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Review: Ghostbusters
It is hard to think of a film that was so divisive before anyone had even seen it as 2016’s...
Review: The Neon Demon
Los Angeles, photoshoots, and necrophilia – The Neon Demon has it all. Nicolas Winding Refn has...
Review: Green Room
“Things have gone south,” says a calm and clinical Patrick Stewart. He is speaking to a young punk...
Review: Anna von Hausswolff at The Garage, Glasgow
Later in the night, Refused’s Dennis Lyxzén will say “music is about pushing boundaries.” The...
Secret paedophile groups on Facebook
It is hard to remember a time without the ability to form groups on Facebook. Since their inception...
A perfectly decent proposal
Some people have their proposal planned out far in advance. Some know how it will go before even...
Performance isn’t just for the posh
For the most part, working class kids have one major experience with the live theatre method of...
Review: He Named Me Malala
Getting shot in the head is enough to make most people reconsider their chosen path in life. After...
Review: Spectre
The PR tour for Spectre, the 24th instalment in the James Bond franchise has been a riot, with...
The Tribe: The Film That…Made Me Look Away
The power of cinema lies in the effects films have on people. Films can make you cry, laugh...
How Edward Snowden changed Fresher’s Week
Freshers’ Week is full of odd experiences. Societies on campus you never imagined existed...
Album Review: The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
Some artists pinpoint their winning formula on the first try. Mumford & Sons may be world...
My top 7 albums from female artists
As part of Kettle’s Women’s Season, Scott Wilson picks out his top seven albums from...
Over 2,000 Dead After Being Deemed “Fit For Work”
Without getting too philosophical, the state of the UK in 2015 must surely have us questioning what...
Reviews – do we need them?
Who are you to tell me what I should or should not like? What makes certain sounds better than...
Throwback game of the week: Tomb Raider
I was born in 1991. I was a little too young to ride the wave of grunge or be considered part of...
The success of streaming
Asda was never the place to pick up the latest albums that gave you street cred. It used to be that...
Affluence, abilities, and achievement – is university for...
Sitting in a sociology lecture at university, the professor made what I thought was a sweeping...
Review: Ant-Man
It’s remarkable that eight years on from Iron Man, the film that began this Marvel takeover...