2018

The legendary (if overused) tale of Robin Hood is back again in Otto Bathurst’s latest directorial adventure, featuring the skilled archer as he battles to save his land from the cunning leadership of the deceitful Sheriff of Nottingham…

Warning: Spoilers abound for the Netflix adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House. In the finale of Mike Flanagan’s brilliant new 10-part adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, the youngest of the Crain family – the recently deceased…

Earlier this week, one of Britain’s leading ladies and star of the big screen, Emma Thompson, received a damehood from Buckingham Palace for her services to drama. Joined by her family and fellow recipients, Thompson dazzled in a navy…

Essence of the supernatural and paranormal have been around for centuries: ghost sightings, the unholy and even the odd poltergeist. The film industry has been no stranger to this element of our supposed afterlife, with films such as The…

Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant serve up fancy but faithful renditions of some of their most cherished works for album number thirteen. Sam Lambeth reviews.

In Henri Lefebvre’s book, the Critique of Everyday Life, there is a chapter entitled Notes Written One Sunday in the French Countryside. Here, he details the idea of ‘festival’ in medieval French peasant culture. He identifies a Bacchic…

I’ve always been an optimist. Glass half full? Absolutely. Do your best and that’s all that matters? Of course. There’s a bunch of books currently on the market that promote this sort of thing, from well-being and mindfulness to the…

Manchester’s great goth hopes may paint it black, but there’s a blindingly brilliant sheen to their debut EP. The best new band in the country? They are so much more than that. Sam Lambeth reviews.

Jack Hollis runs us through some of the releases music fans can look forward to in 2018.