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One Child: Life, Love and Parenthood in Modern China

Mei Fong

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Tang Shuxiu and her husband are on an 800-mile train journey from Beijing to Shifang, where they...

Staying Alive: How to Get the Best from the NHS

Phil Hammond

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In this committed and compassionate book, Phil Hammond - a doctor, journalist, campaigner and...

Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy

Jennifer Grayson

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Since the rise of artificial formula, we have turned a biological process into a never-ending...

In the Wake of Heroes: Sailing's Greatest Stories Introduced by Tom Cunliffe

Tom Cunliffe

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Tom Cunliffe is one of the biggest names in the sailing world - an internationally renowned...

Ruben Ostlund recommended The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) in Movies (curated)

"This is the best film title in the world, and I wish so much that I had come up with it myself. It’s a completely absurd film. Buñuel dares to make a movie about this group of people who want to but never manage to eat dinner. There’s a moment when a hand comes up and tries to grab a piece of food off the table. He has no respect for the audience at all, and that of course makes him very interesting. I also like the way he dealt with his public persona. He was very free, and he was playing around in a way that gave him distance from the whole circus. When he was nominated for an Oscar for The Discreet Charm, a journalist asked him how he thought it was going to go, and Buñuel said he would win because his producer had bought the Oscar. And then he actually won and in his award speech he said that you can say whatever you want about Americans, but at least they stand by their word."

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