Ever since reading ‘Noughts and Crosses’ all the way back in Year 7, I fell passionately in love with the series, almost rivalling the actual love story of the two main protagonists. So, you can only imagine my delight in March 2020 when I discovered the BBC had commissioned the series, and again in April 2022 when season two dropped (in fact, this very week.) All this to say that this series has meant a lot to me, over five books and two seasons of TV, and yet I will still attempt to provide an unbiased review for the TV show.

When I read the name “Tom Holland”, my brain automictically switches to full blown Spider-Man mode – the incredible stunts, the gripping cliff-hangers and the edgy villains. So, my inner Holland-Fan coaxed me to spend two hours of my Saturday watching Unchartered. My gullible self was excited to see Holland’s brand-new film consisting of elements supposedly inspired by… Indiana Jones…?! Well, long story short, the only things that really kept me going were the failed yet amusing attempts of making Holland into a suave cool guy with serious abs and the pretty sights of Spain and the Philippines. Mark Wahlberg had his funny moments, of course – and generally the cast had appreciable chemistry…so I do apologize for the sarcastic and maybe harsh review you’re about to read.

Sexy, smouldering, and sad, The Midnight Bell is Matthew Bourne’s latest work, inspired by the works and characters of English author Patrick Hamilton. Bourne tells the story of the mysterious characters of the 1930s Soho night scene, all emerging to gather at the pub seeking solace in their drink while longing for a sense of connection. The Midnight Bell is their local, a pub in the under-belly of Soho, you can sense the sticky floors and grime. In this hidden corner, under the cover of night, the characters are able to drop their masks and we get to have a look into their deepest and darkest desires.

Catch that CO2! – a review of the Science Museum’s exhibition on Carbon capturing: I know, it is this topic again; the topic that has been discussed over and over again, but not much solution has been given out apart from making us feel disheartened. In the middle of who knows which wave of the pandemic we are in, the Science Museum’s free exhibition- Future of Our Planet, gives viewers some more optimistic news.

As a fan of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, I am very used to disappointing adaptations: whether it’s The Hobbit stretched over too many films, or whatever the original Northern Lights film had going on, it’s uniformly quite bad. However, every once in a while, a film actually lives up to how much I loved the book, and Dune is that film.