It’s hard not to be familiar with high-school drama as a TV genre. In fact, it is immensely popular, and ever-present. But how do our relationships to it change as we age?
Teen Drama: When is it Time to Grow Up?
“Will you stop going on about your F**king Dead Wife”: The Decline of Gervais
Ricky Gervais, genius though he is, has fallen from his role as a totemic titan of British comedy to a vaguely desperate, sensationalised caricature.
‘Ghosts’: A haunting look into the creative industry?
Florence Rolston Ashford explores the success of BBC series ‘Ghosts’ and asks if it is a reflection of today’s creative industries.
Drag Race UK: What is Wrong with ‘Regional’ Drag?
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2 resumed recently after a hiatus from filming during the pandemic and the vibes were immaculately tumultuous. This week, the Queens competed in girl groups to win the Ru-RuVision song contest. The results were an LGBTQ+ anthem that both offended the ‘cis-tem’ and stormed the UK music charts. Iconic.
! Bradshaw is Back: The Reboot of Sex and the City
Sophie Stamford Just ten days into what many expect to be another pretty gloomy year, the cast of (well, most of it…) Sex and the City made the prospect of 2021 a […]
Horror Movie Disasters: The Seven Ways “Scary” Films Flop
Josh Hatton Meet the films that terrify producers far more than they ever scared audiences. These movies all bombed at the box office, and today we are here to look at the […]
How Soon is Too Soon? The Depiction of Pandemic Life in TV and Film
It’s begun. January 2021 has marked the start of Covid-19’s hardly anticipated debut into entertainment’s fictional realm.
The Book Vs The Film Vs The TV Series
Is the book always better than the film? It may be considered a universal truth that the film is an inferior, diluted copy of the book it was born from.
It’s A Sin and lessons of the AIDS crisis
ussell T Davies’ new drama It’s a Sin hit channel 4 screens during HIV Testing Week 2021. It is apt that Davies’ series finds its feet in a similar climate of health anxiety to that of his cast.
Dr Alex George – a Real Influencer
Dr Alex George, who became a household name after appearing on ITV’s Love Island in 2018, has been appointed as a ‘Young Mental Health Ambassador’. Dr Alex has been given this position by the Prime Minister himself as a result of his constant campaigning and advice regarding mental health during the pandemic.
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