Image: National Theatre One hundred years on from the start of the Great War provides the perfect time for the National Theatre to bring their ground breaking show War Horse, adapted from the wonderful book […]
Video Games | Star Citizen – The beauty of crowd funding
Crowd-funding has revolutionised the way that new products make it to market. Rather than relying solely on huge corporate backing, product developers have now got an effective way of securing funding straight from the customers […]
Film | The Book Thief – Nazi Germany, as told by death
Image: Fox 2000 Pictures Film adaptations of books are always a tricky one, especially when it comes to something like the Book Thief. It’s one of those much loved international best-sellers by Markus Zusak, and […]
TV | The Smoke – Full of the same emergency services clichés?
It immediately occurs to the viewer, as they sit down to watch Sky1’s new series The Smoke, that there are surprisingly few firefighting based dramas around on television compared to their emergency service cousins. This […]
Film | That Awkward Moment – Mindless fun
Image: Treehouse Pictures That Awkward Moment describes the point in a relationship when one party asks ‘so… where is this going?’ It’s the point when the couple either move forward, or move on. This film […]
Comedy | Rachel Mars, The Way You Tell Them – Leeds graduate cleverly interrogates our obsession with comedy
Having headlined the Camden People’s Theatre’s week-long festival ‘Beyond the Joke’ this January, Rachel Mars’ solo show ‘The Way You Tell Them’ comes at an interesting moment when the worlds of theatre and stand-up are […]
Books | The Last Days of Detroit – All is not lost in the land of Motor City
Detroit is a city that has always had its problems, as this book from Mark Binelli notes. Even during the years when Henry Ford turned Detroit into an industrial mega-giant, racial segregation caused major ruckus […]
Photography | Afghanistan: A Distant War
Image: Robert Nickelsberg, Prestel Publishing A poignant and sometimes disquieting book, ‘Afghanistan: A Distant War’ transports the reader to the infamous war torn country, past the glare of mass western media and deep into the less […]
Film | Her – The Best Original Screenplay winner is a five star treat
Video: Annapurna Pictures 5/5 Stars Who’s the first person you turn to in the morning? Your iPhone or someone with an actual pulse? Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore, a sensitive and impulsive writer. The opening shot […]
TV |Freeview Flicks of the week – Schindler's List, Billy Elliot and Milk
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview, and seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
TV | Troy – Does he stand out against the other magician heavyweights?
Magic shows have seen a resurgence recently, spearheaded by names like Derren Brown and Dynamo. Troy is the latest magician to try and take advantage of this popularity, with a show on E4. Does he […]
Art | Bruce McLean
Image: Bruce McLean The Leeds City Art gallery is currently showcasing Bruce McLean: Another Condition of Sculpture, an exhibition containing some of the artist’s unseen work from over the past 50 years. He first studied […]