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Danni Scott wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

There is no doubt that the way we, the British public, interact with the doctors has changed since COVID-19 hit. Things we may have normally gone to our local general practitioner (GP) for might now be relegated […]

Lucy Lillystone wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

A pantomime production of Aladdin has come under fire this week, with many accusing the directors of “casual racism” after they cast two white people as ‘The Chinese Policemen’ in an already all-white cast. […]

Ben Jamieson wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

2017 was the worst year of my life. Having finished college with A-levels a hair’s width from failure, I decided that my best bet would be finding a programming apprenticeship with the little knowledge I had […]

Talya Honebeek wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Title: Sorry I’m Late I Didn’t Want To Come

Author: Jessica Pan

What I Think So Far: To most, the idea of performing stand-up comedy or travelling solo is probably a scary prospect. To introverts, this is […]

Ellie Muir wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Chronic vulva pain is shrouded in stigma and silence, and until recently, the TV industry was perpetuating this through the glamorisation of perfect, vaginal penetrative sex on screen. Painful sex is typically […]

Andrew Butcher wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Prior to listening to Middle Child I was unfamiliar with Eliza Jaye, so I approached the record with a curious mind. Forty minutes and eleven tracks later my curiosity was piqued further as I stepped out of the […]

Orla McAndrew wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

It has been announced that The Nuffield Southampton Theatres’ city venue Studio 144 will reopen under a new name and new management.

The Southampton City Council agreed to a bid by the Mayflower Theatre Tr […]

James Hanton wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

The UK might not be crumbling under a second wave of coronavirus cases (not yet anyway), but it is beyond doubt that we are seeing a spike. Localised lockdowns have occurred in areas like Greater Manchester, […]

Mischa Alexander wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Alexandra Palace Theatre have announced that they will be hosting a production of the musical Sunset Boulevard on the 25th of October.Penned by Webber in 1993, and telling the story of a fading star in the golden […]

Lewis Oxley wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Manchester Legends New Order are back with their first material for five years. The track, ‘Be a Rebel’, is the band’s first release since their comeback album Music Complete in 2015.

This track reminds us of […]

Noah Keate wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

The New Vic Theatre in Staffordshire is reopening its refurbished auditorium for audiences to enjoy new performances.

Artistic director Theresa Heskins stated that “the New Vic hasn’t been closed over the su […]

Sam Gilder wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, the majority of the public are obeying social distancing measures, wearing a mask where necessary and generally behaving as the government suggests we […]

Meghna Amin wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

London’s National Theatre is set to reopen next month with a pantomime production. Only the second pantomime in the National Theatre’s history, Dick Whittington will be staged in a remodelled, soc […]

theindiependent wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

I did not discover that I suffered from vaginismus until I was in my twenties, and prior to that realisation I had never even heard of the disorder before. I suffer from primary vaginismus, and with a relatively […]

Eliza Lita wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Title: I Was Born For This

Author: Alice Oseman

What I Think So Far: Alice Oseman’s third novel, I Was Born For This explores the two sides of extreme fandom, following Angel, whose perceived life purpose i […]

Jack Roberts wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

With the festival circuit and the film industry as a whole attempting to adapt and steadily pick up the pieces following wide-spread lockdown, Chloé Zhao’s second feature has been teased with a trailer lasting le […]

James Reynolds wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Muddy Waters’ 1950 arrangement ‘Rollin’ Stone’ spawned inspiration in Bob Dylan and in the Rolling Stones before the magazine, and between these four a two-thousand-year-old saying made an unlikely home in rock […]

Andrew Butcher wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

As the film made its debut at the 77th Venice Film Festival, the world got a first look at the movie with a 49 second clip.

In the short taster of The World to Come, we see the two leads—Katherine Waterston ( […]

Megan Roxburgh wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

Sony has announced more details about the upcoming release of the PlayStation 5.

Revealing the details in an online presentation, Sony also gave fans a look at some of the titles that are in development for […]

Orla McAndrew wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago

2020 has not been a good year for the arts (or for anyone really!). We have seen British theatres being closed for over six months, with many of their workers being left on furlough or made redundant. However, […]