Gather around heavy metal fans because we’re about to talk about your next favourite album Defy from California’s four-piece Of Mice and Men. After touring Europe and the UK at […]
Category: Arts & Culture
The January Playlist
Hello there, friends! Welcome to the first music update of 2018 from The Yorker. In case you haven’t noticed, the name of the article is not The Weekly Playlist anymore because […]
Women’s enfranchisement 100 years on: How much has really changed?
In February 1918, the government of the United Kingdom passed the Representation of the People Act. This initial step towards full voting rights for women, entitled women over 30 who […]
Interview: Gabi Sklar
If you read the title of the article and the name Gabi Sklar didn’t ring a bell, don’t worry! You’re about to find out more about her in a second. […]
Horrorshow Roundabout: A Short Story
Written in the style of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange. Most of the language is taken directly, while other parts have been created for the purposes of the story. ‘What will […]
Review: Star Wars The Last Jedi
I’ve often wondered what it was like to watch The Phantom Menace in the cinema. Sitting down after so much build up, only to face two hours of VFX fetishism, […]
Review: Paddington 2
This year brings the return of the nation’s favourite marmalade-sandwich-munching bear, Paddington. Three years after the release of the first and surprisingly delightful film, the sequel has charmed the nation […]
The Disaster Artist Review
The Disaster Artist is the story behind the making of The Room, one of cinema’s most popular ‘so bad it’s good’ movies. Dave Franco plays Greg Sestero, a young, handsome budding actor. […]
Interview: Michael Pearce, director of Beast
During Leeds International Film festival, I had the pleasure of seeing Beast, the brilliant psycho-drama starring Jessie Buckley in a bravura performance. The film’s plot, in the words of its director Michael Pearce, […]
Review: Human Flow + Q&A with Ai Weiwei
“Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy.” Nizzar Quabbani, Syrian Poet Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend […]