One of the biggest issues with Ariana Grande headlining is the suspected capitalist agenda. Manchester Pride will be charging around £70 for a weekend ticket to the event, which, in comparison to the previous years’ £30 fee, is absolutely ludicrous. The organiser’s justification for this increase is that they’re offering the biggest lineup of artists…
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PPL Film Fest to return in March
UEA’s Philosophy Society will be hosting the second annual PPL film festival, set to take place in March. The PPL film festival is a weeklong event comprised of a series of film screenings followed by a 20 to 30 minute discussion led by a member of staff or external speaker. Running from the 11-16 March,…
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Black History Month
Wandsworth Council’s renaming of Black History Month, a tradition that’s over 30 years old, to Diversity Month has unsurprisingly prompted no shortage of responses, many of which were less than positive. It’s odd it’s happening now, four years after the change actually took place. However, the move did raise some interesting questions about the event…
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Women in Comedy
It is often said that female comedians just aren’t as funny as men. Clearly, this is complete nonsense. With stand-up comedians such as Sarah Millcan, Shappi Khorsandi, Catherine Ryan and more appearing on shows such as Live at the Apollo, and with the BBC’s quota for at least one female panellist on comedy shows, it…
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Joan Rivers: the comedy assassin
We’ve barely had time to recover from two devastating losses already, when we’re hit with another. Joan Rivers has died aged 81. She went into cardiac arrest during vocal cord surgery last Thursday and had been on life support ever since. Rivers began her career in the 1950s as an actress and stand-up comedian, making…
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Review: Elliot Wengler ‘The Season Finale’
Watch the full gig below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGKPN43EAA4 What could have been just another regular Saturday A-List LCR on May 24th was instead prefaced by a stand-up comedy night in the Hive put on by the UEA Headlights Society with all proceeds going to Stop the Traffik. Featuring Elliot Wengler as the host and compère of the…
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