In June I went on the trip of a lifetime to the second largest continent in the world, the elephant ear-shaped landmass that is Africa. More specifically, the immense game reserves of Tanzania. Our first […]
An Audience with… Akala.
Last Tuesday, the Union was abuzz for no ordinary guest seminar, with the queue snaking through the Union foyer, not too dissimilar to the ticket queue to get into Fruity on a Friday night; however […]
Music | Auntie Flo @ HiFi 4/10
On what felt like the first properly cold day of post-summer, HiFi harboured a bit of African heat to thaw out those grey-October-evening blues. As Auntie Flo, accompanied by South African multi-instrumentalist Esa Williams, began […]
Photography | Peter Beard – An Opulent Ouvre
Born in 1938, Peter Beard has that rare quality of someone who, according to Owen Edwards, has lived throughout three centuries. Having ‘roots in the 19th century… with insatiable curiosity and assumed privilege of such […]
Film | The Witches – digitally remastered
‘The Witches’, released for the first time in 1966, is the story of Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) as she struggles to deal with haunting memories from her past. The film has recently been digitally restored, and […]
TV: Attenborough’s Africa
David Attenborough has travelled a lot hasn’t he? He’s been to every corner of the world to document nature at its most diverse, eclectic and voluptuous. It seems the only way to cap-off an […]
Dance | Paco Peña: Quimeras
5/5 stars Leeds Town Hall November 19 Paco Peña, one of the world’s most renowned flamenco guitarists, brought his dance company to Leeds Town Hall for his latest show: Quimeras. This scorching hot performance, […]