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Pre-pandemic, I’d never considered settling down on a Sunday evening for Channel 4’s The Great Pottery Throw Down. But having finally taken up crafting and buying myself a budget sewing machine – three loc […]

She may only be 24, but in the last six years, Yasmin Benoit has made her mark on the world. She’s flourished in her modelling career, risen to become a prominent activist for the asexual community and, amongst i […]

Reading Borough Council has played down suggestions that Reading Festival will go ahead this summer.

After the government announced they hope to lift all remaining restrictions by 21 June at the earliest, […]

During Lockdown III: The Crappening, you may find yourself bored and in need of some light entertainment to distract you from the heavy burden of ‘these unprecedented times’ – something to guide you towards the l […]

Many UK students hoping to embark on their year abroad are instead stuck in this constant limbo – will we go or won’t we? And at the moment, it sadly feels like the latter due to the aftermath of Brexit and COV […]

Channel 4’s Gogglebox first aired in 2013, the show that features recurring British couples, families, and friends sitting in their living rooms while watching and commenting on TV. As a viewer you’re wat […]

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is brilliantly irreverent and funny, yet Southon’s authoritative tone is ever present. Covering a range of Roman murders—be it domestic, political, or even mag […]

Released on 11 March 2011, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? was the start of a new era of indie music across the UK. Its predecessors, such as Arctic Monkeys’ Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, […]

The Theatrical Guild (TTG) has announced that its fundraising appeal, in partnership with Sir Ian McKellen, has raised £79,734 for out-of-work theatre workers.  

Sir Ian donated £40,000 from his 80th bir […]

TV presenter Stephen Colbert will be reuniting cast members of the Lord of the Rings saga, in three special editions of post-screen conversations.

Starting on 25 March 2021 and continuing over a three-week […]

As we still have to wait a while until we can step inside a salon again, many of us are turning to social media for DIY beauty recipes to use in lockdown. Sugaring, a method of hair removal dating back to the […]

New York production company Level Forward has acquired the rights to turn Walter Tevis’ novel The Queen’s Gambit into a stage musical. 

The novel, released in 1983, centres on one young girl’s rise to chess […]

You’re History is an ode to the “off-putting” women in music. Lesley Chow sets out to understand what is compelling about twelve of the “strangest” women in the industry; women who don’t always put you at ease […]

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Kelly Reichardt’s highly-anticipated drama arrives in the UK, a year on from its resounding Berlin appearance.

In a career spanning nearly 30 years and six feature films, Kelly Reichardt’s latest mi […]

The producers of the hit production Priscilla, Queen of the Desert have announced plans for its UK tour to restart in June.

Mark Goucher and Jason Donovan first staged the show in September 2019, but had to […]

The meeting place for the 2020 International Womens’ Day march was the Palace of Culture (PKiN), in Warsaw. This is a 237m tall remnant of the communist era known locally as Stalin’s Penis. There could be fou […]

Sweden met Zara Larsson at a mere ten years old as she sailed through her home country’s version of the ‘Got Talent’ shows. She’s now three—two international—full-length releases from then; at only twenty-thre […]

Ginny & Georgia is a really frustrating show. It begins badly, mellows out to fine, and then starts to become enjoyable. However, despite flashes of brilliance, it is trying to be and do far too many things, and […]

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Marvel’s latest offering is a deep dive into the most powerful human emotions, with plenty of supernatural and superhuman elements thrown in.

*Spoilers ahead *

For the last n […]