Ricky Gervais’ Netflix show ‘After Life’ falters on multiple levels
Rob Lea reviews Ricky Gervais’ After Life. Can the new Netflix series rise above the Reading comedian’s worst excesses, unlike Derek?
Arts and Popular Culture
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Why Are Public Libraries Closing?
October 9-14 is Libraries’ Week, “the annual showcase of all the creative, innovative and diverse activities that UK libraries have to offer.” In a…
Where the Action Isn’t: Dunkirk and the Elusiveness of British War Cinema
Mercurial and quite literally immersive, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk constitutes a welcome thaw in British war cinema, yet the film’s non-linear sequencing and lack…
Black Mirror is back. And there’s not a pig in sight
After an eventful three years of technological advances and growing existential uncertainty for our species, Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror has returned with an…
I, Daniel Blake: a tale of Dickensian cruelty in Tory Britain
The mismanagement of the UK economy by both New Labour and Tory governments that followed the global financial crash of 2008 led to…
A revolution in The Arts: neoliberal, out – free expression, in
In these gloomy times of uncertainty, as we approach the endgame of neoliberalism, alternative creative movements are more crucial now than ever before.…
From winklepickers to wannabe Weller’s: Noel Gallagher @ Lytham Festival
Cards on the table. I cannot abide festivals, festival-speak, or smug festival groupies who never stop talking about who they saw at Glastonbury…
A kind of tragic: Queen announce they are to play Israel
Rock legends Queen have announced that they are to play Israel for the very first time, when they step out at Yarkon Park,…