Issy Flower

The Bristol Old Vic have announced their digital spring season for 2021, featuring workshops, theatre boxsets and cabaret events.

The successful Favourites Box Set has been extended until April 2021, featuring […]

Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema has recently finished its third series on BBC Four. Having explored mainstream genres such as the rom-com and horror in previous outings, the newest three episodes depict a d […]

Sleaford Mods’ front-man Jason Williamson has reignited his feud with IDLES, branding them “terrible” and “harmless idiots”.

Having previously accused the Bristol-based punk band of class appropria […]

Stock Aitken Waterman’s domination of the charts lasted a decade, but the music press’ revulsion towards their work has lasted much longer. Derided as formulaic, cheesy and grating, they have received little ser […]

As a teenager, I spent most of my time watching TV and film that dated between 1958-1990.

These were not the cool, indie programmes that have been endlessly enthused about by hipsters worldwide, but rather […]

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh have announced a new audio venue featuring new works from eight acclaimed playwrights, titled Sound Stage.

Designed by leading theatre-makers […]

Ironically for an album conceived in a womb-like room after a straight run of 350 gigs – according to frontman Charlie Steen – Shame’s Drunk Tank Pink makes you long for the sweaty intensity of a gig, becau […]

Another day, another lockdown. As we enter the UK’s third, and most serious, COVID-19 prevention since March, theatres are perhaps not at the top of our priority list. Unlike in the last lockdown, few theatres w […]

The New Year’s Honours list is often fraught with controversy, not necessarily for those awarded them but for those who are not, and for those who believe that the system itself should be abolished as a relic o […]