

Ian McKellen on Stage: Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU!
After queuing for an hour on a cold morning with other theatre enthusiasts, my sister and I managed to get two seats (for as little as 10...

The 5 Podcasts You Need to be Listening to Right Now
Brush teeth. Pack bag. Grab key. Put on the same playlist as every day and walk out the door. REWIIIIIND. Brush teeth. Pack bag. Grab...


Staging Schiele: Celebrating the Abject Corporeality of an Austrian Artist’s Sickly Subjects
Choreographed by Shobana Jeyasingh and performed by her eponymous contemporary dance company, Staging Schiele is a kinetic celebration of...


Björk is Dead,Long Live Björk
Split into many parts Splattered light beams into prisms That will reunite ~ The Gate (Björk/Arca) For anybody vaguely aware of music as...


Modern Love: A Declaration of Love in all its Forms
Warning, this is one for the sentimental. For the people who love Nora Ephron, Love Actually and the Metro’s ‘Rush Hour Crush’ column....


An American Marriage: A Book Review
An American Marriage tells the story of newlyweds Celestial and Roy. At first glance, they embody the American dream; a young business...


William Blake 1757-1827: Reflections on artworks outside their context
William Blake is an artist that does not have to be introduced to anyone even remotely aware of ‘the classic’ figures of British culture....


The Water Drinkers: Celebrating creativity through the works of Fischetti, Rüdham & Kay-Barry
Set in a townhouse right in the conglomerate of tourists that is Covent Garden, artists Crystal Fischetti, Harry Rüdham & Lee Kay-Barry...


Allora and Calzadilla: Tate Modern gets political in activating "Balance of Power" by Puer
Acquired by the Tate in 2009, Balance of Power (2007) has been recently ‘activated’ at Tate Modern in London. The performance piece...


The Royal Opera House's Manon: The Show Must Go On...
Desire, doomed love and a dodgy knee unfolded on Wednesday night at the Royal Opera House. The ballet in question was Kenneth MacMillan’s...