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Set inside the beautiful gothic charms of Islington’s Union Chapel, Frederick Waxman’s Figure present a “historically informed” but wholly present rendering of requiems by Gabriel Faure and Marc-Antoine […]

TikTok virality, a debut mixtape, and one million Spotify listeners later, piri & tommy are back with a unique take on a hyperpop classic. Their latest endeavour sees the Mancunian duo – real names Sophie […]

November 11th saw the release of Redcar aka Chris aka Christine and the Queens aka Héloïse Letissier’s third album, Redcar les Adorables Étoiles (prologue), a steppingstone into a new era, both musically and pe […]

As Bruce Springsteen has moved into the evensong of his nearly fifty-year-long recording career, the tone of his music has softened, as evidenced by the melodic orchestral sound of 2019’s Western Stars. It is n […]

The nominations for The Game Awards 2022 have been announced. In a special presentation, hosted by Geoff Keighley, the shortlist for each category was announced ahead of The Game Awards ceremony on December […]

Trigger Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault and rape. Reading discretion is advised. 

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Writer Rona Munro has achieved success with her award winning series The James Plays that […]

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If there’s one thing the movies get wrong, it’s the circumstances in which the most meaningful emotional revelations happen. You know what I mean: those ‘clouds parting’ moments that force you to see […]

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It’s a fair understatement to say that, historically, criticising the royal family has been one of Britain’s biggest taboos. If one dares to question the dubious actions of a monarch or their relativ […]

Movie Monday: Film Recommendations By Our Contributors

In Safe, Todd Haynes’ 1990s masterpiece, Julianne Moore’s character Carol White is a woman pushed to the very edges of society. 

Her mental illn […]

In the heart of Shoreditch, at an intimate industrial structure known as Village Underground, two hip-hop heavyweights embodied the experimental and boundary-pushing ethos associated with Pitchfork’s annual L […]

Acclaimed Broadway musical director Benjamin Rauhala is coming to Cadogan Hall on Sunday 5 February 2023.

In a new concert entitled Benjamin Rauhala & His West End Besties, Rauhala will be joined by a host of […]

Let me debunk a myth: you don’t have to be a bisexual, veggie-eating, left-leaning, eco-warrior millennial to buy second-hand clothes. Yes, I do happen to fit that description, but I started thrifting way b […]

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is re-opening the renovated Swan Theatre for the first time since the pandemic, for a stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning Hamnet.

Adapted for the stage by […]

A Guide To Birmingham For University Students Labelled as the UK’s second city, it is hard not to see why Birmingham is so popular among students. It holds a […]

I think there’s an important caveat to make before I truly begin my review of The English, which premiered two episodes at the London Film Festival. If someone was to create a TV show to fit in exactly with my t […]

The films I have chosen here are a few of my ‘holy movies.’ These are the ones that stay locked up for years so that watching them will always be a bit like the first time.

Behind them are countless others ( […]

Singer-songwriter Dylan has found the perfect blend of pop-punk and songwriting on her debut new mixtape, The Greatest Thing I’ll Never Learn. 

Following the success of her No Romeo EP released earlier in 20 […]

Avatar is the film that needs no introduction. 

It is the film that seemingly changed the game for modern blockbusters. The film which pioneered a transition in digital 3D cinema. The film that was so […]

It was only when I was shortlisting the films for this article, that I realised how much my family, and specifically my dad, has influenced my love for film. Most of these picks are in some way tied to him, so […]

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Do Ludwig Wittgenstein and Andy Warhol have much in common besides being considered iconoclastic in their respective fields and having surnames that start with the same letter? Martin Crimp seems to […]