Music Reviews

John Paul White – The Hurting Kind Review

Grammy Award winner John Paul White has released his third solo album, The Hurting Kind - a country record that transports listeners back to another time and pl... Read More...

Bear’s Den – So That You Might Hear Me Review

If you were to draw a big Venn diagram featuring Biffy Clyro, Coldplay and Nick Mulvey, smack in the middle of the converging rings you’d find Bear’s Den. That ... Read More...

The Lumineers re-illumine us with the glories of ‘Gloria’

The simple tunes are the hardest to write. That’s what the greats will tell you - ask B.B. King, the Rolling Stones, the Black Keys - heck, even AC/DC. Those so... Read More...

All Tvvins – Just To Exist Review

Irish duo Conor Adams and Lar Kaye, otherwise known as All Tvvins, are pushing boundaries with their second album, Just to Exist. ‘Hell of A Party’ is the openi... Read More...

Lucy Rose – No Words Left Review

The first time I came across Lucy Rose was at a gig in 2011/12 in Plymouth where she supported Noah and the Whale. She was a fresh-faced beauty with a soft voic... Read More...

Pitch Music & Arts 2019 Nails It: A Festival Review

As it turns out, making it to an 8.30am private bus to Pitch in peak hour traffic is harder than I thought. Luckily the organizer told everyone to arrive at 8.3... Read More...

Golden Plains 2019 Review

Ever wondered what it would be like to go to a festival without constant advertising banners and corporate greed staring you in the face? Where you can take you... Read More...

David Gray – Gold In A Brass Age Review

David Gray is back with his eleventh studio album, Gold In A Brass Age. Unlike the English singer-songwriter’s more sombre, introspective earlier records, this ... Read More...

A Day on the Green: Red Hot Chili Peppers Review

It’s coming to the end of summer in Australia but on the 2 March, 2019, the sun was shining brightly, it was a 38 degree day, and it was time to hop on a bus wi... Read More...

Skinny Lister – The Story Is… Review

What is it about folk and punk that makes them go together so well? More interestingly, why is it that you can swap their lead letters and get two different gen... Read More...

Slash tears up the Hammersmith Apollo

It’s a chilly Wednesday evening in west London and to paraphrase Saxon, denim and leather seem to have brought us all together. It’s early, but already a conga ... Read More...

Jungle take Alexandra Palace for their own

It’s a rare and beautiful thing to watch musical meritocracy in action. The death of the music industry was much over-exaggerated in the noughties. It didn’t... Read More...

Film

The Peanut Butter Falcon Review

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood – BFI London Film Festival Review

The Irishman – BFI London Film Festival Review

TV

Sanditon review: One of ITV’s most divisive dramas in recent history

Win Shadowhunters Season 2 on DVD

The 100 season 6, episode 1 review: ‘Sanctum’

Music

Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender Review

Win Runrig’s The Last Dance on DVD

The Lumineers – III Review

Books

Read an extract from I Will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll

Book Review: Happiness, As Such by Natalia Ginzburg

Book Review: Into The Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo