Author: James Barker

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    Your housemates are basically Fresh Meat characters

    Channel 4’s university comedy, Fresh Meat, drew to a close this month with a fourth and final series. It’s a series every uni student can relate to; the wild nights, the rushed essays, the mistaken hookups. Most of all, the six students perfectly represent some of the ‘types’ you’ll meet at uni. We all know a […]

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    Preview: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Annex Theatre

    Showstoppers’ How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is at the Annex Theatre from 20th- 23rd April.

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    Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway is coming live from a Southampton cruise ship tonight

    The entertainment show, which kicks off at 7pm tonight on ITV1, is broadcasting live from Barcelona on the Southampton cruise ship, Britannia.

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    How to Fix: The Big Bang Theory

    James explains how The Big Bang Theory can be saved from its downwards spiral.

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    Review: Happy Valley (Season 2, Episode 6)

    Happy Valley’s second season ends on a satisfying note says James Barker.

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    Review: Raleigh Ritchie – You’re A Man Now, Boy

    ‘Raleigh Ritchie delivers a stunning album which demonstrates the talent and versatility of the young singer, rapper and actor.’ James reviews.

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    Fantastic Films and Where to Find Them: The secret of a successful sequel

    Find a winning formula, and replicate it: that’s what the film industry is all about. We could be talking about a genre, or a director, or an actor, that shows the sparkle of potential, but every once in a while, a gem of a film comes along that’s so successful that it can spawn an […]

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    Review: Love (Season 1, Episode 5)

    James reviews the mid-season of the unpredictable new Netflix series, Love.

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    Review: Love (Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2)

    James takes a look at the latest Netflix original series, Love.

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    Review: The 1975 – ‘Somebody Else’

    James reviews the latest length track from The 1975.

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    Review: Cuckoo (Season 3, Episode 1)

    James reviews the disappointing return of Cuckoo.

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    The Edge Reviews the Classics: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

    The Edge Reviews the Classics returns with its latest instalment, looking at the iconic To Kill a Mockingbird.

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    ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Author Harper Lee dies aged 89

    Beloved author Harper Lee has died aged 89.

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    Why Dominic Treadwell-Collins’ departure from EastEnders is its biggest cliffhanger yet

    Following the announcement of his departure from the soap, our writer James discusses exactly why he’ll miss the show-running talents of Dominic Treadwell-Collins.