FashionIt’s three decades since David Lynch’s groundbreaking TV show hit our screens, and the character’s clothes have aged as well as the drama
Twin Peaks at 30: the show that changed television
Twin Peaks – the series that brought us damn fine coffee, the Log Lady and, for some, a sudden distrust of owls – celebrates its 30th anniversary this week. Alongside a gripping plot centred on murdered schoolgirl Laura Palmer and Lynchian weirdness such as the red room, the series will always be remembered for its style. Read More...
David Foster Wallace in 1996. Photograph: Gary Hannabarger/CorbisDavid Foster Wallace in 1996. Photograph: Gary Hannabarger/CorbisBooksThe release of a new DFW biopic, The End of the Tour, confirms his cult status as a guide to our cultural predicament. But to venerate him as literature’s ‘good guy’ is to miss the point
Recently, the impersonal fecundity of Google Alerts spat into my email inbox the news that a new oil painting of David Foster Wallace was for sale. Read More...
Teachers and their supporters hold signs, chant and rally the crowd on 1 November in Portland, Oregon. Photograph: Claire Rush/APTeachers and their supporters hold signs, chant and rally the crowd on 1 November in Portland, Oregon. Photograph: Claire Rush/APUS unionsAbout 45,000 Portland students out of class as union follows lead of UAW and WGA in action over pay and conditions
Roughly 45,000 students have been out of class in the Portland public school district since Wednesday, when the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) kicked off its first-ever strike, enlivening dozens of locations in the city with picket lines. Read More...