HS2: Sixty Thousand Exhumed at St James Gardens, Euston
It startles the skin when people dare to ask it, the timeless binary that binds us: rot or burn? To…
“Darkest Hour” feels like a weak episode of “The Crown”, but “The Post” is something special
Darkest Hour was the second Nazi-centred film of the week. I watched Mel Brooks’ classic The Producers (1967) for what…
Secrets of Netflix – Creep 2 (2017)
Creep 2 (2017), dir. Patrick Brice, starring: Mark Duplass and Desiree Akhavan In a world where each and every horror…
Bar Américain is one of Soho’s best bars
Bar Américain is a stunning Art Deco cocktail bar hidden beneath the decorative French restaurant Brassserie Zedel in Piccadilly Circus.…
The week’s film news
The Shining Sequel, Doctor Sleep in development at Warner Bros. After the success of IT, more Stephen King pictures are…
“The Post” speaks to our times, obviously
The Post is both a testament of the times it represents in its storytelling, as well as the times in…
Bankside House goes Uncensored
Last week Monday, with some cringe-worthy silences, some roaring laughter and a packed bar, Bankside House kicked off its first…
Why Russia Needs a Crimean Port
Geopolitics, as a theoretical and analytical perspective, has been making a comeback in recent years. Yet, the fact that it…
‘I feel therefore I am’: what identity politics says about us
‘I think therefore I am.’ Although not a direct quote from Descartes, this phrase captured the sentiment at the beginning…
The upsurge of Macron, and why is this is great news for the UK
From hosting America’s Donald Trump, to an excursion to Xi Jinping’s China, and even the recent Sandhurst Summit with our…
