There has been no shortage of films focusing on the advent of A.I. recently, from Ex Machina released in January to the hotly-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron which will be released at the end of […]
The controversial musical: A new outlet for the offensive?
Since its creation in 2011, The Book of Mormon has wowed audiences both on Broadway and the West End, but what makes it so successful and why do audiences revel in its controversial content? The […]
Made you look, made you think – Banksy in Gaza
Throughout history the arts have documented and dominated public consciousness, both as a tool of power and of revolution. But if we think about what impacts our lives now, literature, music, and film certainly do, […]
Brotherhood Review – Sound System feat. Swamp 81
Brotherhood Sound System and Swamp 81 is without a doubt a match made in heaven. To celebrate their 3rd birthday the Brotherhood boys returned to Beaver Works and invited Loefah’s infamous imprint for the ride. […]
Interview – SLUT DROP
A couple of weeks ago, the internet boiled over with fury at the release of the full Reading & Leeds lineup. Some genius with a rubber attacked the lineup poster to uncover the deep-rooted misogyny […]
Traveller’s Eye: India
This collection of images embodies my time spent in India. By completing the Golden Triangle in Northern India, which took me to Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, and documenting every interesting person that I passed, the images […]
All that glitters: Givenchy A/W Beauty
Victorian widow united with Latina Chola girl; two incongruous worlds were brought together in a romantic collision as Riccardo Tisci debuted his A/W 2015 collection in Paris. Tensions between eroticism and danger culminated in a fiercely […]
Caught on campus: winter to spring style
Name: Matt Dunn Age: 26 Course: I actually work here at the University in the Brotherton Library. What is your favourite high street store? Can it be a vintage store? If so, I would […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: Kick-Ass, Planet of the Apes and Star Trek
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we find ourselves on a strange planet, run away from fate and remember the great Leonard Nimoy. MONDAY – Chronicle (Film4 21:00) Back […]
Get in line for Stage Musical Society’s A Chorus Line
The tremendously talented Stage Musical Society prepare to mesmerise us once again, with their magnificent new production: ‘A Chorus Line’. In connection with Back Stage society, this latest spectacle will take over the stage in […]
In The Middle with Ghostpoet
Shedding Skin is unlike any of Ghostpoet’s previous albums. Obara Ejimiwe (aka Ghostpoet) is a London based vocalist and musician whose recent release ‘Off Peak Dreams’ encapsulates the daily grind of a commuter. But Shedding […]
Ishikawa Records – A Living Room in Hyde Park
While I’d never think of putting ‘quaint’ and ‘Hyde Park’ side by side, this intimate gig successfully brought the two together. The idea stems from Mikey Donnelly (stage name Epilogues), who runs Ishiwaka Records, and […]