(Credits: Far Out / Wild Street Pictures) Wed 1 May 2024 12:30, UK Distrust echoed in the mere breeze of American suburbia through the 1970s, with the Watergate Scandal of 1972 forcing fear and paranoia to pervade the zeitgeist. Such was reflected in the cinema of the time, too, with Francis Ford Coppola’s Conversation and […]

(Credits: Alamy) Wed 1 May 2024 12:17, UK The first sitar owned by The Beatles guitarist George Harrison has been sold at auction in Los Angeles, fetching a fee over £53,000. The instrument played a pivotal influence in shaping the Fab Four’s sound, as they took inspiration from India thanks to Harrison’s friendship with Ravi […]

Wed 1 May 2024 12:00, UK Tombstones, cobwebs and Robert Smith’s frizzy locks come to mind first when I think of gothic music. I’m not sure what the collective term for goths is, but at school, a flock, or murder, of goths would lurk quietly on the playground looking dutifully sombre, plaid and pierced. However, […]

View gallery Image Credit: Ed Miller/Netflix Baby Reindeer created a ton of buzz among Netflix subscribers. The seven-episode miniseries was inspired by Richard Gadd’s autobiographical one-person show of the same title, which follows his experience being stalked, harassed and sexually assaulted. Weeks after its premiere, a woman — whose identity was not disclosed — came […]

(Credits: Far Out / Cal McIntyre) Tue 30 April 2024 12:30, UK The realm of rock music has always been dominated by men. In conversations surrounding the greatest guitar bands of all time, people tend to hail all-male outfits like the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd as the best of the best, while the contributions […]

(Credit: A24) Tue 30 April 2024 12:00, UK Even in the age of internet streaming, every household has a stack of dusty movie DVDs either proudly lining the bookcase beneath a copy of Guinness World Records 2005 or occupying the shadows of a storage cupboard. While they might not see the light of day too […]

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Tue 30 April 2024 11:51, UK Succession star Brian Cox has shared his opinions on The Bible, which he believes to be “one of the worst books ever” and has caused societal damage. Cox, who is outspoken on a wide ranging number of topics and never afraid to speak […]

(Credits: Far Out / Apple Corps / Matador Records) Mon 29 April 2024 12:30, UK Since reading the studies of Mark Fisher, the late pioneer of analysing hauntology’s place in culture, a line has been endlessly tossed around and mutated in my mind. I will paraphrase it thus: these days, nobody reasonably expects that another […]

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Mon 29 April 2024 12:07, UK Iranian rapper, Toomaj Salehi, has been handed the death sentence for supporting Mahsa Amini, who was arrested in 2022 for wearing an “improper hijab” and later passed away while in police custody. The death of Amini led to demonstrations taking place across in […]