I recently had the privilege of watching an early press screening of My Plastic Mother (Anak Macan), an Indonesian short film created by Amar Haikal alongside five of his fellow students from the ...
In the past few years, everything seems to have moved at a speed that feels impossible to catch up with. Social, cultural, and literal warfare is taking over the world. The cost of living is ...
“Walk or die” is both the tagline and the basic premise of director Francis Lawrence’s new dystopian adaptation of the Stephen King book, with which it shares the same name. It follows Ray Garrity, a ...
In July, a child passed away in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, after contracting the measles virus. Their death follows a much larger trend in England, with over 650 confirmed cases since ...
The past can be hard to reckon with. So hard, in fact, that some choose to not look back at all and keep moving forward. But what happens when you decide to look back at one of the most divisive times ...
When the final act leaves the stage and the crowds begin their journeys home, festival fields across the UK transform almost overnight into fields of plastic. What was once a sea of people, music and ...
Last month, the world was quietly blessed by songwriting powerhouse Katie Gregson-MacLeod’s newest EP. Katie reflects on a particularly turbulent time in her career, when having just left the safety ...
This August Bank Holiday, I’ll be swapping York for Bristol’s Clifton Downs - press pass in hand - to cover FORWARDS Festival for Nouse. Now in its fourth year, FORWARDS has carved out a reputation as ...
This is a festival that answers the big questions. Why gather 40,000 people in a rural Derbyshire field for the weekend? Why not? Why start the day with the conga-conducting Lancashire Hotpots and end ...
In a statement released on 25 June, the University of York announced the closure of the Centre for Lifelong Learning (CLL), citing the ‘challenging financial climate’ facing higher education. The CCL ...
Telling people I come from Birmingham usually leads to a series of predictable jokes about the quality of my city. While I agree with some of their sentiments, I cannot help but feel pride in my city ...
28 Years Later (2025) was one of my most highly anticipated films of the year, with 28 Days Later (2002) being one of my favourite films of all time. While I do not think that this film quite lives up ...