Microbiographia | Issue 17

Posted 11:08am Sunday 22nd July 2012

In the late 19th century, Alfred Russel Wallace independently produced a theory of evolution equivalent to Darwin’s, while also developing ecological ideas that have striking relevance today. Not bad for a working class boy with eight siblings. Wallace grew up in Britain in a state of Read more...

Microbiographia | Issue 15

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 15th July 2012

So the column this week is about my new historical crush, Hypatia. Having a crush like this might seem kinda pointless given that she died more than a thousand years ago, but I’m banking on time-machines being invented pretty soon. Courting Hypatia will be number three on the to-do list, right after Read more...

Microbiographia | Issue 15

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012

Hey person reading Critic, here’s your first taste of Microbiographia: awesome people you should have heard of but might not have. Each week I’ll profile a different historical bad-ass, letting you know why they deserve wider acclaim and, on occasion, why they currently languish in obscurity. My Read more...

Classic Film | Issue 13

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

Directors: John Carpenter, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. A husky dog runs full tilt across an Antarctic plain. Two Norwegians take shots at it with a rifle from a helicopter. As the dog nears a small American research base, as the Norwegians become more desperate. They drop explosives, to no Read more...