Tonight Alive – Cockpit, 11/10/13 Having never listened to Tonight Alive, apart from a few tracks on YouTube in preparation for their gig at The Cockpit, we arrived at the Cockpit not really knowing what to […]
TV | The Face
Sky Living’s new competitive modelling show The Face emerges as the answer to the world’s apparent demand for a terrifying TV hybrid; think America’s Next Top Model cross pollinated with The Voice. The show’s premise […]
Food | Belgrave Music Hall Launch
Where: 1-1A Cross Belgrave Street, Leeds What we ate: Mini Fish & Chips and Stone baked pizza Wednesday 2nd October saw me skipping down to Leeds’ Northern Quarter to attend the opening night of the […]
TV | Boxset Essentials – My So-Called Life
Best for when you need a reminder of how good the nineties were.. For all you retro lovers there is a hugely underrated series. My So-Called Life from 1994 featured Claire Danes (Homeland, Romeo + […]
Books | Charlotte Street
“She closed the door, and I watched the cab move off, tail lights fading into the city, hope trailing and clattering on the ground behind it.” Danny Wallace is a writer, presenter and author of […]
Music | Album Reviews – Justin Timberlake, Glasser, Dizzee Rascal & Sub Focus
Featured Album Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2 (3/5) Like being the younger of two siblings born close together, the second release of a two album project is always going to experience that added […]
TV | Masters of Sex
Why would a woman fake an orgasm? “Usually to get back to whatever it is she would rather be doing,” is the dry response from Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) to Dr William Masters’ (Michael Sheen), […]
TV | The Simpsons
The year was 1989 and possibly the most famous family in the world was about to make their debut on the Tracey Ulman Show. Within three years the show was pulling in 13.4 million viewers […]
Film | Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen's Return to Form
5/5 Stars Blue Jasmine does not just mark Woody Allen’s move away from comedy into drama, it is his very own Grecian style tragedy. His tragic hero, Jasmine, was once a wealthy New York socialite […]
Books | Stoner
When I read that Ian McEwan had praised Stoner by John Edward Williams I knew that I would have to add it to my list of summer holiday reading. I have always admired McEwan’s ability to […]
TV | Boxset Essentials – Band of Brothers
Best for when… You wish to be transported back to World War Two in true Spielberg style Everyone that has seen Band of Brothers only has rave reviews for it, while those who have heard […]
TV | Educating Yorkshire
Most of us were probably at school not too long ago and it’s hard to imagine why any of us would want to watch a fly on the wall documentary about those days. Moments into […]