Departure film release – Interview with director Andrew Steggall
Interview with director Andrew Steggall by Paul Risker Andrew Steggall’s directorial feature debut sets the young filmmaker aside as a storyteller interested in the scope of film to explore the intricacies of human nature. Departure could be perceived as a human ghost...
26 Ways To Die in CSI? Celebrate the crime epic’s finale on DVD
What more could you want from a crime series? The gripping and epic CSI concluded with season 15 last year, and the very special CSI: The Finale episode. Now after a respectful pause, CSI: The Finale is about to be released on DVD. To celebrate, we thought you'd love...
Sakura at Sake No Hana – Chris Zacharia smells the cherry-blossoms
I’m sitting beneath a canopy of baby-pink cherry blossoms, the tips of my shoes gently brushing against the astroturf underfoot. Walls of bamboo bracket the adjacent bar, lit up by a meandering row of glowing vase-esque glass cylinders, hanging from the ceiling like...
Tastes of Africa – A Food Lover’s Guide
Tastes of Africa - A Food Lover’s Guide - words Alexa Wang Africa is a country that’s infamous for its huge amount of culture, with so many walks of life and different influences having their impact the food has really flourished. You’ll find a variety of cuisine...
Summer Music Festival 2016 style tips
While summer music festivals were once grubby affairs — mud-caked shoes, sweaty T-shirts and matted hair — there is now an expectation to stay on trend, even when dodging puddles and air-borne plastic cups. But how can you pull this off while still accounting for wet...
It’s a Mad & Unique World with La Terre Est Folle
It's a Mad World with La Terre Est Folle - words Catherine Harris Lebanese fashion house La Terre Est Folle (The World is Mad), founded by Beirut-based designer Joe Arida in 2004, explains on its website that it ‘finds beauty everywhere..’. It is one of the most...
Quod Restaurant Oxford – Fresh, affordable food in a creative setting
Quod Restaurant Oxford review by Chris Zacharia A skyline punctuated with spires, winding alleyways of cobblestone, and those breathtaking colleges - Oxford is a beautiful place. Stroll around on a sunny afternoon, and you’ll find yourself asking why you don’t live...
Director Lucile Hadžihalilović on her latest film Evolution
Interview with Lucile Hadžihalilović by Thomas Humphrey Fans of Lucile Hadžihalilović will remember the excellent Innocence, a film which entered a mysterious girls’ commune with a very ominous secret behind it. With Evolution, Hadžihalilović explores similar...
Vico Italian Restaurant – Fresh street food & fabulous gelato
I have never been very good at getting started. This sentence, for instance, took about four hours to complete, thanks to an extended mid-clause break. At university I would typically miss my first two or three weeks of lectures each term, preferring to ease my way in...
Lacoste: Capturing their classic L.12.12 Polo for your feet
In a world where everything is described as a classic, the actual spirit of the word has a tendency to get lost in a tornado of classics, icons and legends. But when Lacoste get in the game, you have a true icon on your hands. Matchpoint? You bet with the new L.12.12...
King for a Day – KLM fly winners to Amsterdam for Koningsdag party
King for a Day - KLM fly winners to Amsterdam for Koningsdag party - words Andrej Wahlberg King’s Day is a big deal in Holland. There’s a carnival atmosphere and there's street parties galore as locals and tourists alike enter into the spirit and toast the King. The...
Flatpack Film Festival: probably the coolest film festival in the UK
Flatpack Film Festival; probably the coolest film festival in the UK - words Pilar R.Laguna Flatpack Film Festival took place last week in Birmingham. It was a genuine film festival created in order to satisfy not only film lovers, but art lovers in general- since it...
Museum Island Hombroich – Where Nature and Art Converge
From time to time we have all been overwhelmed by the number of paintings, sculptures and artifacts juxtaposed in an array of museum rooms - haven’t we? Step up Museum Island Hombroich, presenting nature and art as one. The aggregate of art pieces we are exposed to in...
Fickle Britain: Our love of foreign television dramas
Britain’s standpoint on the world beyond its Channel is riddled with contradictions. On the one hand, we are notoriously lazy-linguists, reluctant even to pick up a foreign language phrase-book for our holidays abroad. Yet, the other hand holds us up as a shining...
“Eating is a deadly sin” – A conversation with Jay Rayner
words Chris Zacharia “Eating is a visceral thing - it's mentioned in the deadly sins for a reason” - A conversation with Jay Rayner He’s the master of restaurant reviews. His appearances on The One Show make it almost bearable. And now he’s touring the country...