Lesbian representation in films, in particular mainstream films, is difficult to find. The industry often shies away from a plot that focuses itself around the love between two women, perhaps out of a belief that…
Art does not have to transcend life; sometimes, it can sit alongside it. James Joyce knew this when, towards the end of the “Calypso” episode of his book Ulysses, he chose to place his middle-aged…
For many people, myself included, Dark was initially written off as a knock-off of Stranger Things. And it’s true that its premise of ‘kid vanishes in a small town where things are not as they seem’ was remarkably…
The first iPod I ever bought had a genre on it called ‘Easy Listening’. I have never had a clear idea of what it means for music to be easy to listen to, or for…
Daisy Jowers discusses her experience of Magdalen College.
Ricky Gervais is either very clever, or very stupid. After Life, which he writes, directs and stars in for Netflix, is an extension of this, and if it’s recently released second series is treated as…
Goldman describes exactly what’s missing from the newest series of the hit show Killing Eve, available now on BBC iPlayer
The easel had been lying forlornly behind my wardrobe and was becoming an eyesore – a constant, nagging reminder of a passion, at one time central to my existence, which had gradually been eclipsed by…
“It’s at times like these when watching such a show becomes enchantingly escapist; the events on TV represent the epitome of what our lockdown could be”
Guy Dabby-Joory reviews series six of Friday Night Dinner
A spoiler free review of Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ and its BBC adaptation