At the Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, the Childish Things exhibition prompts a reflection on childhood and its intricacies. Through the variations of settings, the use of tactile imagery and nostalgia, the pieces encourage us to reconnect with those memories and activities we consider to be ‘childish things’. I...
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2025 saw the mystery surrounding the Epstein Files further escalate, with Donald Trump playing a more central role in the ongoing discourse. As is widely known, he has been increasingly linked to the broader scandal involving billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was sentenced in 2019 for sex trafficking involving minors....
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I swear to god, no one tears up like I do while watching Instagram reels about girlhood. My girlfriends are the reason I’m not dead in a ditch somewhere, and they’re also why I can somehow tolerate myself. Whether it’s the friend that goes through the same canon events at...
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In the US, politically motivated violence is dominating the news. Public figures from both sides of the political spectrum have been assassinated in the past year, causing uproar from their supporters. In June 2025, Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman was shot and killed alongside her husband in their home in Brooklyn...
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Jack Thompson interviews Quiet as a Mouse about their upcoming singles and sophomore album.
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Last month, on the 21st of January, the 50th anniversary of British Airways flight 300 was celebrated: this was first passenger flight of the Concorde, a supersonic transport (SST) which had been the fruit of the cooperation between British and French test pilots and engineers since 1962. In that year,...
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The Leamington Transformation Board have released their finalized “concept masterplan” for the pedestrianised Parade. People’s Parade Middle, WCC The board, comprised of authorities including Leamington Town Council, Warwick District Council, and Warwickshire County Council (WCC), released the finalised “Parade Public Realm Concept Masterplan” on January 26. Possibly the most impactful...
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GamesAid is a UK-based umbrella charity organisation which is run by the video game industry. Helping a variety of charities financially, it fundraises through different events, such as charity game sales, game championships, and galas for disabled and disadvantaged young people and children. Members of GamesAid, who all work in...
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I haven’t seen the sun in a month. In fact, it’s raining now. But it is still winter, so what else should we expect? This sort of weather, where it feels like someone has put a grey sheet over the whole sky, is not exactly the most motivating. How many...
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“2026 is the new 2016.” This phrase has been circulating on social media since the beginning of the year as millions of TikTok and Instagram users take a nostalgic look back at 2016. As Zara Larsson’s ‘Lush Life’ returns to the charts, the Snapchat dog filter makes a comeback, and...
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Amelia Farmer interviews James B Partridge about his upcoming tour Primary School Bangers.
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Much is made of Leamington Spa’s North-South divide, since, just like Great Britain itself, Leamington is objectively split into two unanimously accepted halves by an unquestioned, horizontal line. South Leam is characterised by its supposedly superior bus commute, less conventionally ‘idyllic’ housing, and a distinct lack of shops, cafes, or...
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How easy is it to define the eighties? Is it just the policies of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher? The star persona of someone like Tom Cruise? Or do fictional representations like American Psycho and Stranger Things better embody the decade? Emerging at the height of the zeitgeist, whilst simultaneously...
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