With a runtime of less than eight minutes, The Son of Raw’s To Catch a Butterfly succeeds in highlighting some seriously weighty issues. Mental health, cruelty and revenge are all addressed in this atmospheric tale of two brothers yomping across the Yorkshire moors. Dan Wilson, Chris Wild and Nick Page deliver Continue Reading
I’ve never been a fan of sharing food, which is why the thought of going out in a crowd for tapas or meze fills me with terror. It’s not the food itself – I love it and am happy to indulge when there are no more than four of us – Continue Reading
DRUMROLL PUH-LEAZE! Hot on the heels of his intimate tête-à-tête with disco punk four-piece Bugeye, Rob Harkavy’s back with his review of the band’s latest release, Electric. In an age of autotune, soft-porn music videos and the Cowellification of much of the music industry, we at OutNews Global like to champion Continue Reading
If you’re unfamiliar with the band Bugeye, we humbly suggest that you get to know them asafp. OutNews Global has been blasting out their back catalogue for the past week, so Rob Harkavy went along to find out more with vocalist Angela answering all his probing questions. Rob Harkavy: Hello Bugeye. Can Continue Reading
If you know and love good music, you’ll probably already know that the new EP from Rookes is due for release on Friday 8th November. And if you didn’t know, you do now. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed EP The Game & The River, Rookes’ latest offering – Liminal – Continue Reading
Virgin EMI / Universal Music Group (UMG) today announced the release of “This Is How (We Want You To Get High)”, a previously unheard and unreleased song from George Michael. The track, which was recorded during George’s final studio sessions, is his first original material to be shared for seven years. This Is How (We Want You to Get High) is a Continue Reading
Rob Harkavy reviews Mother of Him starring Tracy-Ann Oberman at the Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London. Cinema is the go-to medium for portraying a sense of menace; unexpected edits, creepy music and unsettling lighting can transform the most innocuous of scenes into anything from the mildly discombobulating to hide-behind-the-sofa terrifying. Theatre – Continue Reading
Main pic: James Thacker Taking their template from the Greeks – specifically Aristotle – Shakespeare’s tragedies centre on a man’s downfall brought about by a fatal character flaw. Macbeth has his ambition, Othello his jealousy and Hamlet his indecisiveness, famously encapsulated by the existential question “To be, or not to be”. Continue Reading
I love the summer. It’s my favourite season. What’s more, I don’t trust people who claim to prefer one of the other, less fun seasons. Freaks. I feel the same about people who say they prefer expensive, cocoa-heavy dark chocolate to Dairy Milk or, worse, people who claim to “love olives”. Continue Reading
If, as is being widely reported, Gay Star News is to close its doors for the final time, it will be a blow not just for the company’s talented management and staff, but for all of us in LGBTQ media and, for that matter, gay business as a whole. As far Continue Reading
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