3/5 stars Film snobs: do you tend to put foreign-made films on a pedestal, perhaps overlooking this trite plot device or that stock character in order to preserve that silly axiom that non-Hollywood films should […]
Student seeks compensation from Council
A student has submitted a claim to the Council after breaking his leg in an uncovered manhole. Second year Product Design student, George Warner, fractured his fibia falling down a manhole on Ebberston Terrace […]
Birmingham Banter
Birmingham. It is the place I called home for eighteen-years, and recently it was criticised by a fellow writer.Insulting our pies, low blow. It is a misunderstood place, I find. I might look at Birmingham […]
Birmingham Backlash, Take Two
Would people actually notice if Birmingham merely ceased to exist? I’d say its 1,000,000 residents would! Last week, Stephen Rainbird decided that one of the most richly diverse cities in our country could easily be […]
Señor Party Time
Last month, complete with Spongebob Squarepants in arms- TV characters have a longer shelf life in Spain- my friends and I ventured to our strangest soiree so far- a house party for someone who did […]
Mantel vs Middy
The ‘Hilary Mantel attacks Kate Middleton’ story which broke recently has proved a huge distraction from the two, incomplete essays currently open in tabs on my laptop. It was always going to happen though; a […]
LS Interviews Qari Asim
Max Bruges speaks to Hyde Park Imam Qari Asim, who was awarded an MBE last year for community engagement efforts in the wake of the 7/7 bombings that were carried out by Hyde Park locals. […]
Music: This Week’s Singles 25/02/13
Miles Kane – ‘Give Up’ Label: Sony Music 8/10 Miles’ first offering from his forthcoming album sees the Modfather’s successor release his most raucous and ballsy anthem yet. “Come on and give up control” […]
Music: Album Review: Post War Years – Galapagos
Recently the UK has not exactly been short of indie bands dealing in synth-heavy modern rock. Amid heavyweight new releases from Foals and Everything Everything, perhaps we should take a chance on the much less […]
Music: Album Review: Atoms For Peace – AMOK
After over a year of hints, it is here. Despite the addition of some unexpected and some unsurprising members to the lineup (put Flea in the former camp, Nigel Godrich the latter), this full-band effort […]
Music: Album Review: Shout Out Louds – Optica
Four albums in and Shout Out Louds have taken the time to polish their strain of saccharin, synth-driven, dream pop. Behind Optica is a band with confidence in their sound, certainly more so than previously heard on albums […]
Music: Album Review: Johnny Marr – The Messenger
Since The Smiths broke up in 1987, Johnny Marr has jumped around from band to band collecting all sorts of accolades along the way. He has played on a US No. 1 album with Modest […]