Album
Black Country, New Road – For the First Time
Black Country, New Road’s first two singles, Sunglasses and Athens, France, prompted sensational reviews from major names in…
By Daniel McLeodCulture
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Movie
Feast
Grainy video close-up of gyrating flesh, a pulsing soundtrack: Tim Leyendekker’s IFFR Tiger Competition entry Feast begins with…
By Ben Flanagan
Movie
A Nightmare Wakes
A Nightmare Wakes is the second Mary Shelley biopic of recent years, following Haifaa Al-Mansour’s (Wadjda) mediocre fact-based drama Mary…
By Musanna Ahmed
Opera
We Ask These Questions of Everybody by HERA Online
For many people, staying at home for long stretches of time and being confined to a restricted space…
By Mersa Auda
Musical
Chickenshed Theatre: Peter Pan YouTube premiere
Once again Chickenshed Theatre are breaking the boundaries of modern theatre, as they have been for the past…
By Yanina Hope
Live music
The Cinematic Orchestra at the Southbank Centre
Films are not the only cinematic venture adapting to lockdown: The Cinematic Orchestra’s debut performance at the Southbank…
By Dan Meier
Food & Drinks
Spotlight: Vanessa Vaz on being a young restaurateur of colour striving for diversity and community spirit
With the aim of promoting a food industry that is sustainable and diverse, The Upcoming has launched a new…
By Lilly Subbotin
Album
Celeste – Not Your Muse
After topping the BBC’s prestigious Sound of 2020 poll at the start of last year, Celeste was all…
By Mark Worgan
Album
Goat Girl – On All Fours
Young quartet Goat Girl are named in homage to cult comedian/latter-day anti-capitalist prophet Bill Hicks’ horny alter ego,…
By Jessica Wall
Movie
Burning Man (Gritt)
Burning Man is about the process of a troubled artist, Gritt (Birgitte Larsen), who returns to the local…
By Musanna Ahmed