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Hattie Banfield wrote a new post 5 years ago

2000s culture has seen a booming comeback in recent years, with appearances ranging from 00s inspired ‘y2k fashion’ to Instagram-bred Bratz doll makeup trends. Accompanying this nostalgia-fuelled cultural ren […]

Madeleine Raine wrote a new post 5 years ago

Scott Silven’s The Journey will return to the Traverse Theatre’s online performance space for one week only next Spring.

This follows a completely sold-out October run of the acclaimed interactive s […]

Emily Withers wrote a new post 5 years ago

New Coronavirus regulations in England mean that London theatres will be allowed to reopen, while many other areas must keep their doors closed. The capital has been categorised a Tier 2 area, meaning indoor […]

Dan Haygarth wrote a new post 5 years ago

Nothing says Christmas like a low-rent British gangster film.
Whether it’s the lack of humour, gratuitous violence or miserable characters, Silent Night is full of festive spirit. Who needs It’s a Wonderful Lif […]

James Gillespie wrote a new post 5 years ago

Many technology products have a limited lifespan before being phased out and replaced with something brand new, and game consoles are no different. In the first edition of an all new Indiependent feature, we […]

Nat Schaefer wrote a new post 5 years ago

Night Network, the eighth album from Yorkshire alt-rockers The Cribs, looked at one point as if it might not be made at all. After the release of 2017’s 24/7 Rock Star S**t, the band left their long-time m […]

Cora Dixon wrote a new post 5 years ago

London Palladium’s new socially distanced production Pantoland will go ahead despite new capacity and tier restrictions.

The new local tier system restrictions will be put in place on the 2nd of December […]

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 […]