The UK music scene is currently experiencing a massive change. There aren’t many huge rock bands at the peak of their popularity and the pandemic has ruined the live music scene, therefore stunting the growth of so many up-and-coming bands. But by no means does this mean there aren’t some incredible bands that you just…

Black Honey’s latest album is an evolution of the band’s fearsome individualism, it leaves you banging your head and dancing in your chair. Before this album, the Brighton band already had a beautiful style with their self-titled debut album demonstrating an ability to make nostalgic indie rock music. This new style is more confident, more…

Covid has ruined everybody’s life, from kids not being able to see their friends to old women not being able to go to jazzercize on a Wednesday night. But out of every group to be affected the worst, uni students are most definitely up there. £9k for FaceTime, half arsed accommodation and NO CLUBS!?  Drunken…

The ‘Lights & Hearts Trail’ has been a message of hope for the people of Wanborough, Wiltshire during the UK’s third lockdown. “I loved the idea because it was a message of positivity that could help and support everybody”. Nicky Reynolds, a Wanborough resident, had seen over social media a ‘Hope Trail’ taking place in…

Drugs, violence and hooch. What it’s like to be one of the UK’s youngest Prison Officers. James is a 19-year-old Prison Officer, for privacy reasons this isn’t his real name. He works full time in a prison in the South West of England and has done for the last 6 months. Within three days of…

2020 has seen one of the biggest social movements of our generation. The death of George Floyd opened the eyes of millions of people across the world to how bad racism actually is, but whether actual change is taking place is a different matter. From large businesses hollowly diversifying their work force, to individuals posting…

A group of Black artists and industry professionals discuss what barriers they have faced throughout their careers, the issues found within the industry and what needs to be done in order to make positive and effective change. ‘A Celebration of Black Music’ event was hosted by the University of Gloucestershire and The Music Works.  The…

Max Wilkinson was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Cheltenham in the 2019 Election. He lost out on becoming Cheltenham’s MP by less than 2% of the vote to the current MP of Cheltenham, Alex Chalk. Mr Wilkinson does not believe that the countries government has been in a stable state since 2015, the year the…

IDLES‘ third studio album is an energetic and intelligently written soundtrack to a beautiful commentary on a range of modern issues which elevates and evolves the Bristol band’s unique punk sound. One of the album’s most notable attributes, that make it so quirky, chaotic and fun is the combination of Jon Beavis’s drums and Adam Devonshire’s…

A Brief Political Overview of the Coronavirus Pandemic The world stopped. Everybody stopped. Social interaction now poses the potential threat of death. An item of life that almost all people hold so dearly, has been taken away from them. The world has changed. But how, why and to what extent? What has this pandemic done…