Image: MGM The mere mention of Robocop can prompt an awkward shuffle. The long drawn out sighs before some cries “why are they remaking it? Why?!” This was my reaction too, until a recent realisation: we […]
Comment | Confront Sochi discrimination
This week the 22nd Winter Olympics opened in the Russian city of Sochi, amidst ongoing controversy over the Russian government’s stance on LGBT rights. Last year, Putin’s government introduced a law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’ which has […]
Features | Finding love with Asperger's Syndrome
Like many single people around the world, I am overjoyed the moment that Valentine’s Day is over. I have Asperger Syndrome (AS) and social communication is difficult enough, let alone the pressure of dating and […]
Theatre | Refugee Boy – a seamless production
Image: West Yorkshire Playhouse At the level of individuals, politics can be a prison. It binds ethnicities to boundaries, families to states and its victims are those who remain caught between its narrowly and neatly […]
Art | Crossing Lines/Parallel Lines at &Model Gallery
Image: &model gallery The Crossing Lines exhibition, running until February 22, includes the works of 16 artists and is presented by Patrick Morrissey and Clive Hanz Hancock. At first sight, the &Model gallery on East […]
Philip Seymour Hoffman – award winning actor found dead at 46
The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, aged 46, marks a period of deep mourning for the film industry. Hoffman’s distinctive personality and ability to demonstrate the most vibrant aspects of his characters is a trait […]
Features | Valentine's Day – What's the harm?
Valentine’s Day is great for romantic gestures but what are the consequences of this surge in consumer activity around the world? For most, Valentine’s is like any other day, it’s not a national holiday so […]
Fashion | Pick of the Tips – Valentine's Nails
We’ve been high on love this week and our nails have certainly been feeling the V-Day buzz. Hearts, roses, ribbons and diamond studs did all the hinting for us on top of sultry reds and […]
Comment | Last orders for pub industry?
In my home town of Shepherd’s Bush in London, I live just off the Askew Road. 10 years ago, it was a bit shabby. People could have driven through it and not taken a second […]
Debate | Should the student loan book be sold?
After the privatisation of pre-1998 student debt last November the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that the pre-2012 student loan book would also be up for sale to private companies, with plans of completing this sale […]
Features | Online Dating – Great or not?
It’s Valentine’s Day, that time of year when being single is no longer the paragon of excitement and opportunities it’s usually made out to be. In an age of technology, we’re plunged into the virtual […]
Fashion | If money weren't an issue we'd be buying…
Saint Laurent Skinny stretch leather Trousers, £1695 NET-A-PORTER.COM Whether you’re spending this Valentine’s Day being spoiled by your other half, crying into a self-bought bar of galaxy or in the library refusing to acknowledge its […]