Love, Simon opens with a sequence that establishes the normality of our protagonist’s daily life – he has breakfast with his family, hangs out with friends, goes to college. This sets up the pervasive ordinariness […]
5 Great Sci-fi Novels for You to Read
Recently, we lost the incredible Stephen Hawking, a man who fundamentally changed the way we view and interact with the cosmos. His works have had such a strong influence on the scientific world and science […]
Lost and Found: “The African Mona Lisa”
The 1974 painting of a Nigerian Princess resurfaced at the start of February and was sold at Bonham’s auction house in early March for £1.2m, £900,000 more than had been estimated. The painting, of Princess […]
Every Third Minute Launches with ‘Still Alice’
Every Third Minute. a festival at West Yorkshire Playhouse charting resilience against dementia, was launched with the warming ‘Still Alice’. Arts writer Catherine Corcoran gives us the rundown. First performed in 2013 by Chicago’s Lookingglass […]
REVIEW: Flint Town
Filmed from above, a dark police car rolls noiselessly along a snow-covered track. Streetlights above reveal the road to be quiet and deserted. A crackly voice issuing from a police radio breaks the silence: “We […]
Films to Watch: March
We take a look at the month’s most exciting releases. Annihilation (12/03, Netflix) The latest film from director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and starring Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Oscar Isaacs, Annihilation looks […]
A Memorable Performance: The Nature of Forgetting
Arts writer, Caitlin Tilley casts her thoughts on Theatre Re’s latest project at West Yorkshire Playhouse. I was unsure what to expect from Theatre Re’s The Nature of Forgetting, but I was intrigued to see […]
From Three Billboards to Grenfell: How Art imitates Life
It’s no secret that art is inspired by real life. Arguably, all forms of creativity are derived from experience, whether knowingly or subconsciously. But what about the other way round? As once coined by Oscar […]
Diversity, Inclusivity and ‘The Shape of Water’ Rule at the 2018 Oscars
With arguably the most diverse list of nominees in years—Get Out, Call Me By Your Name, A Fantastic Woman and Lady Bird all had nominations in various categories—all eyes were on the 90th Academy Awards […]
A Muted Production: Duncan Jones’ Latest Offering Falls Flat
Is Mute as good as Moon, Duncan Jones’ breakthrough hit? Or does his unique take on science fiction fail to find its feet this time around? Before landing the Warcraft adaptation in 2016, Duncan Jones […]
Wonder Where the Women Are?
Camilla Marotta discusses the pervasive gender complications within the film industry. 2017 started with a lot of good premises for women in cinema. The long-awaited DC movie Wonder Woman was set to be released alongside […]
The Only Story: A Review of Julian Barnes’ Compelling New Novel
The Only Story is Julian Barnes’ latest novel, published just over a month ago. People swoon over his books, particularly Flaubert’s Parrot (1984) and The Sense of an Ending (2011). I had never read a […]