Gavin and Stacey: A Final Goodbye to A ‘Tidy’ Show
Christmas Day has passed; presents, food comas and tipsy board games are once again a distant memory. However, by 8:59 p.m., these frivolities were shoved, unceremoniously, to the back of…
Brighton’s Hidden Classics
A musical rocket ship to the moon launched way back in the early 20th century, with genres like Jazz, Swing, Latin and Blues showing us what spring is like on…
Classics With Modern Relevance
Animal Farm – George Orwell This list would not be complete without mentioning Animal Farm, published in 1945 by George Orwell. With the farm animals teaming up together against their…
Review: A Complete Unknown
The biopic genre claims another victim. The legacy of Bob Dylan has been told to audiences countless times over the star’s 60+ years in music. From Martin Scorsese’s documentary No…
Lost & Found: Why Some Musicians Never Live to See Their Fame
Forgotten while you’re here, Remembered for a while – Nick Drake Words by James Scott Throughout history, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day, there has been an enduring…
Top 5 Albums of 2024
Words by Finn Norris and Harry Turnbull 2024 has been, in our view, a fantastic year for music. From emerging artists bursting onto the scenewith instant hits to childhood heroes…
Why are so many arts venues shutting down?
Is there really a problem? While music may be the food of love, unfortunately, the public requires real consistent nourishment. Due to the cost-of-living crisis, people are frequenting food banks…
Are you playing the game? Or is the game playing you
The Danger Generative AI has gone from simply a plot in an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie to a very real technological marvel in the modern age. However, as with everything,…
“The Evolution of Feminist Literature: From the Classics to Today”
Words by Isabel Cattermole Feminist literature has long been used as a weapon for change, urging readers to question ideas about gender, power, and identity. From Simone de Beauvoir’s The…
GNX by Kendrick Lamar- Album Review
★★★★★ West Coast 90’s throwback dispels any argument for the Greatest of All Time It’s Just Big Me Kendrick Lamar has had a year to remember. His rap battle against…
How The Traitors Changed the Game in UK Reality TV
The Traitors arrived on UK screens in November of 2022, promising to feature a concept unlike anything seen before. The show is based on the Netherlands’ original version De Varraders,…
Leaving Room for a Sequel: The Apprentice
An inescapable aspect of The Apprentice is how it plays like an origin story for a villain like a cash-grab Disney prequel. Except this time the antagonist is not animated,…
Wicked: Holding Space for Theatre Kids Everywhere
I’m sure many of you (anyone who’s chronically online anyway) have seen clips of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo crying whilst holding space for ‘defining’ gravity. Meanwhile, two charming male…
Must-Reads to Gift This Season
Dante’s Divina Commedia La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) by Dante Alighieri is an Italian narrative poem composed between 1308 and 1320, published just before he died in 1321. Split…
Joker: Folie à Deux Review – A Dull Musical Experience
This duet was flat-footed and dull, darling. Todd Phillips doesn’t seem to have much more to say. The decision to make this a musical intrigued me. But La La Land…
Coming Out Tonight? Interview with the Director and Cast
Words by Marni Lippin ‘’It’s a play about messy bisexuals!’’ ‘Coming Out Tonight?’ is the original play written and directed by Alannah Van Engeland for the SUDS – created about…
Smitten with Pale Waves
Words by Olivia Milner Following the release of their fourth album Smitten on September 27th, the Manchester four-piece Pale Waves took to the road. Their fifth stop of the tour…
The Juice is Loose: Beetlejuice 2 Review
In complete confidence Beetlejuice Beetlejuice would be another trainwreck to Tim Burton’s crumbling legacy, I had drafted this review to be a merciless critique of the sequel and an obituary…
Why Twilight is the Perfect Autumn Rewatch
For many people, Autumn is more than a season. It represents change, mystery, and adventure, much like Twilight. For me, Twilight was a big deal growing up. Hell, even my…
‘Lost’ Your Touch? ABC’s Hit Show, 20 Years Later
On 22 September 2004, Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashed on an uncharted island 1000 miles off its original course, and TV was never the same. A paralysed man found himself…