Mark Dishman

A New Way To Be: Feminist Theatre In 2014

With the two high-profile new pieces of Feminist theatre receiving much praise and plenty of discussion, Jessie Thompson considers whether 'Blurred Lines' and 'Rapture, Blister, Burn' hold their own in the face of high expectation (contains spoilers)

Wolves In The Sheep Pen: Fascism & The Czech Underground

Miloš Hroch investigates the ideological confusion which is rampant in the Czech extreme music underground and asks, how do we separate ideology from provocation?

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Sex Dreams And Denim Jeans

A Deep Soul Opera: Millie Jackson’s Caught Up and the ‘Other Woman’ in Soul Music

Marking 50 years since Millie Jackson's Caught Up, Matthew Lindsay dives into a deep soul masterpiece, and explores the trope of the ‘other woman’ in soul, via Doris Duke, Irma Thomas and more

My Pretty Poison: Revisiting Shakespears Sister’s Sacred Heart

Lesley Chow turns the clock back thirty years to study the power dynamic between Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit on the Shakespears Sister debut album

Graphic Novelist Neil Gaiman Interviewed

Comic Book and Fantasy super-star Neil Gaiman talks Disney, _Watchmen_ and J.G. Ballard as his latest film adaptation _Coraline_ comes to a pair of 3D glasses near you.