Jonathan Chadwick in London Archive

Scotland votes on split from United Kingdom

Scotland votes on split from United Kingdom

On Thursday, September 18, Scottish residents will fill the polling stations to have their say on whether Scotland should become an independent country, breaking away from the United Kingdom and a unification it’s had with England since the 18th Century. As the …
Humbug revisited

Humbug revisited

Whilst listening to the Arctic Monkeys’ third album Humbug last week I noticed its release date was five years ago to the very day. On my first hearing I remembered being slightly confused by it; it hadn’t the immediacy of their first …
Future is bright for Australia’s Socceroos

Future is bright for Australia’s Socceroos

On the 12 February 2003 the Australian national football team played their first international fixture of the year against England at the Boleyn Ground in London. England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson gave a run out to 22 of his players over the course of …
Mogwai graces Celtic Connections festival

Mogwai graces Celtic Connections festival

Scottish post rock giants Mogwai headlined the fifth day of Glasgow’s annual Celtic Connections festival at the city’s Centre for Contemporary Arts on the day their new album Rave Tapes was released. Five songs from the new album were played amongst some …

Gig review: Foals in Paris

In my desperation to see Foals I was willing to travel abroad, and so booked tickets to their show at Le Zénith in Paris where the Oxford quintet are performing as part of Festival Les Inrocks, a series of live music nights …
Meet Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge

Meet Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge

Following the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first born on Monday, British news blog the Huffington Post featured a breaking news story with the headline: “Woman Gives Birth to A Boy”. The article read: “A married woman of childbearing age …
Review: The World’s End

Review: The World’s End

It’s been six years since the release of Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s last offering in the non-episodic trilogy of films known as the “Blood and Cornetto Trilogy”. Along with their referencing a different flavour Cornetto ice cream flavour, each …
Brits ecstatic over Wimbledon win

Brits ecstatic over Wimbledon win

Andy Murray made history on Sunday by being the first British man to win the Wimbledon Championships for 77 years. The Scot beat the Serbian number one seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4 7-5 6-4 to claim his second Grand Slam …
Arctic Monkeys rock at Glastonbury

Arctic Monkeys rock at Glastonbury

Arctic Monkeys lit up Glastonbury Festival 2013 on Friday with a performance that proved to be the highlight of the weekend. Six years on from their first appearance at the legendary festival they made their return to the Pyramid Stage at 11pm, …