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Hinds have always been a couple of years ahead of their time.

It is nine years since the original ‘Deers’ duo formed in Madrid and six since ‘Bamboo’ made its ripple. The eventual foursome that would become […]

Ruta Sepetys’ Salt to the Sea is a ground-breaking piece of historical fiction that sheds light on a forgotten event in history: the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. The Wilhelm Gustloff was a Nazi hospital s […]

Studio Ghibli has announced that its new project will be Aya And The Witch, based on the children’s book Earwig And The Witch by Diana Wynne Jones. The film is adapted from a story that was penned by the same […]

It’s almost one month since I started reading A Little Life, the Man Booker Prize finalist by Hanya Yanagihara published in 2015. Prior to this, my lockdown reading had been speedy – almost frantic – as I tried […]

Soft blue shirts, ripe peaches, rustling sheet music, urgent kisses.

When Call Me By Your Name was released in 2017, people fell in love with not just the story, but with the very fabric of the filmmaking. […]

Six months in, hope for the new year has all but withered away. In January, America juggled the Israel-Palestine conflict with a messy impeachment trial at home, all the while managing escalating tensions in […]

The first ten pages of a film are of fundamental importance – Jack Roberts explores what Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite does with this all-important slither of time.

In February 2020, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite made h […]

Having won the coveted Booker Prize in 2019, it’s likely the name Bernardine Evaristo has come up once or twice as a book recommendation. If you were still in any doubt over whether to read the outstanding G […]

Since the death of George Floyd on the 25th of May 2020, the world has seen what is being described as “the biggest civil rights movement in history”. Alongside signing petitions, donating, and protesting in a […]

Alexander Payne is one of the most unique directors to emerge in the past 25 years. He has embodied his 7 films to date with a uniquely dark sense of humour and wit, with a heavy focus on characters in crisis […]

Don’t Go Gentle echoes Dylan Thomas’ ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’, an ardent poem encouraging the reader not to go gently into death. The adjective ‘gentle’ connotes as quiet, careful and compliant, […]

It was about one week into lockdown boredom that I found myself scouring the internet for ‘things to do inside’. I unearthed a minefield of listicles suggesting that I do something productive such as clear out […]

Audiobooks tend to divide the masses in the world of literature. With applications such as Audible and Scribd helping with accessibility to books and stories, some adore them. Others, myself included, are not big […]

“I’m sure

Somebody died while

We made love. Some-

Body killed somebody

Black. I thought then

Of holding you

As a political act. I

May as well have

Held myself.”

(‘Stand’ in The Tradi […]

Christina Newland’s essay collection She Found it at the Movies shines a light on a diverse set of voices to reclaim female desire, according to Film News Editor, Steph Green

Women and their desirous response […]

KennyHoopla has come bursting into this fragmented world with intense open eyes and a gaping heart with debut EP how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway? //.

Kenny La’ron is an Alternative and Ind […]

As a young 5-piece shoegaze band, Pastel aren’t letting the pandemic slow them down. Fueled by two Mancunian cousins – the Lead singer (Jack Yates) and rhythm guitarist (James Yates) – an Irish lead guitarist a […]

Scott Howard has a distinctive voice that reminds me of Cat Stevens. Following the success of his previous album Ascended Man, which received over six million streams on Facebook, he’s back with a new EP The L […]

The Brave Faces recently released new single ‘Lots of Nights Out’, which is a brilliant slice of post-punk that evokes a moody yet positive atmosphere. Their production is dark, reminding me of White Lies at the […]