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The trailer for Brand New Day (2026), the fourth Spider-Man movie in the MCU, was released last week, promising the most poignant movie in the quartet. Following the end of No Way Home (2021), Peter Parker is all alone as he tackles not only a new mysterious enemy but also...
Autumn Durald Arkapaw has won the Oscar for best cinematography at the 98th Academy Awards, for her work on Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, becoming the first woman to have received the honour. She is also the first person of African-American descent (Arkapaw is part Filipino and African American Creole) to have...
Ryan Gosling’s latest film Project Hail Mary is set to release this week, to much anticipation from fans and critics alike. So, as viewers flock to the cinemas to see his latest endeavour, it is time we explore: what is it about Gosling that is so appealing? His popularity is...
The release of Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, has received high acclaim, not only for its lead performance but also for Stewart’s uncompromising and deeply visceral adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir. The decision to enter directorship from acting is often borne from working on set for years and...
Culture
I managed to catch up virtually with Samir Veen, co-creator of Ontroerend Goed’s latest show Handle with Care and a member of the creative core for the theatre collective. Our conversation, spanning the influence of board games to the power of young people in theatre, was truly inspirational. Opening by...
Whether you’re a fanatic of the original iconic 80’s film, an enthusiast for musicals (like myself), or both in tandem, the touring production of The Karate Kid, currently housed at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre until 27 June, delivers a memorable take on its source material. Following Daniel LaRusso as he attempts...
For the past few weeks, the TV show on the tip of everyone’s tongues has been the new hit Amazon Prime original Off Campus. From friends, to cousins, to even my 60-year-old uncle, everyone seems to be recommending this show as the new best bad TV show ever made. This...
The Table is an exciting new dance production devised by Christine Devaney, Maria Oller & Jo Timmins. The production explores questions of ‘The Table’ as an allegory for the ‘world we’ve built together.’ Throughout, this show asks where such tables came from, who gets a seat at them, and what...
Lifestyle
One of the highest forms of praise that can be given to a creative is a legacy of individuality. That’s one of the many things the revolutionary British artist David Hockney is being remembered for after his passing at the start of June. Hockney was most well known for his...
Swimming 25km in the name of mental health: Edwin Ivanescu knows what it means to go the distance. Mental health is a more prominent issue today than it has ever been: more than half of students surveyed in a 2022 study reported issues with their mental health. Yet, one side...
The Chiaroscuro Fashion Show in support of Everyone’s Invited was hosted on 2 April 2026 by The University of Edinburgh’s Fashion Society at the Biscuit Factory. Yet the work did not start here, and I was lucky enough to be a part of this process. Chiaroscuro is an artistic technique...
It seems to me that in the current social context, a breakup is expected to be followed by a period of no contact. This means that during the soul destroying heartbreak of losing your partner as a loved one, you are instituting a policy of complete silence. No texts, no...
