by Lauren Evans and Alexandra Efthymiou | 1 10, f, 2021 | Culture
Alex is Concourse’s Editor in Chief and Lauren is Concourse’s Lifestyle editor and we had a chat about our shared love for podcasts. Why are Podcasts one of our favourite forms of entertainment? Lauren: I used to have a real aversion to podcasts, I’m not sure why but...
by Lauren Evans | 1 1, f, 2021 | Culture, Television
*Warning – Spoilers for Married at First Sight Australia’s Season 6 Below* MAFS has dominated E4’s weeknights for the last few weeks. With the episodes on the couples final vows airing in the UK last week it got me and my mum (who obsessively watched it with me)...
by Joe Smith | 1 31, f, 2020 | Culture, Music
Luckily for us all music didn’t follow the same trajectory as the rest of the planet in 2020. There were so many new faces and great releases that made for a surprisingly dense year of high-quality listens. With such standout releases it’s fair to say no one was...
by Alexandra Efthymiou | 1 22, f, 2020 | Culture, Literature
Whose lies are true? A review of Dorothy Koomson’s gripping new novel All My Lies are True Of all of life’s hardest questions to answer, one which I find the most difficult, is “what’s your favourite book?”. I could give you a rough top 5 without hesitation, but...
by Dan Pearson | 1 28, f, 2020 | Culture, Literature
The Great Gatsby fell into obscurity almost as soon as it appeared. Published in 1925 to poor reviews and even poorer sales, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s idiosyncratic take on the Roaring Twenties – and the decadent hedonism that defined it – failed to resonate with...
by Dan Pearson | 1 28, f, 2020 | Culture, Television
A race of aliens and their suspicious cookbooks. A gremlin wreaking havoc on the wing of a plane. A clown, a homeless man, a ballet dancer, a bagpiper, and an army officer trapped inside a giant cylinder with no idea how they got there or how they get out. So go the...
