Matthew Moorey discusses the latest from the Mandalorian, with a few surprise new guests in episodes ‘The Jedi’ and ‘The Tragedy’
‘Happiest Season’ review: Uplifting, funny and authentic.
Madeleine Gauci Green reviews Hulu’s latest holiday hit ‘Happiest Season’.
Top 4 TV and culture icons of 2020
Giulio Bajona shares four iconic characters and moments from this ‘unprecedented’ year, in a cultural countdown of 2020
‘James May: Oh Cook!’ review: The cooking show hosted by the man who can’t cook
Roxanna Zoughi reviews Amazon Prime’s ‘James May: Oh Cook!’ a cooking show hosted by a man who can’t cook!
The politics of publishing: Why Penguin should stand by Jordan Peterson
Up until 1958, British publishers could be sent to jail for producing books deemed to have “a tendency to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influence”. Whilst this is no […]
Throwing eggs at Margaret Thatcher’s statue is futile
Alex Howe discusses just how effective and meaningful the ‘egging’ of Margaret Thatcher’s new sculpture will be.
Interview: Rory Yeates, director of The Old Lie
Sarah Garraway catches up with Rory Yeates to discuss his new radio drama, The Old Lie.
My Word of The Year: ‘Embrace’
According to language experts part of the Oxford English Dictionary team, not one word could summarise the whole year of 2020. This is not surprising. The year has been full of unexpected choices and decisions. […]
The Queen’s Gambit: A masterclass in how to write sexism
The Queen’s Gambit follows Beth Harmon, an orphan turned chess prodigy during the Cold War era. Initially, a show about chess doesn’t seem particularly interesting – but in the end, I too was reaching for […]
Christmas in a time of corona
With parties postponed and mistletoe against the guidelines, what should this year’s Christmas adverts say instead about modern Britain? Despite having existed since the 1950s, it was only in 2013 that John Lewis first sparked […]
(T)is it the season?
Things are bleak enough these days, regardless of the darker nights and miserable weather, and what better tonic for the winter/lockdown blues than a Christmas movie?! They are beacons of hope, with timeless messages about […]
Review: Dash and Lily
Dash & Lily is an American Christmas-based rom-com Netflix show based in New York City. The show is based on the young adult book series by Rachel Cohen and David Levithan, with the first book […]