Even for those well acquainted with urban theatre, Pigeon English brings new life to the genre with an energetic cast, sharp script and original staging. The play is the product of a 2011 novel of […]
Music | Catching up with The Cribs at Derbyshire's Y Not festival
Ahead of a performance now deemed one of their best ever, LS newspaper spoke to The Cribs about music’s digital age, new ventures and why it’s not always so great being in one of Britain’s […]
The Warehouse Announce their Autumn and Winter line ups
The Leeds club which re-opened its doors back in 2010 has announced details of its line ups for the coming months. Spanning a broad range of the dance music spectrum, the club continue with a bookings […]
What's On: Count Arthur Strong
Are TV reviewers on a mission to discredit British TV comedy? I only ask because the alternative is an even more depressing scenario – some critics just can’t be bothered to do their homework. Ultimately […]
EdFringeFest | Circa's Wunderkammer: A Suspension of Reason
While the Fringe offers ample cerebral entertainment with oodles of wit, wisdom, parody and jest, Circa leaves its audience awestruck, demanding a complete suspension of reason. In many ways, it is the essence of entertainment, […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (02–09/09)
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Film | Wadjda – A Remarkable Debut Feature
Wadjda is remarkable. It’s not only the first feature-length film to be made entirely in Saudi Arabia, where public cinemas are currently illegal; it’s also the first from a female director (Haifaa Al-Mansour). [responsive_vid] Wadjda […]
EdBookFest | Neil Gaiman on ‘Sandman’
EdBookFest | Neil Gaiman on ‘Sandman’ When Neil Gaiman was a young man, he discovered that comic books were banned at his school. Considering them as valid as any ‘high’ art form Gaiman took his […]
EdBookFest | William Dalrymple and David Robison
EdBookFest | William Dalrymple and David Robison ‘Place yourselves on the step between Persia and Afghanistan in the year 1837, as you watch the newly coronated Shah of Iran march to Herat.’ So began William […]
Film | Stories We Tell – A Family Affair
“When you’re in the middle of a story it isn’t a story at all. But only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a wreckage of shattered glass and splintered wood; like a house in […]
Books | EdBookFest: MaddAddam Launch with Margaret Atwood and Claire Armistead
EdBookFest | Margaret Atwood and Claire Armistead – MaddAddam Launch Yesterday saw Margaret Atwood officially launch ‘MaddAddam’ in conversation with Guardian and Observer Books Editor Claire Armistead, and they discussed both the book and the trilogy that […]
Books | EdBookFest: A Talk with Neil Gaiman and Vicky Featherstone
EdBookFest | The Child is Father of the Man: celebrating childhood with Neil Gaiman and Vicky Featherstone A conversation between acclaimed author Neil Gaiman and the Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre, Vicky […]