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Katie Barr   Tonight’s performance of Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Nottingham was nothing short of a festive triumph. A sparkling, riotous, heart-warming whirlwind of comedy, music, glitter, and pure pantomime magic. As soon as the music struck up and the curtain rose, the entire theatre knew we were...

Lucy Vanes I think when people hear ‘the beauty of film’ they tend to picture Interstellar, La La Land or The Grand Budapest Hotel, all of which, of course, are beautifully made, timeless and re-watchable films for a reason. It’s probably unusual, therefore, for an animated film about a...

Ben Atkinson ‘Choice-based narrative’ is a video game genre which is difficult to define, and even harder to review. While I love games that fall into this category, I’ve always struggled to explain the reasons why. What actually is appealing about watching a series of cutscenes with intermittent gameplay...

Caitlin Morrell Video games have been a part of culture since the early distribution of video games in the 1970s, booming in popularity in Western countries in the 1980s and still rapidly growing to this day. The growth led to franchises expanding to other established industries: toys, homeware and...

Ben Atkinson If you search ‘best co-op games’, the first article that comes up is GamesRadar’s list counting down the best of all time. Out of the 25, only three require exactly two players: the kicker is that all three are made by the same developer, and they take...

Aimee Goldblum Recently announced as an official musical act playing at Reading and Leeds Festival 2026, 20-year-old Best New Artist nominee Sombr (Shane Boose) is living every musician’s dream. However, despite taking the world by storm with hits such as ‘Back to Friends’ and ‘Undressed’, Sombr has gotten himself...

Ben Atkinson “We may be born lost, but now you are found.” This line, uttered by the mononymous protagonist of 2020’s Palm Springs, Nyles, is what initially made me think the film might be something special. I adore Andy Samberg’s delivery, Cristin Miloti’s intrigued reaction, the fact it establishes...