New Statesman | Breaking the Bond ceiling won’t solve British cinema’s race...
I don’t know which of the following is weirder: the idea that Idris Elba is the only black British actor, the idea that James Bond is the highest role available in UK film, or the idea that only by...
View ArticleEurogamer | Serf and turf: A week in Stardew Valley
It’s like having one last short to get your head straight before you leave the bar, or necking an espresso to bring you down as you head up for bed. It makes no sense, and it makes you feel horrible....
View ArticleEurogamer | Even with the Marketing and Malpractice DLC, Big Pharma just...
Medicine is broken. “Drugs are tested by people who manufacture them, in poorly designed studies, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques which...
View ArticleShort story | The Boy Who Cried Fire
In 2013, I took part in Den of Eek – Den of Geek’s annual horror storytelling night in support of cancer charities. The theme was urban legends, and my contribution was heavily inspired by just having...
View ArticleHow to keep a reading journal
In August 2014, my husband gave me a black Moleskine that launched a continuous habit of notebook-keeping. It started as a general mix of ideas, observations, to-do lists and quote-copying; by the end...
View ArticleNew Statesman | Prevenge: in a world of male violence, seeing monstrous women...
The best thing you’ll see in the cinema this year is a big man called DJ Dan looking down in horror as he realises that the thing slithering down his leg and onto his living room floor is his testicle,...
View ArticleEurogamer | I hate freedom – Sarah Ditum would ramen have fun
I am not a real gamer. I’m just putting that out there now, in the spirit of Fat Amy, to spare anyone the trouble of investigating whether I am in fact a real gamer. I’m not. Not that I imagine those...
View ArticleSpectator | Who I Am by Charlotte Rampling
This slight book comes with heavy baggage. In 2009, Rampling handed back a hefty advance for her contribution to a conventional authorised biography, and then used the Human Rights Act to prevent...
View ArticleNew Statesman | Linking Chester Bennington’s suicide to Linkin Park’s music...
We are so wrong about suicide. What we want more than anything is for it to make sense. To turn the life of the victim into a good story, with all the narrative beats leading up to a satisfying...
View ArticleEurogamer | Playing Civilization as Trump
Let me tell you, no one is a biglier Civilization player than me. People always say to me – they say, Sarah, you are the most terrific Civilization player, the best. Some haters have said that this is...
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