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Review: The Japanese House at SWG3

26th October 2023

 A shaky yet endearing start to The Japanese House’s UK tour The first night of a tour can go one of two ways for an artist — and for The Japanese House, the first night of their UK tour at Glasgow’s SWG3 seemed to be going badly. For those who don’t know, Amber Bain, the ...


Murder in Osage Nation: a Killers of the Flower Moon review

26th October 2023

Can you find the wolves in this picture? Martin Scorsese once again returns to the big screen with his latest feature, Killers of the Flower Moon. Based on the novel with the same name, the film details the very real and very carefully planned murders of the Osage people. Once again, Leonardo DiCaprio, playing Ernest ...


Book Review: Throne of the Fallen

19th October 2023

Sex, art, and scandal in Kerri Maniscalco’s latest novel. “Unlike in a fairy-tale, the prince who’s coming for Camilla isn’t at all charming. But like all storybook villains, if Camilla isn’t careful, this dark prince just might end up capturing her heart.” Kerri Maniscalco, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, returns to the world ...


The future of cinema etiquette

14th October 2023

There’s nothing like settling down for a film you’ve been waiting to see and the person next to you decides now is the perfect time to check Facebook The summer of 2023 has heralded the return of cinema, as anyone who struggled to fit into a sold-out screening of Barbie, Oppenheimer, or Spider-Man: Across the ...


Is cinema infinite?

14th October 2023

Will we ever run out of ideas for film and television? Viewed from a certain angle, the 3 series of Doctor Who with Peter Capaldi in its titular lead role are all pointing towards one question: what happens when a character, and by extension an entire TV show, is incapable of dying? These final years ...


Why are we still returning to Stanley Kowalski?

13th October 2023

Tennessee Williams’ Stanley Kowalski will always be a classic figure of fiction. Ruby Stirling examines this masculine, violent and good-looking individual and why we return to his image in theatre and film so much. You’d be hard pressed to think of a more distinctive male lead in American theatre than Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ ...


Non-horror film & television for Halloween

13th October 2023

Not a fan of jumpscares and poltergeists? These autumnal tv shows and movies have you covered. Trick or Treat? Treat yourself to the time of year promised to under-the-covers curling of toes and arm stretching yawns, chilling our noses and our hearts with tales of the gothic and the cursed. But for the scaredy-cats, here’s ...


The definite Real Housewives of Cheshire ranking

13th October 2023

Glitz, glam and deceit: these ladies are all showstoppers in one way or another Dorothy was right: there’s no place like home. This adage from The Wizard of Oz surely extends to Real Housewives franchises, too, and while there will always be purists asserting the supremacy and authenticity of Bravo – the network which launched ...


‘Up A Close’, a play by Tina Conway, directed by Victor Kennedy – Review

13th October 2023

Tina Conway explores life in Glasgow from a female perspective. The new Glaswegian play, ‘Up a Close’, written by Tina Conway and directed by Victor Kennedy (playing at Webster’s Theatre), is a moving, realistic, and humorous ode to the female experience in late 20th century Glasgow.  This performance gave the audience a safe space to ...


The best horror for Halloween

13th October 2023

All the best films and TV shows to watch this October This is a magical time of year: cinnamon-based drinks, leaves changing colour, starting back at uni, and people like me excitedly asking if you have ever seen Trick ‘R’ Treat, or the fourth Scream film. October seems to awaken something in a certain percentage ...