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Matt Tidby

OldVenue, TV

Vicious – review

Matt Tidby reviews the launch of ITV’s Vicious, and is less than impressed.

Fantastic females – Game of Thrones

The success of HBO’s hit blood-soaked, swords-and-swearing fantasy epic Game of Thrones is rooted in the show’s broad appeal, and its genre-defying representation of women.

Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents is part of a wider, long-term trend in youth sexuality on television; a spectrum of extreme behaviour, ‘shock and awe’ sexual representation to entice an audience into outrage, and crucially, viewership.

Spies of Warsaw, part 1 – review

BBC 4’s latest ambitious drama is held together with atmospheric direction although it’s rather slow to get going.

Merlin – the finale

Venue bids farewell to one family-friendly legend, as a far darker mythology hits our screens.

Doctor Who – Christmas preview

Doctor Who returns to BBC1 this Christmas with ‘The Snowmen’, with Matt Smith’s normally exuberant Doctor at an uncharacteristic low ebb.

News

Nick Griffin interview sparks NUS fireworks

Controversy has stirred between leaders of the NUS and The Leeds Student after the paper published an interview with BNP leader Nick Griffin.

Features, Travel

Local trips around Norwich

Matt Tidby knows where to go for a decent day out beyond Norwich.

The timely return of The Thick of It

The hit satire returns for its fourth and final series, with lasers set to kill and coalition politics in its sights.

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Latest Comments

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Favourite song covers

Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s
Scott B
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Favourite song covers

Is this author 14 years old with absolutely zero knowledge on music? Has to be. Two out of three songs are irrelevant. Both by shitty bands. Who paid for this?…
theizzin
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Should we mourn GCSE poetry?

Wonderful article! Very insightful and brilliantly communicated. I wasn't aware of this issue before, but this article has really brought it to light for me. Thank you very much!