Quietly Judging

Lab-grown diamonds pulling back the curtain on the traditional diamond industry.

The Diamond Curtain

Lab-grown diamonds didn’t make natural diamonds less beautiful. They just gave us something to compare them with, and raised an awkward question about what we were really paying for.

The Diamond Curtain

Lab-grown diamonds didn’t make natural diamonds less beautiful. They just gave us something to compare them with, and raised an awkward question about what we were really paying for.

A Persian servant receiving a message about his future, inspired by a darkly comic story about notice periods and workplace revenge.

Tomorrow, You’re Fired

A Shah sends two condemned servants back to work. A winery loses 60,000 litres of wine. Perhaps notice periods deserve a little more thought.

Tomorrow, You’re Fired

A Shah sends two condemned servants back to work. A winery loses 60,000 litres of wine. Perhaps notice periods deserve a little more thought.

Journalist recognising the significance of Pope Benedict XVI’s Latin resignation announcement while others in the room look uncertain.

The One Who Understood

A pope resigns in Latin. One journalist understands immediately. A short lesson in preparation, obscure skills, and being ready when everyone else is still catching up.

The One Who Understood

A pope resigns in Latin. One journalist understands immediately. A short lesson in preparation, obscure skills, and being ready when everyone else is still catching up.

Two Qin Dynasty army officers discussing their predicament before a rebellion, illustrating a darkly comic lesson about bad workplace incentives.

Missed Deadline

Two army officers miss a deadline. The penalty is death. Unfortunately, rebellion carries the same punishment. Management incentives, Qin Dynasty edition.

Missed Deadline

Two army officers miss a deadline. The penalty is death. Unfortunately, rebellion carries the same punishment. Management incentives, Qin Dynasty edition.

A lone figure standing outside a grand closed doorway, symbolising exclusion and excommunication.

Excommunicado Is Back

Excommunication may sound like something from history books or John Wick, but institutions still use the same basic idea: break the rules, lose your place in the system. The results,...

Excommunicado Is Back

Excommunication may sound like something from history books or John Wick, but institutions still use the same basic idea: break the rules, lose your place in the system. The results,...

A dimly lit film studio representing the fading creative soul of Lucasfilm.

Lucasfilm’s Soul

Lucasfilm once had a clear creative heartbeat. Disney turned it into a content factory, but Andor proves the soul is still alive.

Lucasfilm’s Soul

Lucasfilm once had a clear creative heartbeat. Disney turned it into a content factory, but Andor proves the soul is still alive.