Pairing a working class, Italian-American club bouncer from the Bronx, who embodies the ‘masculine’ caricature, with an uptight and effeminate African-American piano player, may not sound like the perfect recipe for a blossoming friendship in […]
Art Galleries and Well Being: The De-stressing Power of Exhibitions for Millennials
A recent study has found that young adults use art galleries and museums as a means to de-stress. The survey undertaken by Art Fund discovered that those under thirty are twice as likely to visit […]
Artistic Pawfection: The Museum of the Dog Returns to New York City After Over 30 Years
The American Kennel Club is re-opening the Museum of the Dog in New York City on 8th February, after being moved to St.Louis, Missouri over 30 years ago. The museum’s collection includes not only dog-related […]
Nuremberg Art Auction: Should Hitler’s paintings ever be sold?
In light of plans by the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg to sell a number of paintings done by Adolf Hitler, Charley Weldrick explores the ways in which we judge art and whether or not work done by figures such as Hitler should even be put to auction in the first place.
Welcome to the Dark Side – We Have Kiddies
With so much to indulge in from the seamless animation, atmospheric score and debilitating action, it is hard to know where to start addressing how perfectly this horror story has been put together. Indeed, one […]
Son of a Bench! Why The Good Place Deserved to Win Best Television Comedy
If you’ve watched the first two seasons of The Good Place you’ll know the story follows a group of four humans who believe they have died and gone to ‘the good place.’ That is, until […]
Review: Opera North’s Katya Kabanova
Georgie Burgess reviews Opera North’s production of Katya Kabanova, on at the Leeds Grand on select dates until the 27th of February. Here I was, back again to see my second opera and it was […]
#MeToo and the Arts: what Will Change In 2019?
Almost 18 months after the #MeToo movement swept the global media platform, the list of abusive men seems to be ever-growing. As we witness as a monumental shift in attitudes toward sexual harassment and assault, […]
5 Top Books of 2018
It’s that time of year again: the time to reflect on some of the best book releases from 2018. If you didn’t have the chance to read them last year, there’s no time like the […]
You Review
You is the controversial psychological thriller everyone has been talking about… How far would you go for ‘love’? Blurring the lines between love and obsession, You explores an unhealthy relationship that quickly spirals into something […]
Hot Off the Press
The New Year amongst book lovers provides the perfect excuse to delve into a tantalising selection of new releases in 2019. With titles coming from authors old and new, revered and promising, there’s bound to […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2
Star Trek: Discovery seems to have gained its footing after a rocky first season that left many fans disappointed at the latest iteration of the Star Trek franchise. The show returns for its second season […]