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  • Welsh author, Rhiannon Lewis, best known for her debut novel My Beautiful Imperial has become the first UK writer to win the prestigious William Faulkner Literary Prize for her new short story.

    The win was […]

  • Mancunian Lucy Deakin has started making waves in the world of modern pop. Writing and recording everything in the bedroom of her producer and songwriting partner Karl Ziegler, she’s already been on several of S […]

  • It’s fair to say that the world’s a mess right now. I doubt anyone would argue with that statement, and I don’t need to tell you why. Perhaps that’s why, as society threatens to crash and burn around us, we need […]

  • Any Literature student worth their salt will have Roland Barthes’ ‘The Death of the Author’ tucked into their back pocket, waiting for it to be pulled out at any moment: midway through an exam, when picked on i […]

  • Kat Smith wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago

    Introducing: Maala

    Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand

    Listen to: ‘Water Overhead’, ‘Crazy’, ‘Better LIfe’

    When Evan Sinton auditioned for New Zealand’s Got Talent with an acoustic guitar, floppy heart- […]

  • The National Theatre has announced the release of a new podcast series launching on the 28th September. 

    In That Black Theatre Podcast, Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded PhD student Nadine Deller […]

  • I Put A Spell On You and Pastel Blues by Nina Simone are being reissued on vinyl this November. The two renowned albums were first released in 1965 and each feature some of Simone’s most poignant and iconic […]

  • *PLEASE NOTE: This article contains subject matter such as suicide and depression that may be triggering. If you are suffering, please seek help from a professional.*

    *This article also contains spoilers for […]

  • It was third time lucky for Michael Kiwanuka on Thursday, as he claimed the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Music Prize with his self-titled album Kiwanuka.

    Although the folk and soul singer was the bookies favourite to […]

  • On June 11 2020 was the date when news of the anime series Shaman King bomb dropped. Safe to say, nobody saw it coming.

    It has been a desire for many nostalgia enthusiasts to re-experience such glorified […]

  • Amazon Prime Video has released a trailer for upcoming horror movie Evil Eye, produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Jason Blum.

    Adapted by Madhuri Shekar’s audio play of the same name, Evil Eye examines t […]

  • The filmmaker wrote that she is “f***ing exhausted.”

    The news that Ron Howard is making a film based on Chinese pianist Lang Lang’s memoir, Journey of a Thousand Miles, only broke a few days ago. However […]

  • Wise Children, a company created and led by Emma Rice, present Romantics Anonymous, streamed from Bristol Old Vic to living rooms everywhere.

    Based on the 2010 French-Belgian film Les Émotifs Anonymes, this p […]

  • Freshers’ week. The first steps of freedom for students across the country. It has a reputation for providing some of the messiest, yet most memorable nights out, and marks the beginning of an undergraduate’s u […]

  • The Lowry Theatre in Salford, Greater Manchester, is to reopen with two socially distanced shows this November and December. 

    From November 27th until January 10th 2021, the theatre will play Six, about the […]

  • Monsoon is the perfect kind of film for those who love an emotionally-intelligent slow burn—and it doesn’t hurt that the main character is played by a man as beautiful as Henry Golding.

    However, Golding esc […]

  • This week saw the announcement of a new economic scheme from the Chancellor that seeks to save job losses throughout an anticipated winter of strict restrictions and economic downturn. As the theatre and live […]

  • Known for its beautiful azure-blue water giving it its name, the Côte d’Azur has a reputation of being the go-to travel destination of the rich and famous. Stretching from Cassis to Menton near the Italian bo […]

  • The ingenious product of a partnership between Billie Piper, treasured by many for her role as Doctor Who companion Rose Tyler, and Lucy Prebble, writer on HBO’s Succession, I Hate Suzie showcases the success […]

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