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Bullet For My Valentine Bullet For My Valentine
When: Friday 5th November at 6:00pm Access to this event is limited to wristband holders only, pre-order online to secure your... read more
Ferocious Dog The Hope
When: Wednesday 20th October at 3:00pm How do I attend?: Access to this event is limited to those who purchase the... read more
The Specials Protest Songs 1924 - 2012
The Specials will meet fans and sign copies of their latest album Protest Songs 1924 - 2012 at; Fopp Covent Garden... read more
The Good The Bad And The Queen Merrie Land
Almost 12 years ago Damon Albarn’s supergroup released their debut record, a concept album centred around London. After scrapping a... read more
latest film reviews
Mandy
The full range of Nicolas Cage’s ferocious acting ability is on display in Mandy – a grindhouse revenge thriller that offers us LSD-crazed bikers, several deaths by burning and axe-smelting. It is nothing if not full on, and for a joint like this Cage is most definitely a filmmaker’s go-to... read more
Whitney
Legacy management is an increasingly significant business as estates and record companies sensitively administer the posthumous careers of their artists. Significant projects along these lines this year have included ‘new’ albums from John Coltrane and Prince and this authorised documentary on Whitney Huston. To an extent, this is the official... read more
Edie
Following her husband’s death, an elderly woman embarks on a trip to fulfill her longtime dream of climbing a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. That the woman – Edie – is played here by Sheila Hancock, whose own husband John Thaw died in 2002, brings a small degree of veracity... read more
