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Sian Kissock wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

Amid the news that Glastonbury has been cancelled yet again, co-organiser Emily Eavis has announced plans to still work on Glastonbury-related projects throughout the year—including potential livestreamed e […]

Matthew Prudham wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

Liverpudlian five piece Paris Youth Foundation have released their first single of 2021, ‘The Back Seat’. The track is a sort of sequel to previous singles, ‘Home Is Where The Heart Is’ and ‘Late Night Lost L […]

T.J. Davies wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

It’s dull. It’s academic. It’s pretentious pish-posh. These are some of the stereotypes people associate with literary theory and criticism. Freud is about the only exception to the rule because at least he tal […]

Matthew Prudham wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

Adding fuel to the fire of anticipation of their second LP Who Am I (out 12 February), Pale Waves have released the record’s third single ‘You Don’t Own Me’. A fervent, guitar-driven cut, in just over three minu […]

Charlotte Roszko wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

The Garfield Weston Foundation has awarded grants to over one hundred arts organisations, with a combined total of more than £30 million being distributed across a diverse array of projects.

The Weston […]

Shelby Cooke wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

When David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was released, it was praised as a manifesto to modern feminism. Many critics hailed it as revolutionary in female storytelling. Emily Van Werff at Vox […]

Emily Shepherd wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

Last weekend, BBC Radio 2 celebrated all things musical theatre, playing hours upon hours of the nation’s favourite show-tunes. During the show, musical theatre royalty Elaine Page OBE announced the top twenty g […]

Orla McAndrew wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

The finalists have been announced for the 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Over 160 international pieces were nominated with just 10 making it to the final. The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize celebrates Women+ […]

Cameron Swan wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

Since his debut in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones has been a staple of the pop-culture world. As is always the case with a popular franchise, Indiana Jones saw his fair share of spin-offs (The […]

Maia Flora wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

I see my dad every day. We say good morning and get on with our work for the day. We say good night and go to sleep.

I’m so used to seeing him that I never really noticed that he’d aged.

But that all cha […]

Lauren Taylor wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

The cancellation of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was a blow to its fans. We all sat and wondered: how could a show like Riverdale be renewed for more chaotic seasons, and problematic film series with no […]

Megan Roxburgh wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

BioWare has confirmed the release date for the upcoming remaster of the original Mass Effect trilogy.

Titled Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the collection will include all three games and over 40 DLC packs […]

Yasmin Rapley wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

In Netflix’s latest release, The Dig, Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan star in an account of the historic 1939 excavation at Sutton Hoo. But does the film take liberties with the truth, worryingly erasing the […]

Elisabetta Pulcini wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

Thirty years on from its initial release, Elisabetta Pulcini explores how The Silence of the Lambs both acknowledges and panders to society’s infatuation with serial killers.

Our obsession with depravity isn’t […]

Reem Ahmed wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

TW: sexual abuse

Noée Abita is astonishing in Slalom, a debut feature that harrowingly depicts an athlete struggling with sexual abuse at the hands of her coach.

From the beginning of Charlène Favier’s deb […]

Orla McAndrew wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

To coincide with the previously announced Musicals: The Greatest Show, the BBC have launched a national singalong of ‘Any Dream Will Do’ from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat […]

Madeleine Raine wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

Gabrielle MacPherson’s new play Outside is set to premiere with Minty Fresh Productions later this month.

The production company announced the world premiere yesterday. The new production will be written and p […]

Anna Willis wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

‘Today I can announce that next week we will be introducing a new £800 fine for those attending house parties, which will double for each repeat offense to a maximum level of £6,400. These fines will apply to tho […]

James Harvey wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

After a production spanning seven years with a one-man crew, Jordan Graham’s debut feature Sator is a deeply personal film about supernatural e […]

Chloe Martin wrote a new post 4 years, 10 months ago

As the pandemic takes control of livelihoods once again with lockdown 3.0, multi-level marketing (MLM) beauty companies are thriving. Facebook groups and Instagram DMs are the predatory breeding ground used by […]