anniversary

Ted McIntyre I’ll never forget the first time I heard the eponymous opening track to Kate Bush’s 1989 album ‘The Sensual World’. It opens the record like a coastal window on a wedding day, all blustery and flustery and sailing on romance, before berthing into the windward side of...

Thomas Martin With the 14th October marking the 957th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, this period provides a time for historical reflection on the events that took place on Senlac Hill, and deliberation over the fate of Harold II.  Thomas Martin, rejects the accepted narrative of Harold’s II’s...

Holly Philpott If, during your time at university, you’ve taken a closer look at your student ID card and seen the number of ‘Nottingham Nightline’, you may have wondered what this mysterious phone number can lead to. Perhaps you’ve searched up Nightline and done a bit of reading from...

The first Twilight movie premiered on 21st November 2008, and the ten-year anniversary of the beginning of the franchise that broke many box office records started a lot of conversations on topics that would not have been discussed as openly ten years ago. Catherine Hardwicke directed the first movie...

Welsh multi-instrumentalist Ali Lacey delivers a virtuous debut album brimming with ambiance and natural beauty. In a world characterised by conflict and drama, we could all use the cinematic bliss that comes with Ali Lacey, otherwise known as Novo Amor, the Welsh multi-instrumentalist who this week finally releases his...

Many of Shakespeare’s most renowned plays focus on the male characters at the centre of the narrative; we only have to look at titles such as Othello, Hamlet and Macbeth to understand that the men in these plays are the top dogs. This may be due to the illegality...

For 30 years, this cultural icon has been the mascot for gaming. Even now, with photo-realistic graphics and triple A games, Mario has a place in our hearts as the eminent image of video game pop culture. As we celebrate his 30 years of existence, this piece will look...