Tim Burton is one of America’s most famous directors and producers. His films have been watched by all generations and often include quirky narrative devices, unique animation style and a consistency in use of actors. He spent most of his childhood drawing and watching movies, which inspired him to join...
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Street art has been popularised over the last decade and is becoming a mainstream medium of art. But where do street artists come from? Some may be reformed vandalism offenders, others are anarchist rebels, and a handful are traditional artists in search of a new form. Very few, however, have...
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When the Christmas festivities and busyness can get too overwhelming, there is nothing better than relaxing on the sofa to enjoy a film on the TV. Over the holiday season channels load their schedules with a variety of films, giving a lot of choose from – almost too much. So,...
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At this time of year, there are lots of questions in the air – what will Santa be bringing me? Which members of the family will you see? Is it going to snow? And, if you’re a music fan, what will be the Christmas number one? Being on top of...
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Not everyone is a fan of Christmas, but not everyone hates Christmas either. Some of our beloved literary characters would fit into the festive setting quite nicely, whilst others would probably look incredibly out of place. We’ll begin with the obvious: Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. We...
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What do you know? Not content with offering just one fantastic live and holiday-related instalment of a show I liked (the Inside No 9 Halloween episode), the BBC pulls another one out of the bag. Lee Mack’s family sitcom Not Going Out returned for a live Christmas special that, although...
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The role of the media in shaping popular thought towards race, culture and politics has historically been a topic of contention and controversy from as far back as the 1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, where newspapers depicted the assimilation of ‘windrush’ migrants as a toxic threat to national identity. However, in...
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Sarah Leitch writes about her experience of Christmas being a religious celebration, an event to celebrate the significance of Jesus' birth.
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If I asked you to name one of the greatest actors working today, who would you pick? A choice that may not immediately spring to mind is Michael Keaton, despite him being one of the few actors who never turns in dud performances, and whose range – both acting and...
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‘Tis the season for switching on ITV and finding yourself watching A Christmas Carol again, as you do every single year since the film’s release. While some of us may have read Dickens’ original story, the film featuring Scrooge and the various supernatural visitors he receives has become a Christmas...
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Paranoid that your phone is always listening to you? Research suggests that your phone can learn a lot about you purely from the sound of your voice.
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Nothing gains you notoriety quite like being forbidden. So Iceland found last month with its Christmas advert. The 90 second clip, of a budding friendship between a little girl and an orangutan whose habitat is being destroyed, is succinct and emotive. With Emma Thompson’s reassuring cadences narrating the story, it...
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The link between theatre and racism has been such a huge talking point on the internet for the past few years, that the subject now feels self-explanatory. I seem to read about a new case of an amateur production being whitewashed or casual acts of racism in theatre every week....
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