We drift between series, movies, video games, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and 24/7 news. Colourful content fills our lives to the point that boredom is almost impossible. But, this was not the case on the moors of 19th…

1991 was the year we were first introduced to the cultural behemoth that was Rugrats, a series that was loved by children and adults alike and would go on to inspire an impressive range of merchandise from video games to comic books.  To…

Eating disorders, depression, insomnia, panic attacks, heart problems and humiliation. Would you accept a high-paying job if these were the risks involved? Many people dream of being an actor. We view them as an unattainable sub-species…

Words Dunnit: 200 years of detective fiction...in an hour Last year Caroline Crampton (of Shedunnit) and I teamed up to create a joint live show, called Words Dunnit: a 200-year history of detective fiction in under an hour. We performed…

In 1985, a low budget horror flick about a demented medical student attempting to bring the dead back to life caused a huge stir among B-movie lovers. No one was prepared for the cult importance that film would inevitably create. Earning…

The job was supposed to be an easy and small one, uncomplicated. Get the doctor to open the steel door to the back room of his shop. Hold up the three criminals counting their earnings in the back. Shoot out the window and race back to camp…

Yakima certainly offer something fresh musically. They’re intriguing, luring you in right from the first note, and their debut EP, Go Virtually, is out on April 3 via Moshi Moshi Records. The title comes from from Japan's "cry rooms", where…

Last Thursday I attended my first live poetry gig since the world went mad. Live, in my kitchen, with slippers on and a beer. For the past couple of weeks, Hollie McNish has been live-streaming her poetry readings. The nights she would have…