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Twin Peaks' final scene: 25 years on, it's as disturbing as ever | Twin Peaks

Its the anniversary of the weirdest conclusion to a major TV show ever screened and one whose mystery may be solved by its return next year It had been a long season, filled with humour and flailing and complete misdirection, by the time Kyle McLachlans Agent Cooper returned to the Red Room, a kind

A short history of tanning | Sophie Wilkinson

In the millennia preceding the industrial revolution, pallor was popular within the upper classes, hinting at a noble life of leisure spent indoors. Dark skin was associated with serfdom and toiling in fields all day. Using poisonous whiteners to create pale skin has been popular throughout history particularly during the ancient Greek, Roman and

Einstein's general theory of writing | Books

Although Albert Einstein was a prolific writer, he did not think of himself as one. "In the past, it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell," he wrote in a fit of frustration to his biographer, Carl

Its hell being famous: second violent death of Serial podcast character raises ethics quest

Tyler Goodson, 32, was killed by police in Woodstock, Alabama, after public radio mega-hit brought fame but not much else That fame can come with a price is a truism most associated with stars of film and screen or other arts. But the inhabitants of one small town in rural Alabama, deep in the

Peter Gabriel: i/o review a glorious, late-career masterpiece

(Real World)Gabriels first album of new material for 20 years considers the human condition with air-punching choruses and magnificent quieter moments Instead of just dropping his first album of new material since 2002, Peter Gabriel has spent a year parcelling it out, a new song for each full moon. Finally assembled, i/o is a substantial