Wolf Alice evolve and experiment with great success on ‘Blue Weekend’
Ishraq Subhan reviews 'Blue Weekend', the landmark new release from Wolf Alice.
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Pax Americana: Video Games Edition
Following several acquisitions of British studios by American corporations, Ishraq Subhan questions what this means for the wider UK games industry.
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‘TYRON’ review: Slowthai’s exceptional sophomore outing
Ishraq Subhan reviews 'TYRON', British rapper Slowthai's excellent sophomore effort, providing an in-depth and raw look at his mental health.
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The impact of colourism on beauty standards
Ishraq Subhan writes about the harmful impact and roots of colourism, reflecting on his own experiences and how colourism perpetuates racist beauty standards.
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Back to the future: are cassettes making a comeback?
With cassette sales increasing last year, are we seeing a comeback in physical ways to consume music?
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‘Dutch From The 5th’ review: Dutchavelli’s exceptional moments battle with filler tracks
It would be an understatement to say that Dutchavelli has become the star of the UK drill scene. Dropping explosive tracks, including ‘Only If You Knew’, ‘Surely’ and ‘Cool With Me’, Dutch became a household name overnight – a rare phenomenon for a genre that the mainstream media often views...
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‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’ review: I was wrong
Ishraq Subhan reviews the seventeenth instalment of Call of Duty.
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Were people right to see family members over Christmas?
While restrictions were eased in some areas of England for one day over Christmas, Ishraq Subhan questions whether it was morally right to put family members at risk for a Christmas gathering.
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The Game Awards Highlights: ‘Fortnite’ skins
Ishraq Subhan questions the quality and quantity of the adverts and sponsorships shown at this year's The Game Awards.
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Game of the Year: ‘The Last of Us: Part II’
In our final Game of the Year article, Ishraq Subhan explains why The Last of Us: Part II is his Game of the Year.
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Can GAME survive the pandemic?
Ishraq Subhan assesses GAME's viability in the current UK market amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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Balancing university work and life during lockdown
We're now a few weeks into a second national lockdown which can be a lot to cope with on top of university work. Ishraq Subhan shares his advice for achieving a good work-life balance under lockdown.
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Nothing But Thieves: the ‘Moral Panic’ of just another indie band
Essex-based Nothing But Thieves continue on their socially conscious – ‘woke’ to be unkind – path with their third album Moral Panic. However, it fails to tell a coherent story or go beyond the surface-level discourse of the world’s woes. You can’t help but feel like the audience they had in mind...
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