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Steph Green wrote a new post 5 years ago

What do fictional serial killer Patrick Bateman and I have in common, aside from an encyclopaedic knowledge of the musical ‘Les Misérables’? Our favourite film is Body Double.
Despite its schlocky veneer, make […]

James Gillespie wrote a new post 5 years ago

While many games reach global audiences, there are also many that don’t get that far. In this article we delve into three games from the US that never made it to the UK.

Game One: Mario Super Sluggers […]

Ellen Leslie wrote a new post 5 years ago

2020 has been a bleak year, and we’re all desperately in need of some Christmas cheer! With less than a month to go until the big day, there’s not long to finish buying all of your presents. Whether you’re search […]

Beth Kirkbride wrote a new post 5 years ago

Yungblud’s forthcoming album WEIRD! is self-described as being “like a series of Skins”, but perhaps Misfits is a better TV comparison: his new single ‘mars’ is an anthem for anyone who has ever felt uncomfort […]

Gabriela Page wrote a new post 5 years ago

‘Oh, the virus is spreading because of the students, it’s all their fault’.

It’s all well and good putting the blame on students and slandering their actions, but has anyone actually stopped to think about […]

Ed Brown wrote a new post 5 years ago

Suffering a decade out of power and in dire straits, the Labour party has recently adopted an innovative new electoral strategy. It is a party characterised by division; the boundaries between factions are marked […]

Gabriela Page wrote a new post 5 years ago

Buxton Festival Fringe 2021 will open for entries this year with an improved and easier entry procedure.

The annual festival, which began in 1980, is one of the largest open-access arts festivals in the country […]

Noah Keate wrote a new post 5 years ago

Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell and David Oyewolo are set to star in a new murder mystery film for Searchlight Pictures.
The film will be directed by Tom George, who has previously helmed the award-winning BBC […]

Madeleine Raine wrote a new post 5 years ago

British theatre stars are uniting over Zoom for a one-night only performance to raise money for those in the arts sector struggling through the pandemic.

Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Sir Ian McKellen, […]

Andrew Butcher wrote a new post 5 years ago

They say ‘a dog is for life, not just for Christmas.’ Given the huge surge in ‘pandemic’ puppy sales they may need need a new slogan; ‘a puppy is for life, not just for lockdown.’ Registrations of new puppies jum […]

Beth Kirkbride wrote a new post 5 years ago

I’ve waxed lyrical elsewhere about the brilliance of Taylor Swift’s folklore, so I won’t dedicate too much space to that here.
The indie folk record – released on 24 July 2020, a mere week after Swift told he […]

Paul Dawson wrote a new post 5 years ago

2020 has seen alternative music scenes burst back into popularity. New talent has brought life back into genres such as Emo and Pop Punk, which have dwindled slowly since the early 2000’s. The generation that gr […]

Madeleine Raine wrote a new post 5 years ago

Imagine waking up one day to find out you have a debilitating illness no one knows how to treat or cure. Imagine living with the fear that this could have a detrimental impact upon your whole life. Imagine being […]

Andrew Butcher wrote a new post 5 years ago

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic there have been many uplifting stories of individuals striving to help others. DJs Against Hunger is the brainchild of Liverpool DJ Josh Davies as a campaign raise money for […]

Charity Swales wrote a new post 5 years ago

Anecdotes of the simultaneously idiosyncratic and mundane characters of everyday life pervade the narrative of the latest single ‘Enough is Never Enough’ from Galway band The Clockworks.

With Joycean vig […]

Jack Oxford wrote a new post 5 years ago

DEF NEON are back with War Beats, four years after the release of their self-titled debut in 2016. The North Wales based duo, consisting of vocalist and bassist Emily Gresham and producer and multi-instrumentalist […]

Emily Withers wrote a new post 5 years ago

The UK government this week announced their own ‘Global Screen Fund’ which will partially replace funding from Creative Europe.
The scheme was announced as part of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review on 25 N […]

Beth Kirkbride wrote a new post 5 years ago

Trigger warning: rape, assault

Let’s play a word association game, shall we. If I say ‘model’, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Perhaps you think of a tall, leggy Victoria’s secret model. May […]

Andrew Butcher wrote a new post 5 years ago

“I noticed the sun, first time in months / it seems like it’s actually shining” sings Vic Allen on her new single ‘Healing’. I first noticed Vic Allen many years ago when she was busking on the streets of Norwich […]