It’s clear that James Bond was Ian Fleming’s idol; his books were his desired autobiography, with “you as you’d like to be”, as his wife is quick to point out to him in the new BBC […]
Film | Wes Anderson Q&A – "Cannes is a little bit hallucinatory"
Image: Fox Searchlight Pictures Ahead if the release of his new film The Grand Budapest Hotel we asked director Wes Anderson some of our nagging questions. Your films seem to be set in worlds just […]
Music | Album review – Foster the People
Foster the People Supermodel 3/5 Riding in on the same Nu-Wave movement which carried bands like MGMT and Phoenix, Foster the People’s dance-infused indie came to the music world’s attention with the catchy ’Pumped Up […]
Features | Miley Cyrus – Yay or Nay?
From the shaven hair to the twerking, everyone is always talking about Miley Cyrus. Her new image is a far cry from her Hannah Montana days, but are her new ‘rebellious’ ways a good or […]
Theatre | Brand New Ancients – fierce and electric spoken word
Image: Kate Tempest Kate Tempest’s spoken word epic takes its audience on an intense journey, exploring the influence that love, hatred and regret play in creating modern day heroes, villains and victims. Intricately designed lighting […]
Books | Sex and the Citadel – Reconsidering attitudes towards sexuality in the Arab world
The Middle East is present in media outlets everyday yet, in the West, sexuality in Arab culture is still only tentatively discussed. The difficult subject matter is made accessible to all readers as Shereen El […]
Food | Regional Recipes – Russian Holodets
Russian food, much like Russia itself, is varied and diverse. But the majority is big and filling, to satisfy the appetites of those living in harsh weather conditions. How else could you survive -30°C winters? […]
Film | Stalingrad – all 3D and no depth
Video: Art Pictures Studio Stalingrad is not only the first Imax 3D film to ever have been released from Russia, but also the first domestic film in decades to beat Hollywood to becoming Russia’s top-grossing […]
Music | Paper Aeroplanes live
Paper Aeroplanes Belgrave Music Hall 4/5 For soft, indie-acoustic numbers, there is a dangerously fine line between a truly captivating performance and a truly dreary one. Fortunately, last week’s performance at Belgrave by Paper Aeroplanes […]
Clubs | Weekly Chart
Photo: AQNB Escar – ‘With You’ [Origami Sound’ Deep, engrossing techno, well suited to nocturnal headphone listening. Owiny Sigoma – ‘Yukimwi’ (Bludd Relations RMX) [Brownswood] Hazy, sun-drenched rework of the thumping afrobeat original. […]
Books | Cheat's guide to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Everyone loves a good bonnet, but if you’re weary of Wuthering Heights or feeling jaded by Jane Eyre, here’s an alternative from the ‘other’ Brontë: Anne. Who? Gilbert Markham:A young single farmer whose epistolary narrative provides […]
Film | Nymphomaniac – an odyssey in two parts
Image: Zentropa Entertainments Being someone who hasn’t seen a Lars Von Trier film, my expectations going in to Nymphomaniac (Volumes 1 AND 2) were based purely on what I had heard about him and the […]