Anne McCarthy

Start typing a reply in Google’s Gmail and it might feel like it is reading your mind. Tap out the letters “tha” and up pops the rest of a sentence in greyed out letters. Press tab and your sentence completes itself.

We’re living in a pandemic world, and with that comes new questions: How can we safely continue life as it was in the “before times?”...

One day during a trial held via Zoom, Elaine Banton, an employment and discrimination barrister in London, heard the sound of her son's online violin lesson in their home. The judge stopped the proceedings to ask, "Is that the cello?"...

As a young and fair-weather gamer, I loved playing Super Mario Brothers because it was my older brother’s favorite game, and I wanted to be just like him. I can still hear the 8-bit theme song in my head, and I’m guessing you can too, if you played Mario as a kid...

Jane Austen fans are a devoted bunch. True “Janeites” tend to travel widely to celebrate their favourite author, most often to Bath for the Jane Austen festival. But on the other side of the world sits Governor’s House...

La mode. Fashion. It’s inextricably linked with French-ness, it seems. You can’t swing a cat in Paris without hitting someone who looks chic and runway-ready...

As Bob Dylan crooned: “The times, they are a-changin’.” That feels true now more than ever, as technology continues to evolve rapidly...

Wading into the world of sobriety, you may encounter something called a “cross addiction” but not be sure what it means. Cross addictions can occur when a person has given up alcohol, or another substance, and then leans on something else as a substitute...

If you’ve been keeping abreast of the tech world, you’ve likely heard the term “NFT” floating around recently...

In 2020, Caitlin Moran had a big year: Navigating the release of a new movie and a new book amidst a global pandemic. In Moran’s latest book, More Than a Woman, the author uses her signature chatting-with-a-friend-over-tea style to draw...

Daft Punk, one of the most celebrated Paris-born music groups of the past three decades, broke up this week, their publicist confirms. The pair officially announced their retirement in ...

Couture: It’s what most people think of when they hear the words “fashion week.” Haute couture is about glorious excess, hand-crafted gowns...

In Wandering in Strange Lands, author Morgan Jerkins is debuting her sophomore album, so to speak—or, her second book. In the music industry, the curse of the “sophomore slump” refers to a breakout artist’s second effort failing to live up to the high standards of the first...

In 2006, actor Justin Long’s mom, Wendy, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; she went through months of chemotherapy treatment to treat the disease...

It’s early days in 2021, so that means we are still living the pandemic lifestyle, much to the fatigue and despair of, well, everyone. What does Paris Fashion Week look like during a pandemic? A whole lot of virtual shows that did not disappoint..