Album
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Lost in the Dream is a relatively long album, each song with a running length of over five…
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Published articles
Live music
Bipolar Sunshine at XOYO
The rising group Bipolar Sunshine, fronted by the Mancunian musician Adio Marchant, are an assemblage of different musical…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Movie
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2014: The Mulberry House
Sara Ishaq returned to Yemen’s capital Sana’a in 2011 partly out of an attempt at reconciliation with her…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Musical
Tonight’s the Night at the New Wimbledon Theatre
Undoubtedly Rod Stewart’s vast collection of hits, along with his high-octane style, allow him to fit seamlessly into…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Art
Stephen Willats: Concerning Our Present Way of Living at Whitechapel Gallery
This free exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery offers an interesting insight into the London Docklands area in the…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Movie
Bullet
Bullet is apparently an action thriller, but it may as well have just been re-advertised and refashioned into…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Movie
Looking for Light: Jane Bown
This new documentary by Luke Dodd and Michael Whyte about the photographer Jane Bown focuses upon the great…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Cinema & TV
Nymphomaniac: Interview with actors Stellan Skarsgård and Stacy Martin
Swedish acting veteran Stellan Skarsgård, and the up-and-coming actress Stacy Martin, both of whom star in Lars von…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Theatre
A Conversation with John Travolta at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The crowd were in raptures as John Travolta strutted into this West End theatre for a chat. It…
By Thoralf Karlsen
Movie
Nymphomaniac Volumes 1 and 2
With Valentine’s Day now out of the way, Lars von Trier’s new offering Nymphomaniac negates all that the…
By Thoralf Karlsen