the babadook

Friday Five: The Scariest Films of the Past 5 Years

Horror movies have been making people sleep with the light on for over 100 years now, with all manner of ghouls, monsters and killers terrorising our screens. Amazingly, the horror genre is still finding new ways to scare the living daylights out of us. Here are five of the scariest …

Read More
22/07/2016
Chris Smith
Books

6 reasons to switch to eBooks

Since the invention of the printing press, books have educated and entertained millions of people every single day. Technology could soon make the traditional paper and ink book a thing of the past, however. eBooks, which condense hefty novels into a dainty little file for reading on a phone or …

Read More
21/07/2016
Chris Smith

Which Pokémon is your city searching for on Pokémon Go?

Pokémon Go has finally launched in the UK, with Brits of all ages whipping out their phones and hunting for Pikachu and pals like it's 2000 all over again. If you're not familiar with Pokémon Go (welcome back to Earth!), it's an "˜augmented reality' game in which Pokémon appear through …

Read More
15/07/2016
Chris Smith
Vinyl

10 essential Northern Soul albums

Northern Soul is one of the most important youth movements in British history, even though it doesn't get as much attention as the punk or mod movements. Based in dancehalls across the North, like the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, The Golden Torch in Stoke and Wigan Casino, thousands of young …

Read More
13/07/2016
Chris Smith