men into killing machines. Cinephiles often speak of their regret that …

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  JOHN JOSEPH

  

  2 days ago

  Can online dating burnout be stopped?

  BBC Worklife - Jessica Klein

  Scrolling, chatting, meeting, ghosting: online dating can be a depressing grind that leaves many singles feeling burnt out. Andy Hong feels like he keeps meeting the same woman online: a graduate from a small school in New England who likes to ski and play sports. The twenty-eight-year-old says he …

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  JOHN JOSEPH

  

  1 day ago

  An eerie portal to the Maya underworld

  BBC Travel - Richard Collett

  In the eerie red glow of head torches, we could see cracked ceramics lying on the cave's damp, clay floor. Our guide shone a white light across stalactites and stalagmites, illuminating broken stone metates – tools used by the Maya to grind corn – and large earthenware pots. Then the beam caught the …

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  JOHN JOSEPH

  

  1 day ago

  How orange juice took over the breakfast table

  BBC Future - Veronique Greenwood

  The staid carton of orange juice has long sat next to tea and coffee at the breakfast table. It’s bright, but somewhat boring, and bears the dubious halo of being something good for you. Few of us give it much thought, other than to recall its oft-trumpeted Vitamin C content. But processed orange …

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  JOHN JOSEPH

  

  2 days ago

  Who was the real Elvis Presley?

  BBC Culture - Kaleem Aftab

  How does the portrayal of 'The King' in Baz Luhrmann's new biopic compare to the reality? Kaleem Aftab explores the complex debate around Presley, civil rights and cultural appropriation, or assimilation. Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, which was released last week, is an immensely entertaining look at the …

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  JOHN JOSEPH

  

  3 days ago

  Roe v Wade: The world reacts to US abortion ruling

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  The US Supreme Court's overturning of the constitutional right to abortion is being felt in countries across the world, where activists on both sides of the debate have been explaining what it means to them. Our correspondents in Italy, El Salvador, India, Ireland and Canada report on the …