Author: Sarah Corbett-Batson

Tory Scum and Proud

Tory Scum and Proud: The Show You Won't See on Channel 5...

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London Tattoo Convention

From the plain-skinned first-timers curious to dip a toe in the ink to those who embrace tattoos as an integral part of their life, there is much here to catch the imagination and stimulate the...

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The Criminalisation of Unemployed People

As Osborne announces compulsory community work, are the long-term unemployed being treated as criminals?...

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Veiled Racism, Veiled Sexism

Shouldn’t everyone be allowed to wear whatever she or he wants, whether it’s a veil, a rubber miniskirt or a clown outfit? Should the State really be able to tell us how we must or mustn’t...

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Dick Venom and The Terrortones [EP]

Don’t be fooled by the oversized quiff; there’s very little about their music that is rockabilly or surf. ...

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Lydia Lunch [Live]

Of course it was everything you would expect it to be – well rehearsed, authentic, moody and dark....

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The Levellers (Simon Friend) : Interview

'Certainly I think we’ve been ignored. Or not even ignored – shunned' - Simon Friend of The Levellers makes up for some lost media attention. ...

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Less Than Zero Hours?

As the number of workers on 'zero-hours' contracts is estimated at over a million, new fees for employment tribunal claims put justice out of reach for many...

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2013: Review

Beards and flat caps are very much the exception rather than the rule at the Cambridge Folk Festival...

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Tailored waist coated suits (Vintage Trouble live)

Vintage Trouble are a band who have gained in confidence and professionalism but lost none of their approachability or inclusiveness. And therein lies their strength. Live St Pancras...

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Sarah Corbett: Interview (Part 2)

In part 2 of this interview, Trebuchet's Sarah Corbett speaks to the Craftivist Collective's Sarah Corbett about political art, Tracey Emin and Occupy...

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Sarah Corbett: Interview (Part 1)

In part one of this interview, Trebuchet's Sarah Corbett speaks to the Craftivist Collective's Sarah Corbett about the growth of craftivism, practical issues and how craftivism can change and...

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L.S. Lowry : Tate Britain

Beloved by many, but seen as a novelty act with shaky technique by others, L.S. Lowry has never quite fitted into the art establishment despite his enduring popularity....

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Henry Diltz Interview [Part 2]

It was all peace and love; let the universe decide, do it the right way. That’s the way life should be and maybe it will....

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Barb Wire Dolls : Camden Barfly

Frontwoman Isis Queen has the appearance of a prettier, sexier and somewhat healthier Nancy Spungen...

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Henry Diltz, Music Photographer [Interview]

I photograph t-shirts and I photograph tattoos and I photograph graffiti and people giving the peace sign and people giving the finger. David Crosby was always giving me the finger....

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Tribes, Wolf Alice [Live]

Listening to Tribes is an experience tantamount to finding that there’s no salt on your chips....

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Mick Harvey Interview: Part 2

In part 2 of his interview, Mick Harvey talks about Nick Cave, murder and PJ Harvey....

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Demonstrations Against The Racists This Saturday – Update

Unite Against Fascism are organising peaceful demonstrations of unity against the racist EDL and the fascist BNP this Saturday...

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Mick Harvey Interview: Part 1

In part 1 of his interview, Mick Harvey talks about Australia, love songs, religion, songwriting and the new album...

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Bedroom Tax – Pay Up or Pack Up

The “Bedroom Tax”, which came into force on 1st April 2013 has already been implicated in one suicide and led to an unprecedented increase in applications for emergency housing benefit payments. ...

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Mick Harvey + Duke Garwood + Brous – The Lexington

His apology for the newer songs being under-rehearsed was unnecessary - their rawness captured the essence of the songs in a more stripped down and tenderly passionate manner than the album versions...

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Life’s a bitch but Thatcher was a politician

"Women are human" shocker. Yes, even Margaret Thatcher....

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Kid Congo Powers : Interview [Part 2]

'I was in and out of the closet. I was a very flamboyant gay teenager and became a rock ‘n’ roller'...

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Kid Congo Powers : Interview [Pt.1]

When The Cramps asked me to be in The Cramps, I quit everything, threw my shoes in their air and my books out the window and said, I’m going with you!...

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The Legacy of Thatcher

As Thatcher is buried, we examine the legacy of her policies in several key areas...

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Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs [Live Review]

Essentially, they need to be detained Clockwork Orange-style with their eyelids clamped open and forced to watch the New York Dolls until their guyliner runs...

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Apples & Eve [Live]

Apples & Eve :close your eyes and they could be opening for Edith Piaf framed by a velvet curtain while the audience drink pink champagne and blow smoke rings...

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Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds [Live]

Kid Congo Powers, once guitarist for The Cramps, (and Nick Cave), unleashes his six-string on Brighton's Green Door Store...

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Roy Lichtenstein : A Retrospective

Tate Modern offers a complete picture of Lichtenstein and his development as an artist, including pieces from late 1950s right up to the mid 1990s....

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