29/11/2019
Cui Jie From Pavilion to Space Station at CFCCA (2019)-main.web

Cui Jie: From Pavilion to Space Station – Reviewed

An exhibition addressing how shifts in architectural style reflect national identity, Cui Jie’s From Pavilion to Space Station’s small scale belies its big ideas, finds Mike Pinnington… What can architecture tell us about a...

25/11/2019
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“A New Type of Exploitation.” Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You – Reviewed

As evidenced by his latest outing Sorry We Missed You, director Ken Loach has lost none of his instinct for urgent, humane cinema, finds Mike Pinnington…  Come the closing scene of Ken Loach’s latest...

25/11/2019
Maria Anastassiou's film WAY MY IT DID I_2019_Still

Culture Diary w/c 25-11-2019

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Monday – The Input...

22/11/2019
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Who is the city for? – Sara Jaspan Meets The Neighbours

With asylum seekers moved out of increasingly exclusive city centres and affordable housing targets going unmet, Sara Jaspan reports on an artists’ project engaging with the changing face of developing neighbourhoods… “I felt...

19/11/2019
Niall McDiarmid Barnes (detail) - From the series Southwestern 2019

Making the Mundane Enigmatic – Niall McDiarmid’s Southwestern

The American Road Trip localised to a small corner of England: Stephen Clarke reflects on photographer Niall McDiarmid’s latest photo book, Southwestern… In the opening picture (below) of Niall McDiarmid’s book Southwestern, a...

18/11/2019
The Critical Fish Issue 2 Launch 6pm @ 16 Humber Street, Hull – FREE

Culture Diary w/c 18-11-2019

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Monday – Hostile Environment:...

14/11/2019
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They Live: A Visual and Cultural Awakening

An exhibition and book celebrate the legacy of They Live, director John Carpenter’s Reaganism allegory, but how does it stand up in our supposedly satire-proof times? Mike Pinnington investigates… When I first watched...

11/11/2019
Stealing Sheep, Big Wows, released by Heavenly Recordings, April 2019. Image © Emily Garner (A.K.A Pastel Castle)

Culture Diary w/c 11-11-2019

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Monday – Design Manchester: Made...

04/11/2019
A still from Ridley Scott's Final Cut of Blade Runner

Culture Diary w/c 04-11-2019

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Monday – The Big...