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Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! TV Editor James Nash dives into the hit BBC One crime-drama, Happy Valley…

Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley is not just bleak – it’s violently bleak. B […]

From the opening shot of the far-too-drunk Carey Mulligan alone in a club to the neon lights and orchestral version of “Toxic” playing in the background, Promising Young Woman  declares itself immediately as an […]

Thrillhouse released their debut song ‘One of These Days’ earlier this month. It has got exposure from John Kennedy on Radio X and listening to it, you can see why they’re tipped for big […]

Fake Swans have gained a reputation for writing dark, moody rock songs. They’ve been played on BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing Lincolnshire, as well as gigging all around London.

The band swapped their […]

Pretoria are influenced by the likes of Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Oasis. Vocalist/bassist Rob Gullet and guitarist Josh Bilisko bonded over a love of Nirvana. Once drummer Ben Dewitt was drafted in, the band […]

It’s hard to ignore the media circus around this year’s election, and I say this year because they seem to be an annual thing now. Focus has been locked on the two main party leaders Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Joh […]

Dear Evan Hansen… That was a brilliant production, and here’s why.

Poster for Dear Evan Hansen.

Following the eponymous Evan Hansen after the death of a fellow student, Dear Evan Hansen is a stunning d […]

Abigail Williams are a black metal band who have always seen themselves as outsiders. On their comeback album Walk Beyond the Dark, they infuse a captivating atmosphere with a melodic edge. Listening to it feels […]

Nowadays, if a film does well it seems within two minutes there’s a sequel announced. This year’s psychological supervillain drama Joker has not been spared this increasingly commonplace studio bullshit. Ear […]

If, like me, you devoured the hit podcasts Serial and S-Town and are in desperate need of new material to support your growing career as a detective, fear not. The podcast boom is still well and truly rev […]

In the war between information and misinformation, by far the greatest weapon of all is mass media. A media that, unfortunately, more and more frequently is being utilised for the spread of misinformation of not […]

There is no question that Elon Musk currently ranks among the most influential billionaires of the 21st century. Among the likes of Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Musk has managed to carve himself out […]

Since 2010, Disney has slowly been releasing more and more ‘live-action remakes’ of its classic films. In the wake of 2019’s The Lion King, and with Mulan (2019) soon to be making an appearance on our scree […]

The first announcement from the prestigious Toronto Film Festival has just dropped, and there are some huge names and hotly-anticipated films on the list. The festival is one of the largest in terms of attendance, […]

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For a show that so heavily features ‘the Upside Down’, the third season of Stranger Things surprisingly treads familiar ground, and not always for the better. It’s evident that the show’ […]

Five years since Gone Girl? And still no new movie? How come, David Fincher?

The memes pining the film director’s absence can finally be put to rest, as the beloved David Fincher has finally announced details […]

Whether you love them or you loathe them, the British Royal family are a staple of the cultural and historical fabric of the United Kingdom. Throughout the vast political and social turmoil accompanying the […]

The sea of blue display pictures on both Instagram and Twitter have caused much confusion over the past couple of weeks, and with the UK media reporting the absolute bare minimum on the Sudanese crisis, it’s e […]

Devolver Digital has released its 2019 E3 presentation. Moving away from a live stage show, the company took a more unique route to present their upcoming games. During the presentation – which took inspiration f […]

This week, a Boston-based group, Super Happy Fun America, applied for a permit with the City of Boston to host a ‘Straight Pride Parade’, so named because, as the group believes, straight people are amongst an opp […]