ArtsFest is Coming, Look Busy!

Yes the biggest event of the union calendar has arrived. And I don’t mean the Big Elections. ArtsFest sees our scientists’ paradise turned over to our Artistic under culture for a week of something different.

Brum Photorealism

You’d be forgiven for thinking that London is the place to be for everything arts related...

V&A’s Boiler Room

The Friday Lates are, much as the name suggests, a series of exhibitions that take place on a Friday night, specifically the last Friday of each month.

Under The Vaults

Fred Fyles goes underground as part of the Waterloo Vaults Festival

Raving on About Mogwai Going to Shit

Rave is not a word I would ever have associated with the music of Mogwai. As people, it makes a bit more sense. They has always been a certain distance between them and the more pretentious attitudes most post-rock bands employ.

Deer Tick (but no Lyme Disease)

Stuart Masson reviews the alt-country band’s Garage performance

AMS album of the week

Bastions – Bedfellows Part 2: The Forgotten Daughter

Russel Tovey shines in The Pass

With the latest revelation from Thomas Hitzlsperger, and Tom Daley’s recent announcement that he is in a gay relationship, the topic of high profile sportsman and homosexuality is currently much discussed.

AMAZING, IN CAPITAL LETTERS

As I sat down in my plush theatre seat, tucking my kiddy school bag under my legs, I suddenly felt very small.

The Secret Photographers

Fred Fyles gets a glimpse of the works of Warhol, Burroughs and Lynch

The Pelican Brief

Riaz Agahi talks to Trevor de Brauw and Dallas Thomas

I Break Horses Break No New Ground

Swedish act I Break Horses released their debut album, Hearts, back in 2011.