"A book which has metaphorically held my hand through life" - Milly Evans describes the fantastical comfort to be found in The Hobbit as well as its many allusions to old English and Scandinavian ...

As our evenings get colder there is perhaps no greater pleasure than getting wrapped up in a good old-fashioned murder mystery story. Thus, I found Sixth Side’s production of Agatha Christie’s And ...

To perform Cluedo is to undertake the difficult task of staging a theatrical adaptation based on a film, which draws inspiration from a classic board game – yet the Oswald’s Players Theatre Company ...

From roofer to policeman to BAFTA-nominated writer; Tess Cato explores Tony Schumacher's personal journey to success.

‘When a white jogger is raped by black youths in Central Park, Dinkins – not Ravitch or Goldin or Giuliani or Koch – has to answer for the behaviour of the perpetrators’ – Joe Klein, New York Magazine ...

By. This week I had the opportunity to dine at Veeno, a new restaurant that opened in Durham this September. I stopped by on a quiet Monday evening, ...

Charlie Fenlon examines the Green Party's new plan to 'abolish private landlordism' in the UK, in efforts to make housing more affordable for the general public. Following their recent Autumn ...

As the weather grew colder and nights drew in people, whose lives revolved around and stomachs were dependent upon the land, would celebrate the harvest with a festival. From the 16 th century when ...

Los Angeles is a sprawl. Created in the vision of post WW2 nuclear worriers, the idea was such a vast city would be protected against missile strikes which could take out other, denser cities. I ...

"This novel is a provocation to the essayist", Charlie Bennett explores Ernest Hemmingway's A Farewell to Arms through the lens of theme.

"When The Times recently announced that Durham University was their University of the Year, my first thought was: are we really talking about the same university here?" ...

"[T]he quintessential qualities of jazz; improvisation, collaboration, elements of surprise, a mosaic of contrasting sounds and images." Imogen Sabharwal explores the vibrant pieces of Black artists ...