The Brighton quintent are the logical choice to relaunch our 'Song of their Week' feature Brighton alt-rockers Youth Sector are a quintet comprising of Nick Tompkins, Josh Doyle, Brad Moore, Karl Tomlin and Harvey Dent. ‘Renting Spaces In My World’ is their latest release, with the post-punk style narrative detailing a paranoid character’s gradual comprehension that their dream … Continue reading Song Of The Week: Renting Spaces In My World // Youth Sector
Rejuvenating The Indie's 'Throwback Thursday' feature is the popular hit from TDCC Fans of Two Door Cinema Club will know they have recently released a new album, False Alarm. It’s a world away from ‘What You Know’, the fifth and final single from the Northern Irish band’s debut, Tourist History. It’s hard to believe that their first ever record came out … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: What You Know // Two Door Cinema Club
They won't go down in the history books as the best band in the world, but they are responsible for a few bangers Indie rockers Razorlight might have scored their No. 1 with the single ‘America’ but our favourite song is ‘In The Morning’. The guitar licks have a distinct 2006 quality to them, and it’s the … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: In The Morning // Razorlight
Conservative councillors have questioned the Mayor of London’s ability to deliver an extension of the tram network to Sutton. A report published by Transport for London (TfL) last month asked respondents to rank their levels of support for three route options from Sutton and their preference for Tram or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Out of … Continue reading Tory councillors: Sutton Link could be derailed by ‘poor management’ of TfL finances
Prince Charles spoke to the chief executives of two London carer support organisations at a Buckingham Palace garden party. Hillingdon Carers CEO and Carers Trust board member Sally Chandler and Sutton Carers Centre CEO Rachael MacLeod Stevens were nominated to attend the event by Carers Trust, whose President is The Princess Royal. The two ladies … Continue reading Care to say hello to Prince Charles? Royal greetings at Buckingham Palace party
Title: Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life Author: Nina Stibbe What I think so far: In 1982, Nina Stibbe moved from Leicester to London to become nanny to Mary-Kay Wilmers’s children. Working (somewhat informally, it has to be said) for the editor of the London Review of Books clearly gave this book’s twenty year old subject an invaluable … Continue reading Book By My Bedside: Love, Nina // Nina Stibbe
By now you’ve probably all seen Gillette’s latest advert. But in case you haven’t yet (seriously, where have you been for the last two weeks?), watch it below now. The video interrogates what it means to be manly. It condemns bullying, sexual harassment, mansplaining and male violence. It acknowledges that some men are already behaving the right … Continue reading Gillette: The Best An Ad Can Get?
A vegan former PA to William Sitwell has told South West Londoner: “Not once did I feel like William was going to kill me.” Amy Gastman, 24, worked for the Waitrose & Partners Food magazine for three and a half years and was an editorial assistant as well as Mr Sitwell’s PA. Mr Sitwell’s resignation as … Continue reading William Sitwell was victim of ‘political correctness gone mad’, says vegan ex-employee
“What would I say to you now?” Quinn frontman and The Indiependent’s own Sam Lambeth wistfully asks in ‘Williamsburg’, a track from the Birmingham-based band’s EP, Crush. In many ways the hook from this song encapsulates the underlying theme of the record; merging power pop with saccharine lyrics about lost love and bad decision making, Crush is an … Continue reading EP Review: Crush // Quinn
Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible is a dramatized and partially fictive story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692/3. But how is some play that you were forced to study at GCSE related to anything going on today, I hear you (rightfully) ask? Well, the play serves as … Continue reading Hair-raising stuff: Mass hysteria is killing people in India
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