Channel 4’s new documentary series, Keeping Up With the Khans, explores issues raised by foreign immigration in Page Hall, a Sheffield suburb. With the huge refugee crisis bringing thousands of migrants to British shores, the […]
Roald Dahl: The real BFG
Roald Dahl was a literary magician, celebrated for his children’s classics and dark-humoured short stories for adults. His books have become timeless additions to bookshelves the world over, treasured by children and adults alike. As […]
Love: Enough to melt your heart
Created by Judd Apatow, Love is a satirical, quirky, imperfect representation of modern-day relationships. Perhaps in some ways comparable another Netflix original, Master of None starring Aziz Ansari, it seeks to create an authentic, glamour-free […]
The well-fed student: Smoothie bowls
Smoothie bowls are one of my favourite breakfasts: they’re basically like a fruity ice cream/soup. They taste like a dessert but you don’t get the sick feeling that comes after a bowl of actual ice […]
Review: It’s Turtle Bay all the way down
February might be the shortest month of the year, but the wind and rain seem never-ending, and the glowing windows of the new Turtle Bay restaurant were a welcome sight that promised warmth and shelter. […]
The People v. OJ Simpson: Not whodunit, but hedunit
It is apparent after the first episode of Fox’s new crime drama American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson that the audience is definitely supposed to be on the side of The People; Simpson […]
Dickensian: Too great an expectation?
I can’t help but imagine what it must have been like to have sat in on the meeting where it was decided to throw almost all of Charles Dickens’ characters together and create an EastEnders […]
Vinyl: It’s only rock & roll
When it was announced that HBO would be bringing Vinyl – the brainchild of Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese – to our screens this February, the blogosphere went into meltdown. Vinyl tells the story of […]
X-COM 2: How the war was lost
In preparation for XCOM 2, I went back to 2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown to try the apparently canonical ‘Impossible’ difficulty one more time. Unsurprisingly, the first mission ended how it usually does. By turn five, […]
Behind the scenes at Chester Zoo
Channel 4 have done it again. With another addition to The Secret Life of… series brand that gave us a glimpse into the mind-sets of 4, 5 and 6 year-olds, and now animals at home […]
Happy Valley
The TV drama and Broadchurch wannabe Happy Valley returned to our screens for a second series this week, giving a whole new meaning to the term ironic as even the weather is miserable from the […]
How To Die: Simon’s Choice
‘An emotional documentary.’ This is how How to Die: Simon’s Choice is described by the gentle introductory voice. It is an obligatory and predictable understatement. More provocatively, others have described it as ‘advertising suicide’. The […]