Candice Carty-Williams scored a huge hit with her debut novel ‘Queenie’, which detailed the travails of a young Black woman in London. Her second book, however, is something of a disappointment. It concerns five half-siblings who have the same father (a s…

Washington DC’s Flasher became a name to drop in 2018 with their very fine debut album ‘Constant Image’, which was a new wavey, post-punky, thing of joy. They’ve now slimmed down to a two-piece (guitarist Taylor Mulitz and drummer Emma Baker – both on voc…

“Even politicians guilty of the most heinous crimes will check the Trump playbook before very reluctantly resigning…” Professor Plum in the kitchen with the cricket bat? Boris Johnson in the garden with the Prosecco? Ms. Scarlett in the kitchen with the w…

The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art have a couple of superb exhibitions running at the minute including ‘Island’, which brings together a dynamic selection of artists to explore the notion of island life in Britain since 1945. I love Ian Macdonald’s…

Adapted from her short picture of the same name, this punishing but essential feature debut from Swedish writer-director Thyberg charts one young woman’s journey through the porn industry. Sofia Kappel is Linnéa aka Bella Cherry, a twenty-year-old relocat…