Ghosteen is an enchantingly ethereal and hauntingly poignant double album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – and their most personal record yet. The album is the experimental rock group’s seventeenth record, and the […]
FINNEAS Shows His Brilliance On New Album ‘Blood Harmony’
While most people know of the world famous superstar Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell, her brother, producer, co-writer and live instrumentalist, known as FINNEAS, just released his first solo project, Blood Harmony. Having already proven he […]
In The Middle with Deptford Northern Soul Club
Despite having its beginnings around 40 years ago, Northern Soul fans are still flocking to the floor to groove to the sounds of rare, unknown gems. Ahead of their two hotly-anticipated nights at Headrow House, […]
The Magic Gang Charm Hebden Bridge’s Trades Club
The Magic Gang were made to play in a live setting; animated and armed with permanent grins, their onstage energy is incomparable. Playing Hebden Bridge’s Trades Club felt like a rare opportunity for an intimate […]
Harry Styles ‘Lights Up’ On New Single
Do you know who you are? Harry Styles begins a new era with this big, existential question – plastered across billboards in various major cities, accompanied by Styles’ now signature slogan ‘TPWK’ (Treat People With […]
Ladybird in Crinolines: How far can film take the modernisation of literary classics?
The literary women of the 1860s are having a moment on the big (or small) screen. With a new film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic, Little Women by Ladybird director Greta Gerwig, and an […]
Grace Blakeley’s Newest Novel teaches us there is life beyond Corbyn.
Whilst the national conversation has been dominated by talk of Corbyn and the rebirth of the parliamentary left, an intellectual revolution has been taking place behind the scenes. Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen: How to […]
‘The President is Missing’ Book Review
Co-written by James Patterson, a fiction writer whose books have sold more than 300 million copies, and Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States. We can assume that most of the writing was […]
Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Manages to Rise from the Incel Ashes – Just.
Contains minor spoilers Todd Phillips’ Joker opened this week to mixed reviews after its release was marred with the controversy surrounding its violent content. Indiewire called it a ‘toxic rallying cry for self-pitying incels’, and […]
Who’s Laughing Now
Ahead of the release of Joker, Todd Phillips’ violent origin story of Batman’s arch-nemesis, this meme and many others like it have been circulating on social media. While the message hits home for most of […]
Inclusivity or Exploitation? IT Chapter 2 is up for questioning.
It goes without saying that inclusivity and representation in film and TV matters. It is important that we see individuals like ourselves reflected on the screen so that we feel like our voices are being […]
Falling Inn Love, more like Failing Inn Love
Warning, this review contains spoilers. I volunteered myself to write this review thinking at best, it would be an excuse to watch a good rom-com and at worst, a chance to get my teeth into […]