A Monster Calls, adapted from the novel by Patrick Ness and based on an original idea from Siobhan Dowd, tells the story of Conor (Lewis MacDougall), a young boy who is struggling to deal with […]
Reading & Leeds 2017: headliner preview
In just 7 months, the most iconic festival in Britain will return! Reading and Leeds has seen the likes of Foo Fighters, Green Day and Radiohead grace its stage, gathering thousands of festival goers every […]
Review: Live By Night – dry as the Prohibition era it depicts
Ben Affleck’s adaptation of the American novelist Dennis Lehane’s work Live by Night is limp at best, mind-numbing and tedious at worst. Affleck has previously proved himself capable by tailoring Lehane’s novels to the screen, […]
Review: La La Land – unpolished perfection?
Those captivated by the romance that ensued between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone’s roles in Crazy Stupid Love, will leave their seats fully satisfied by this all-singing, all-dancing journey of Seb and Mia, that marks the […]
North: Identity, Photography, Fashion – a celebration of diversity
Sat on Liverpool’s waterfront is Open Eye Gallery, one of the most important galleries -not only in the northwest but also throughout the UK- for promoting photography as an artistic discipline. This year the gallery […]
Preview: The Fall @ Belgrave, 25/2/17
The Fall, or at least their ever-present frontman Mark E Smith, are testament to persistence, longevity, and sticking two fingers up at the prospect of ageing. Thirty-nine years after releasing their first record in 1979, […]
Review: Manchester By the Sea – brave, authentic, and surprisingly funny
It is frequently said that men need to ‘get better’ at emoting; we do not experience our emotions fully, or deal with them in a particularly healthy way. In light of this, Manchester By the […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: How to dress for your body shape
Picture yourself at your favourite clothing label, going through an abundance of outfit choices! Confusion, panic and hesitance are often the unwanted emotions that accompany us on our shopping sprees. Will they have my size? […]
Preview: Dream Wife @ Headrow House, 21/1/17
Headlining DIY Magazines ‘Hello 2017’ tour, incendiary threesome Dream Wife will blast their punk infected pop at Headrow House this Saturday (21st). The three met at art college in Brighton, forming Dream Wife as an […]
Review: Passengers – a disappointingly shallow sci-fi
Passengers is a sci-fi film that tells the story of Jim Preston (Chris Pratt), a mechanical engineer, who wakes up 90 years too soon from an induced hibernation. Jim has emigrated from Earth to start a […]
You Me At Six @ Key Club, 11/1/17
Disguised under the pseudonym of The Underdogs, a name any fan could decode in under a second, Surrey rockers, You Me At Six, decided to play a secret show at the Key Club to celebrate […]
No Plan EP by David Bowie
The Starman briefly pops back from the grave bearing new music to celebrate his seventieth birthday. This new Bowie EP consists of Blackstar’s ‘Lazarus’ and three unreleased tracks from the Blackstar recording sessions with producer […]