Someone somewhere in some boardroom thought it would be a good advertising strategy to have their brand tweet like a sixteen-year-old, and it ruins my day every time I see it. The reason behind my […]
‘Shuggie Bain’ wins the Booker Prize 2020: A Review
Arts and Culture Editor Sinead O’Riordan reviews this year’s Booker Prize Winner, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart.
Borat 2: An Exploration into Anti-Truth and Misogynist America Boogaloo
The main thing is; it’s funny and it confirms that contemporary American society is absurd. The plot doesn’t really matter. The hammed attempts of tear-jerking moments don’t really matter. What matters is that Borat has […]
Lookie, They’re Talking To Themselves – Spitting Image Reboot
Picture Bo’ Selecta with Received Pronunciation and you have the new generation of Spitting Image. That assessment may sound slightly harsh however by no means am I detracting from its great genius: 2020s version of […]
Overturned Cobbles: Leeds Black History Walks
‘The pattern of historic silencing becomes disturbingly clear…‘ Recolouring an erased history is an intimidating task, yet a necessary one. Over a two-hour period, Joe Williams and Vanessa Mudd take their fellow walkers through millennia […]
Fill in the Gap: The *blank* Are Being Defunded
Some of you guessed right, it’s the Arts. As for those who didn’t, the effects of growing up in post-2008 Britain are showing themselves nicely. For those that guessed ‘Police’, I’m sorry. The government has […]
Culture Lives in your Sub-par Leeds Accommodation
Everyone reading this is probably a bright young spark and therefore realises coronavirus is still about. There is no other word but ‘pain’ to capture the emotion felt at having Leeds’ club nights robbed from […]
And Society Will Rebuild Itself Upon a Face Mask
The face mask has transcended what it used to be and has become the axis on which everything turns. There isn’t one mouth of society that a face mask doesn’t cover: politics, charity, glory, fashion, […]
Catholicism Can’t Catch a Break
The Catholic Church is not known for its simplicity when it comes to matters of judgement and interpretation. That same perplexment is associated with former Pope Benedict XVI’s recent claims against his “opponents” and his […]
Your country (which you didn’t choose) needs you!
The shouts to bring back the good ol’ days have become louder and more widespread in recent years. However, the suggestion to reinstate National Service for British youth comes as a surprise. RAND and the […]
British Just Means English (According to this map…)
Words are English. Books are English. Everything is English. Well, that’s what the VisitBritain ‘Literary Hotspot’ map seems to suggest. VisitBritain tweeted out an illustrative map in which all the titans of ‘British’ Literature were […]
When to Turn off the Tap, and End a Television Show
If you’re human, you’ll probably be familiar with the concept of things coming to an end. It’s the law to which all things abide, including television shows. With the news that Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ has […]