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The breakout group were forged in the white heat of Leeds’ DIY community, a scene that is really leaving its mark nationally in 2026. Earlier this year the band’s debut EP ‘KILL BATHING SUITS’ won admiring glances, with…
Read moreThough both are certainly rich topics for cinema, and though I have been a fan of many a football/war story – most especially Berg's NBC series Friday Night Lights – it is, let's say, a tricky time for movies filled with…
Read moreBut with new prison drama Animol, the star has taken on a role that was completely new to him: directing a feature film. Although he'd had the chance to cut his teeth as a director on TV – helming episodes of Ackley…
Read moreThe Irish group are back, recently toasting 50 years together with a surprise show at their old school in Dublin. New album ‘Carnival De Luz’ lands on November 13th, and it follows a pair of well-received EPs. Taken from…
Read moreBut over the past four seasons of the UK series and the previous celebrity edition, there has been some impeccable gameplay from the Traitors when it comes to pulling the wool over the eyes of the Faithful, sometimes to…
Read moreIn the Shadows – which premiered at the recent BFI London Film Festival – arrives in UK cinemas this weekend and sees Jobson portraying groundbreaking boxer Ramla Ali. Ali, who moved to the UK as a refugee when she was a…
Read moreThe three festive episodes , which will continue the story of Mary Bennet – the largely overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice – following the events of season 1, will air in the UK on BBC One and…
Read moreJust like Xbox Game Pass , PS Plus lets you play a huge library of games for a monthly fee, with new games added every month. So, grab yourself a great PS Plus deal , and let's dive into the three new games coming to PS…
Read moreThe immersive experience will feature a two-channel artist film by anaiis and Tayo Rapoport, a meditative work that expands the sonic and visual worlds of anaiis’ 2025 album Devotion & The Black Divine (2025) . The film…
Read more“I wrote ‘Do Ya?’ this year after doing a shoot for Hedi Slimane because it opened up this whole other door to this fashion world which I had never really entered before,” singer Freyja Blevins explains. “I had nothing…
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