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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

Selena Gomez has been cast as the trailblazing mountaineer icon, Silvia Vásquez-Lavado, in the newest inspirational biopic to hit the silver screen.
The film is said to be based on Vásquez-Lavado’s for […]

I have followed the Eels for most of their career, which has often been a rollercoaster ride through the dark recesses of Mark ‘E’ Everett’s emotional turmoil set to a jangly music box soundtrack. With Earth […]

With the advent of Tinder and other dating apps, the way people meet has changed forever, but how are attitudes towards casual sex changing and what impact will the Coronavirus pandemic have?

Existing […]

It’s summer in Berlin in 2018, and fourteen-year old Nora is about to experience the full ferocity of everything life can throw at a teenager. Including, but not limited to: drugs, periods, dip-dyed hair and h […]

The winners of the 2020 Golden Joystick Awards have been announced.

Like many other gaming events in 2020, this year’s awards ceremony was broadcast on social media, Twitch and YouTube.

The pre-show, h […]

Since its release, the Demon’s Souls remake on the Playstation 5 has been garnering critical acclaim, introducing new players to an underrated classic and providing veterans with polished visuals and quality of l […]

A new and exclusive clip from the upcoming film Come Away, starring David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Caine and Angelina Jolie, has just been released.

Come Away is a fantasy drama reimagining of […]

“Trigger warning.”

The current ubiquity of that phrase has been met with controversy and, in some cases, ridicule. One particularly charming Urban Dictionary user writes that the purpose of trigger war […]

ScAutoTune, a promising lockdown project from Scottish rapper, Kouk, and producer Andra Black (stage name Dubh), is out now. Together, Kouk and Dubh have created an album that exemplifies a raw passion for […]

The Assassin’s Creed franchise has been a constant on the gaming circuit for 13 years following the release of its debut title in 2007, its fortunes have somewhat fluctuated in the years since but it has d […]