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Culture

Books, film, food and the ideas worth arguing about.

2 reporters on this desk

Culture · Film

A decade of slow cinema, and why it finally found an audience

Long takes, few words and sold-out screenings. Our critic on the films that asked us to wait.

Lucía Moreno7h ago11 min

Culture · Design

Lucía MorenoYesterday6 min

World · Transport

Amara Osei2h ago9 min

World · Urban life

Inès Laurent4h ago7 min

World · Transport

Sleeper routes that closed a decade ago are selling out again. Behind the revival: cheap beds, slow travel and a bet on the weekend traveller.

Amara Osei2h ago9 min

World · Urban life

From car-free school roads to kerbside cafés, the fight over who owns the pavement is getting local.

Inès Laurent4h ago7 min

Tech · Hardware

A handful of start-ups think specialised silicon can beat general-purpose scale. Investors are listening.

Tomás Rivera1h ago8 min

Tech · Privacy

Adaptive audio needs microphones that never switch off. What happens to that data is murkier than the marketing.

Tomás Rivera6h ago6 min