A train pulls into a Northern Town and another stranger goes missing on the Moors… At a glance, the opening episode of the BBC comedy series The League of Gentlemen feels like something straight out of 1970s horror, both real and imagined. The presentation of the outsider encountering the strange...
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If we are to understand anything about the horror genre, it’s that its priorities lie, more often than not, in wanting to scare the audience. Understandably so, the genre has developed around its defining feature and has attempted to maximise its selling potential in this regard, but it’s hard not...
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“How do I feel? Empty? Check. Scared? Check. Alone? Check. Just another ordinary day.” – Mark Corrigan, 2007. There’s nothing quite like Channel 4’s Peep Show, a series that’s equal parts comic and tragic (in the traditional sense). As a certified cult-classic, it never achieved high ratings in its time,...
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On Sunday, 7 September 2025, Pope Leo XIV made history as a crowd of 80,000 gathered in St. Peter’s square to celebrate the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, the Church’s first Millennial saint. During the open-air Mass, “God’s influencer” was granted sainthood alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati (a twenty-four-year-old Italian who died...
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The cornerstone of all travel journalism has always been destination advice: from familiar favourites to hidden treasures, consumers can gain trustworthy advice on where and where not to go. Even social media, though less highbrow, now offers travellers fairly valuable insights that can influence their next trip abroad. Therefore, if...
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