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Rock legends James’ stunning self-supported show at Usher Hall

James’ Monday night Usher Hall performance is the powerful result of the work of a group of highly skilled musicians and a career spanning almost forty years. Supporting themselves with an acoustic set before the main show, totalling about two and a half hours of live music, the band put together a show that is […]

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Channel 4 Break Free from the London Bubble

Last Wednesday it was announced that Channel 4 will be moving their headquarters out of London to Leeds. The Yorkshire city was chosen over Manchester and Birmingham to host a new central creativity hub. One of the most daring and varied channels has, at least partially, abandoned the world of overpriced pints and Pret A […]

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The Cornish Pasty

Times are changing on the BBC Radio breakfast shows.  A little more than two weeks after Greg James replaced Nick Grimshaw on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Chris Evans shocked the nation by announcing that he would step down from his own show after eight years to re-join Virgin Radio. If the bookmakers are to […]

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Sexiness, Aspiration and Diversity – Three Things Love Island Does Not Understand

Love Island has come a long way from its mid-noughties origins, fitting squarely in the shadow of Big Brother which was unquestionably the biggest reality show of the time. It is now a behemoth of British television, averaging an audience of almost 4 million per episode during its last season and breaking ITV2 viewing records […]