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Now showing — Northern Occultism · 5 works

  • Derry Girls Television · 2010s

    Derry Girls is a period teen sitcom set in Derry, Northern Ireland, created and written by Lisa McGee, that premiered on 4 January 2018 on UK-based broadcaster Channel 4 and ran for three series. The channel's most successful comedy since Father Ted, the series was inspired by McGee's own experiences growing up in a...

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • Astral Weeks Music · 1960s

    "Astral Weeks" is the title song and opening track on the 1968 album Astral Weeks by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.

    After-hoursLonging
  • Old History of the Five Dynasties Books · 970s

    Old History of the Five Dynasties is a 974 book by Xue Juzheng, linked to Northern Song dynasty and Middle Chinese. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.

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  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North Books · 1680s

    Haiku master Bashō's travel journal through northern Japan. Poetry and pilgrimage.

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  • An Elephant Sitting Still Film · 2010s

    Four people in a northern Chinese city endure one bleak day. The director's only film before his death.

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