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  • During a weekend filled with announcements, trailers, and all of your questions answered at the inaugural Comic-Con@home event, the biggest revelation stemmed from a fan-organised Q&A which saw a hefty accusation […]

  • The process of debate is one of the founding principles of democracy. The notion of ‘debate’ rests upon the fact that bad ideas and toxic points of view can be weeded out using a mixture of logic, evidence, and […]

  • The nominations for September’s Emmy Awards have been announced, with a host of surprise inclusions and omissions offering multiple talking points.

    Netflix has shown that is truly the king of television, b […]

  • What happens when you bring together the two acting legends Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts?

    Apparently you get the rather forgettable The Pelican Brief from 1993. Okay, then – what happens when you b […]

  • As consumers are trying to make their wardrobes more sustainable, it comes as no surprise that fashion brands are making an effort to become more sustainable too. They’re adapting to what their customers want. H […]

  • It’s been well over two months since George Floyd died at the hands of the police. Black Lives Matter (BLM) and anti-racism protests are still taking place globally, with some cities hosting daily demonstrations. […]

  • With Playstation and Xbox dominating the console wars, retro-gaming hardware maker Analogue has seized the opportunity to take on the handheld market, announcing the Analogue Pocket for launch in 2020. […]

  • The wait is finally over. After six years, American rock-band, Delta Spirit have returned with their latest single ‘It Ain’t Easy.’ The release comes in preparation for their upcoming album, which is dropp […]

  • With Netflix’s recent success in The Witcher, it is not surprising that a second season is in development. What is surprising however is that not only is Netflix bringing out an animated film set in the same u […]

  • Amadeus, streamed as part of the National Theatre At Home series, allowed viewers to stream Michael Longhurt’s revival of playwright Peter Shaffer’s story of genius, ambition and jealousy directly into their hom […]

  • Some people need absolute silence to be at peace or to work. Others opt for lo-fi beats, classical piano or white noise to help tune their wandering brains. Lately, however, I’ve discovered a section of YouTube t […]

  • In what can only be described as another notch in the weird and peculiar belt that is 2020, there was recently a multiple hour hostage siege by an animal rights activist with an uncommon request. The hostage […]

  • Alan Menken, the composer and lyricist behind the scores for huge musical theatre shows, such as Little Shop of Horrors, Sister Act and Newsies, picked up an Emmy over the weekend. This has made him only the 16th […]

  • The longlist for The Booker Prize 2020 has just been announced.

    Widely regarded as the UK’s foremost literary award, The Booker Prize recognises the best novel written in English and published in the UK and I […]

  • Trigger Warning: This article contains references to eating disorder behaviours.

    I have always been skinny. For most of my childhood, I didn’t even notice it. I was far more concerned with stuffing party r […]

  • It has been a busy year for Nicolás Jaar. The producer returned to his roots with a mid-tempo industrial noise album in February, before turning that on its head with Cenizas in March. This had always been a […]

  • The Golden Age sets further on the hills of Hollywood with the passing of Olivia De Havilland, at the age of 104. Havilland was one of the few left from Hollywood’s Golden Age, an era of glitz, glamour, heroes a […]

  • After the tragic death of Glee star Naya Rivera, tributes for the actress have flooded in online from friends, family, co-stars and fans.

    Rivera, 33, disappeared on July 8 after taking a boat out onto Lake P […]

  • Actress and creator of Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, has publicly discussed the “the cloud that has crept over” the theatre industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    She has teamed up with the charity […]

  • Caitlin Moran’s outdated feminism of ‘big knickers and girl power’ falls flat in this rags-to-riches-and-back-again adaptation

    Like many, I was over the moon at the news that one of my favourite teenage nov […]

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