In a world where artists seem to constantly compete with each other for the most show stopping concerts, sometimes it’s nice to strip it back to the basics. Sunday October 14th saw Tom Odell, closely Read more…
For many there is the excitement of their favourite book being made into a film and getting to see the characters come to life. This can sometimes be an issue as the casting has to reflect what the book describes the characters as and getting the right people to play them is difficult. Read more…
After strings of successful performances and a world tour, Winehouse’s alcohol and drug addiction began to catch up with her. Read more…
If one could compare (Tommy Wiseau) to anything, it would be a two-legged chihuahua. You can’t help but feel pity for the poor thing, yet you’re rooting for them all the same, because they’re trying. Read more…
KKB as a band prioritised fun and enjoyment over the mystique of performing and this fits their style perfectly. Read more…
There is a very simple reason why the brilliant detective consistently returns to our screens, particularly in the last 10 years. Money. Read more…
“it is vital for Hamlet’s character to be vulnerable and therefore the actor who plays him must be able to show their emotions” Read more…
It’s follow-up Post, released in 1995, built upon the sound of Debut, embellishing the dance-pop production with harsher electronics and beats, and bringing to listeners a more angry, passionate, and more powerful Bjӧrk, one that would further flourish as her career continued. Read more…
The concept of ‘choose your own adventure’ has been tried and tested for years in video games and has found to be very successful. Generally referred to as roleplaying games or RPGs, players are taken on a journey from building their own character to choosing how they handle difficult situations and how their decisions ultimately change their character’s fate. Read more…
What truly elevates ASIB compared to its modern rivals is surprisingly simple. They casted people who could actually sing. Read more…
Insatiable’s message is that even if you outwardly ‘fix’ your problems, in this case, by becoming skinny, everything under the surface still remains. Read more…
Cartman is a parody of the typical ‘Woke’ individual. He engages in insincere virtue signalling to prove that he is not a racist, despite having not said anything racist. Paradoxically, his reduces Token to his race identity by assuming that all black people think collectively. Read more…
The redemption from this is undeniable though as Wayne drops Uproar, a diss track fuelled with a fiery passion. Sampling the beat from ‘Special Delivery’ by G-Dep, Wayne tells his enemies to beware of him. Many are speculating that the biggest enemy in question is Birdman, CEO of Cash Money records with whom Wayne had the legal battle. Read more…
Similarly, one can see how O’Conor begins to discard the styles of Impressionism. Instead, he focuses on the emotions that pervade a painting and how that can change its direction. Within this room, we can see when O’Conor truly embarks into Post-impressionism territory alongside Gauguin. Read more…
(He) hammers home the point that depression and anxiety do not pick and choose who to affect. Being rich or successful is not an immunity against mental health problems. Read more…
The film is reminiscent of the thriller “Gone Girl” and has enough to fill viewers expectations. Emily won’t answer Stephanie’s calls or text messages so Stephanie takes to her blog to begin investigating Emily’s sudden disappearance. Read more…
For busy students, online clothes shopping is a lifesaver. Gillain Hogan finds out where to get the best value for money.
With shows depicting mental illness it can oftentimes be a double-edged sword of sorts, it seems that these shows either address the issue of mental health very successfully or miss the mark completely.
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There is one tanned and collagen filled outlier known as Love Island, which dominated the last couple of summers, consistently smashing ITV2 rating records. Read more…
We root for our murderous hero throughout the movie as his actions are on the side of justice. Read more…
The beauty of the arts is that it allows its audience to interpret concepts in whatever manner they wish to. It inspires creativity, what happens after the story ends is up to the reader to imagine. By telling a story, you are allowing others to interpret it in whichever way they wish to Read more…
When the light flashes and suddenly all paintings have diminished, the audience is met with the stark reminder that they have been walking around a grey room. The projectors had given the illusion that they had been on an ethereal adventure. Read more…
This generations ‘instapoets’ are a breath of fresh air for an artform that seemed to be dying. Many young people can no longer relate to the heavy poetry of the likes of John Keats of whom they may have studied laboriously throughout their secondary school education. Read more…
The grammy nominee isn’t one to shy away from sharing his political and cultural views, especially in his recent EP. In the song “Nina Cried Power”, the track draws on protest music from the American civil rights movement. Read more…
“There’s a juxtaposition to our work, we have an idea, go off on our own and come back with completely different angles.” He says, “It leads to an interesting contrast where the music is really upbeat and energetic but then the lyrics are super grim”. Read more…
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