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Fever Dreams Pt. 1 – 4 (Johnny Marr) – music review

While it’s only natural to look for echoes of The Smiths in Johnny Marr’s solo work, he was only with…

Nothing (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

Pierre Anthon is a massive thorn in the backside of his classmates in year 9. Just one utterance changed their perspective…

The Heretic (Liam McIlvanney) – book review

Liam McIlvanney’s first Duncan McCormack book The Quaker won the 2018 Scottish Crime Book of the Year. In The Heretic…

Miss Marx – movie review

Early on in Susanna Nicchiarelli’s Miss Marx, the writer-director makes it clear she considers her subject to be a kind…

New music round-up (for w/e 4 March 2022)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 4 March 2022. GRAMMY-nominated…

Phantasmagoria (Theatre Works) – theatre review

One of the most creative and mind challenging works I have seen, Phantasmagoria revisits the past in order for the…

FTHC (Frank Turner) – music review

Frank Turner has always been a punk rocker at heart, even his “folk” albums are roiling with punk attitude and…

Stay Woke (Malthouse Theatre) – theatre review

Political correctness and sibling rivalry get a decent working over in Stay Woke, the brainchild of Aran Thangaratnam. Sai (Kaivu Suvarna)…

The Batman – movie review

In Matt Reeves’ dark vision, The Batman, Gotham City is a cesspool of evil and corruption. For two years Bruce…

Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner (La Boite) – theatre review

Award-winning British playwright Jasmine Lee-Jones’ provocatively-titled Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner appropriately begins in iPhone lighting. Newly-single student Cleo…