I’ll be honest- this particular blog post is focused on a LOT of wine and food in Bordeaux. So if this isn’t really your thing, feel free to click away from this page now. If you’re keen to find out more about what you can gorge yourself on in Bordeaux post-lockdown, read on. Like so… Read More A Trip to Bordeaux
I never really possessed an aptitude for science at school. I was interested in aspects of it (mainly in blowing things up and setting fire to anything I could lay my hands on) but as I’ve got older, I’ve developed a bit of a passion for it. So much so, I’m now becoming a little… Read More Free Culture Spots: Manchester Science Festival, Distortions in Spacetime
While the galleries and exhibitions of major cities may so easily draw the eye, it’s important not to overlook the smaller players in the UK’s art scene. So for this particular edition of our culture spot series, we’ll be paying some much-deserved attention to a wonderful little gallery in the heart of Gloucestershire. The Wilson… Read More Free Culture Spots: The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery
In the second thrilling edition of our culture series, we’ll be heading down to the capital to suss out the cream of the culture crop. And while there’s an almost endless array of stunning venues to choose from, I couldn’t help but be drawn to the UK’s most iconic gallery- Tate Modern. Tate Modern opened… Read More Free Culture Spots: Tate Modern
Blade Runner is a film very dear to both myself and Alexander alike. From the first time we met, it quickly became apparent that we hold a mutual love for this cult sci- fi classic, and its magnificent new counterpart- we spent a fair amount of time discussing our favourite scenes at length, excitedly relaying… Read More Perspectives: Alexander Ward Photography and Blade Runner
‘The artist is the creator of beautiful things. All art is at once, surface and symbol’. It was Oscar Wilde who captured the concept of aestheticism so elegantly in his most famous work, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Centring upon the idea that art exists for sheer beauty alone, aestheticism became a powerful artistic and… Read More Perspectives: Alexander Ward Photography
Curated by Matthew Higgs and John Savage, this exhibition explores the continued legacy and influence of both Joy Division and New Order, through the abundance of visual art inspired by their music. The original band was formed in Salford by Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner in 1976, along with Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris. Becoming… Read More Manchester International Festival: True Faith
When I first decided upon Riga as my next city break, I was at once bombarded by confused, even disdainful reactions from family, friends, and colleagues alike. ‘Where the fuck is Latvia? And why are you even going?’ From this eloquent consensus, it soon became apparent that Riga was perhaps viewed as a more unusual… Read More Welcome to Riga
By Dan Norman One of the overlooked consequences of Hollywood’s addiction to making big-budget franchise films is that it seemed to have made villains compulsory. Even when the duelling behemoths of Marvel and DC made a big deal out of pitting their A-list superheroes against each other earlier this year, both films made sure to… Read More The Good, The Bad & The Spike Lee
By Dan Norman There’s a theory extrapolated upon by Asher Gelzer-Govatos that over the last decade the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have changed their filmmaking process. This theory hypothesises that Coen films, like the brothers themselves, now should be viewed as pairs wherein the Coens tell the same story twice in succession –… Read More Remake through genre – Inside Llewyn Davis is A Serious Man
The Finer Things Club 