Obsession is the latest Netflix series that you will be, erm, obsessed with.
Based on Josephine Hart's 1991 book Damage, which centred on a British politician's scandalous love affair with his son's fiancée, this four-part erotic thriller most definitely gives us steamy Fifty Shades of Grey slash Sex/Life vibes, so things are certainly hot under the collar over here. As per the book, the series, which stars Richard Armitage and Charlie Murphy, will follow the tale of a forbidden affair, but this time between a top surgeon and his son's fiancée. Read More...
PhilosophyObituaryRichard WollheimBrilliant philosopher engaged with the interaction of art and psychoanalysisThe philosopher Richard Wollheim, who has died aged 80, belonged in the top echelon of thinkers who redefined the practice of his subject in Britain and the United States after the second world war. In terms both of the clarity of his writing and the acuity and ingenuity of his arguments, he embodied the intellectual virtues of analytical philosophy. But in terms of what engaged him as a philosopher, he stood far closer than any of his peers to continental thought. Read More...
On this week’s Mad Men everything was just a bit unsure …Well, after some of the agency’s finest got injected with a doctor’s special speed-based cocktail, things started to feel hazy. Don went into heavy sweats, the boys were racing around the office and Account Executive Ken Cosgrove (complete with cane!) decided to perform a jig. Not just any jig! An ode to the clients he wines and dines every single day. Read More...