Image: Big Talk Productions There are a multitude of films that came out in time for the 14th of February this year that are still in cinemas; the Lego Movie, Her, the Monuments Men, and […]
Books | The Hive – Mean girls for the middle aged
If you thought the cliques and schoolyard politics portrayed in teen comedy Mean Girls were confined to the realm of high school drama queens, think again. Gill Hornby’s debut novel, based, like Mean Girls, on […]
TV | Salamander – We've had Borgen and The Killing, now Belgium gives us their best shot
Salamander is the new 12 part Belgian political conspiracy thriller taking the Saturday night BBC4 spot of crime fighting and justice. With the recent popularity of the Scandinavian dramas The Killing, The Bridge and Borgen, […]
Books | Stephen Hawking – My Brief History
“Physics was always the most boring subject at school because it was so easy and obvious. Chemistry was much more fun because unexpected things, such as explosions, kept happening. But physics and astronomy offered the […]
BAFTA Roundup | 12 Years A Slave wins Best Picture
Last Sunday was time again to celebrate not only the past year in film, but also the people who made it happen and those among them we lost this year. The BAFTAs 2014 saw Gravity, […]
Theatre | Ghost Town – Interview with Jessica Fisher
Ghost Town, York Theatre Royal’s latest offering by resident theatre company Pilot Theatre, takes a poignant look at mental illness through the lens of younger audiences. It’s award-winning playwright, Jessica Fisher, talks to LSi about […]
TV | Britain's Great War – BBC's tribute to WWI centenary season
It’s very difficult to write a book or make a documentary series that gives a general description of a major war. World War One and Two have been documented to the extent that it is difficult to come up with […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week- Bridesmaids, Sunshine & Freaky Friday
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 […]
Video Games | Jazzpunk – One of the weirdest and most surreal games ever made
Jazzpunk is undoubtedly one of the weirdest and most surreal games ever made, but it’s a fantastic experience. The game, the latest offering from Necrophone Games and the brains behind [Adult Swim], has a quirky […]
Books | The Fields – You’ll laugh, cry and remember your own time as a teenager
Anyone with even a drop of Irish blood will recognise the scenes in Kevin Maher’s honest, unpretentious and highly entertaining tale of 13-year-old Jim Finnegan’s formative years in 1980s Dublin. But, even for those without […]
Film | Robocop – robo reboot falls flat
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 […]
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 […]