Live Review: Bear’s Dean

03/11/16 – O2 Academy The first time I saw Bear’s Den was at the Vondelkerk in Amsterdam, June 2015. The … More

Live Review: Local Natives

06/11/16 – QMU  Local Natives make a quiet entrance before jumping straight into the subdued opener of “Past Lives”, but … More

Album Review: Départe – Failure, Subside

[3/5] Départe have found the perfect middle ground of their debut EP on their new album, surrounding itself with noise … More

Album Review: STRFKR – Being No One, Going Nowhere

[4/5] As the title might anticipate, STRFKR’s Being No One, Going Nowhere embraces the uncomfortable yet familiar feeling of not … More

Arts Feature: Spending Just 30 Minutes In A Museum

“Where can I take you, Miss?” the cabbie asked me. “The Archaeological Museum, please,” I responded with a smile.

Arts Feature: The Pros and Cons of Live Screenings

As I take my seat, I can hear the buzz of the audience and the familiar sound of the orchestra … More

Live Review: Wildings + Twelfth Day & Friends

St. Andrews in the Square, 22nd January “As you are aware,” Fiona MacAskill, Wildings’ wonderful fiddle player, tells us at … More

Stealing in the Name of

In recent news, major high-street fashion retailer Zara has been caught stealing independent artists’ designs and using them, without permission, … More

Cultural Connections: Transatlantic Literary Women Series

  The Transatlantic Literary Women Series is a project ran by Dr Laura Rattray and three female English & American … More

Arts Review: Philip Glass’s The Trial

Dir. Michael McCarthy, Theatre Royal, 24th-28th January. Kafka’s The Trial as an opera means combining an absurdist, paranoid novel with … More