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The Wytches: Making Noise in the Age of the Machine
Photo by Steve Gullick courtesy of After Hours PR My Thursday evening during reading week was not spent reading, but rather spent following The Wytches around on the final night of their UK tour at The Dome . As this was my first interview with Strand’s Music column and the Northern line was predictably unpredictable, my solo journey to Tufnell Park was undeniably chaotic. Between frantic texts to co-editor Mahak about my ETA, I received a casual message from the band’s mana
Hannah Breen
Nov 15, 20259 min read


Man's Best Friend And Why The Album Cover Actually Doesn’t Work
Image courtesy of Raph_PH under CC-BY-4.0 via Creative Commons Sabrina Carpenter's seventh studio album, Man's Best Friend, had a highly anticipated release following the roaring success of her previous record, Short n' Sweet . However, the singer faced a barrage of backlash after revealing the cover art of her newly announced record in which she stood on her hands and knees whilst a faceless suited man pulled at her hair. While some critics deemed the cover politically tone
Dema Raye
Nov 13, 20256 min read


Album Review: Vicious Delicious By Luvcat
A review of Luvcat's debut album, Vicious Delicious.
Mahak Naddafi
Nov 8, 20253 min read


The Psychedelic Furs: Live At The London Palladium 2025
A live review of British New Wave icons, The Psychedelic Furs, performing their 2025 London tour date.
Mahak Naddafi
Nov 8, 20253 min read


How Cinematic Language Conveys ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’s Message: Slowly, Subtly, and Strongly
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) acts as a cautionary tale toward complacency. The psychological drama centres around Randle McMurphy’s (Jack Nicholson) occupancy in an Oregon psychiatric ward; his navigation of its unshakeable rules and systems leads to a plethora of incidents, sometimes intense or comedic, sometimes hopeful or hopeless.
Darina Babacheva
Oct 30, 20255 min read


The Thing With Feathers: Life, Death, And The Things In Between
I would like you to imagine that you are a middle-aged man with two young boys who has just lost his wife and the mother of his children. Now sprinkle in your inability to parent and grieve synonymously, what would that produce?
Zarah Hashim
Oct 25, 20255 min read


The House Of Mirth: The Remastering Of A Legacy
Davies’ legacy lives on through his art, and the BFI fosters that legacy as it commemorates him through the re-release and remastering of his works. We had the privilege of being invited to watch the first in this series: The House of Mirth.
Zarah Hashim
Oct 24, 20255 min read


Lee Miller At Tate Britain
Review of Lee Miller's new retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain
Theodora Exarchos
Oct 22, 20255 min read


Murder And Marigolds At NBC’s Grosse Pointe Garden Society
A murder mystery set in the affluent town of Grosse Pointe, the show follows four characters trying to win the championship for the best garden in the city.
Aleesha Naqvi
Aug 28, 20253 min read


‘Dans La Cuisine Des Nguyen’: The Highs And Lows of Musical Theatre, Mothers & More!
Dans la Cuisine des Nguyen, or In the Nguyen Kitchen, is French director Stéphane Ly-Cuong’s incredible first film which discusses themes of identity, rootlessness and belonging.
Zarah Hashim
Aug 16, 20255 min read
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