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‘A Plague Tale’ Review: A (Grim) Kind of Alchemy’
‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’ is a game about change. True to the alchemical concepts upon which much of the plot rests, the game represents an arc of corruption, distillation, purification and sublimation.
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THIRTY YEARS OF RAVE: Why the Second Summer of Love was Met with a Police Backlash
DJ and writer Chris Sullivan on the timely new film ‘Beats’ as he explores 30 years of rave culture in the UK.
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‘Amazing Grace’: Aretha Franklin, Gospel Music and its Unsettling Roots
Writer and DJ Chris Sullivan explores how ‘Amazing Grace’, the new Sydney Pollack film finally released nearly 50 years after its original due date, got him thinking about the origins of Gospel music.
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Crystal Meth Maze: the Truth behind the Myth of Warhol and his Factory
Chis Sullivan searches for impoverished drug-fueled reality in the late Nat Finkelstein’s Photography Exhibition, ‘In and Out of Warhol’s Orbit’ from his past interviews with Nat and the people who knew the the Factory best.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Smelly – Review of Sisters Brothers
Chris Sullivan celebrates the gritty revisionism of the modern Western, but wonders whether Bad Smells alone are Good Enough
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FILM REVIEW: At Eternity’s Gate
Willem Dafoe’s performance as Van Gogh is “beyond brilliant” says Chris Sullivan, who ponders whether creativity is always close to madness.
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Why are Young People So Bothered about the ’80s?
The tolerance and acceptable of 1980s Britain is to be admired far more than Dallas, big shoulder pads and synth pop, says Chris Sullivan.
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Headlining St Patrick’s Day Festival Will be Tinged with Brexit Sadness for Irish Songwriter Don Mescall
Prolific songwriter Don Mescall will be headlining the St Patrick’s Day Festival at London’s Trafalgar Square.
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Ben is Back: The Film that Dares to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic
Undeniably, the opioid/heroin epidemic sweeping the United States is the greatest drug endemic to ever hit the country. Indeed, more people died of overdoses in 2017 than all US military personnel killed during both the Vietnam and Iraq conflicts and more than those killed by guns, car, AIDS in any single year in the US.
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How to win an Oscar in one easy lesson
Journalist and DJ Chris Sullivan on the tired “magic formula” for gaming the Academy Awards system
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The Lessons of Ukraine’s EuroMaidan are Vital to the UK as we Stumble toward Brexit
The conflict in Ukraine came with the suppression of hopeful young people waving the blue and yellow flag of the EU. They saw in that symbol a sign of hope that we have all but lost sight of in the UK.
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HYPER TRUE CRIME: Reformed ‘Crooks’ Create and Star in Drama to Tackle Offending
Society must understand the human story behind crime to deal with it, according to the creators of Crooks.
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When David BOWIE Took the TRANS-SIBERIAN Express
How the late-lamented rock star conned his record agency into paying for a trip across the USSR, and how he was saved from arrest by two Russian railway guards When I first saw this picture of a young innocent David Bowie with uneven teeth beautifully lit by the sunlight streaming through a carriage window of…
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Priceless Masterpieces and Diamonds Locked away in Freeports Scandal
Billions are being easily laundered through unregulated international tax free zones
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Music from the Power of POSITIVITY and PRISON
Since Joey Base left prison in August 2016 he has become one of the most exciting rising stars on the Urban Music scene.
