The Most Iconic Wedding Venues from Film & TV
Summer is in full swing and, just in case you hadn’t noticed, so is wedding season. If you’re anything like me – a female in your early to mid-thirties –...
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Popular Cartography: Your Favourite Pop Titles Charted on One World Map
Who doesn’t like maps? Maps are great. They’re not only useful, but attractive to look at, too. Something about the arrangement of line and colour draws our gaze; from a...
Just for Pun, Some Witty Drawings from Illustrator Nabhan Al Abdullatif
If you’ve been on Twitter today, it may have come to your attention that it is UK Pun Day. This is an excuse for all manner of groan inducing puns....
In Anticipation of ‘Loving Vincent’, Five of Van Gogh’s Later Paintings
Almost a year ago, we published an article about Loving Vincent, the Van Gogh biopic animated entirely from oil paintings. In anticipation of its release, let’s take a look at...
These Five Cinematic Robots Are Smarter Than You
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… A robot walks into a bar. The bartender says, “we don’t serve robots.” The robot replies, “no, but one day you will.”...
Visual Guide to Matching Shirts and Ties
It’s probably fair to say that men have it pretty easy when it comes to our wardrobes. We don’t have nearly the same level of choice, required functionality or cultural...
A Rare and Gifted Poet: Leonard Cohen Will Be Missed
LEONARD COHEN (21st September 1934 – 7th November 2016) You Want it Darker was released only weeks before Leonard Cohen’s sad passing. The album completes what could be seen as...
9 Ways Your Other Half Can Relax While You Watch The Football
England’s hugely popular Premier League is about to kick-off again, with the 2016/17 season getting underway this weekend. With it not only comes global interest, media attention and a host...
How Much Would Drogon Cost to Feed?
HBOs iconic Game of Thrones series is only two more seasons away from finishing for good in 2018, with season six ending with a critically-acclaimed shot of Daenerys setting sail...
An Introduction to the Suicide Squad
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and sometimes the lengths a superhero is willing to go to in order to protect humanity from disaster just won’t suffice. Enter the antihero:...
The Wall of Westeros: A Visual Guide
HBO’s Game of Thrones has pulled in huge audiences since it first appeared on our screens back in 2011. With the finale of the sixth season just a few days...
The Ultimate Guide to Superhero Colour Theory
While absorbing the contents of a Batman comic or watching the latest Marvel release on the big screen, have you ever stopped to ask yourself why superheroes and their villainous...
Shoes: There’s Always Room for One More Pair
I realise that what I’m about to say is very cliché, but I’m a woman who can appreciate a great pair of shoes. Some of my best purchases have been...
Contemporary Films Reimagined as 80s VHS Classics Make the Present Day Nostalgic
Given that it’s a platform for simulating vintage photography processes from digital photos, Instagram is perhaps the most fitting place for Matthew Dix to showcase his VHS reworkings of contemporary...
After ‘Burn The Witch’, 5 of the Best Animated Indie Music Videos
While Radiohead’s video for new single Burn The Witch appears at first to be a cheery, childlike animation, and at odds with the band’s doleful sound, even a passing knowledge...
The Real-Life Cost of Darth Vader’s Suit
Quite apart from being the Empire’s greatest leader, it turns out Darth Vader was also a rather expensive commodity, with his suit costing over $18 million. According to Shade Station,...
Festival Season is Nearly Here – Which Type of Festivalgoer Are You?
Music festivals come in a variety of categorisable types, and artist Joana Avillez has created a series of illustrations that playfully suggest that the festivalgoers do too. While I’m sure...
8 Writers Who Are Taking Poetry Beyond the Page
Instagram is now the second biggest social network in the world. Boasting more than 400 million average monthly users, the photo-sharing platform that was responsible for the resurgence of the...
Artists’ Tribute to Van Gogh is an Animated Labour of Love
Animation is a laborious process whichever way you choose to go about it, but producing twelve original oil paintings to create a mere second of footage is a method that...
Leonardo DiCaprio Gets An Oscar At Last, Uses His Acceptance Speech to Discuss Climate Change
After 6 nominations over the years, Leonardo DiCaprio has at last won an Oscar for his role in the grisly survival drama The Revenant. In his acceptance speech, rather than...