February 2018 - Trebuchet Magazine

The Science of Sleep

28/02/2018 Naila Scargill

Einstein’s theory of relativity voted greatest idea ever inspired by sleep. (read more)

One Woman and Her Dog: Rex

28/02/2018 Naila Scargill

Gabriela Cowperthwaite makes her debut narrative feature with Rex, a biographical film based upon real-life US Marine corporal veteran Megan Leavey. (read more)

Do We Understand Modernism? We Better!

27/02/2018 Natalie Andrews

Modernism is in the news because as it turns out not that many people ever really got it! Since we have long since left this epoch behind and since its exerts such an influence maybe we should make more effort! (read more)

Sinicisation, Making The World In China

27/02/2018 Natalie Andrews

Remaking the world in China. Its long been thought that our products would change China but it seems China is not so ready to be co-opted! our products and brands are easily transformed through sinicisation. (read more)

Feminist Internet, Art that Strategises Change

27/02/2018 Rhiannon Williams

Feminist Internet is a future-focused collective made up of artists and designers who aim to create an equal and just internet for all. Find out about their activities here! (read more)

Bring back my old jeans, pop-nostalgia and Elan Noon

26/02/2018 Napinco

Napinco encounters songwriter Keenan Mitag-Degala’s project Elan Noon and new album ‘Have A Spirit Filled’. (read more)

Loitered Lens: Demented Are Go

26/02/2018 Nick Henderson

Welsh Psychobillies Demented Are Go inflict themselves upon Watford’s Old Brewery for another evening of ill-mannered disarray. (read more)

Humans and Fruit Flies Hit Snooze Button in Synch

23/02/2018 Trebuchet News

Fruit Flies Create Buzz Around Body Clock Research. (read more)

Cut and Colour: Siobhan Coen at Zabludowicz Collection

23/02/2018 Crystal Bennett

A kaleidoscope of sound and colour arrests the viewer: Siobhan Coen at Zabludowicz Collection. (read more)

Boris Johnson is represented here by a wax-work. But can we tell the difference?

Boris Johnson – the blonde bomb site returns

22/02/2018 Alexander Hay

It’s perhaps too easy to mock Boris Johnson. And yet he remains an ominous symptom of a society in decline. (read more)

MUBI Gifts Free Subscriptions to the Filmmakers of Tomorrow

21/02/2018 Naila Scargill

In association with CILECT and with the support of Creative Europe, film students and teachers worldwide will be able to access MUBI at no cost.
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Anatomies of Society: Yi Yi

21/02/2018 Naila Scargill

Widely regarded as one of the 21st century’s greatest films, Edward Yang’s multi-award-winning Yi Yi is a beautiful portrait of family life across three generations. (read more)

Study Proves People Congeal Over Time!

20/02/2018 Trebuchet News

A study from NASA has shocked people by showing that life and education contribute to the death of creativity in children, creativity which is essential to our race, and is difficult to win back once its gone! (read more)

Cynical Realism & The New Chinese Middle Class

20/02/2018 Natalie Andrews

Cynical Chinese art makes liberal westerners feel good but what will we make of the new proud Chinese middle class? (read more)

Frank Turner brings punk to the folk-core (or vice versa)

19/02/2018 Calum Lockie

Contemporary Folk-Punk troubadour Frank Turner’s Hardcore alter-ego Möngöl Hörde knock London’s Scala down a couple of pegs. (read more)

Scientist Sheds New Light on Origins of Personality

16/02/2018 Trebuchet News

Scientist explores the origins and shaping of personality through basic human needs. (read more)

Gender equality in Westminster is still a work in progress.

Hundreds of Westminster seats effectively men-only

15/02/2018 Trebuchet News

Gender equality in Parliament is held back by Westminster’s voting system, according to new research by the Electoral Reform Society. (read more)

Who needs Web Porn when you've got Hot Swan on Leda action?

Web Porn: The War on W*nk

15/02/2018 Alexander Hay

Plans to restrict Web Porn is more informed by humbug than serious debates, and reflects a deeper social dysfunction. (read more)

Being Blacker: Racism in Modern Britain

14/02/2018 Naila Scargill

Molly Dineen’s first documentary in 10 years is a portrait of the challenges of being black in modern Britain. (read more)

Tearing Up Social Mores: The Party

14/02/2018 Naila Scargill

A deliciously bitey satire on bourgeois pretensions, The Party is a reflection on the stage of politics. (read more)

Decolonising Higher Education, But What Does it Mean?

13/02/2018 Michael Eden

Is decolonising higher education a good thing? and what does it mean? find out more here. (read more)

China/Art/Soft Power: speak softly and carry a big stick!

13/02/2018 Natalie Andrews

China is developing its soft power portfolio; state propaganda, Confucius institutes, strategic investment and of course, art. (read more)

Ramblin’ Man Fair Announce Second Headliner!

12/02/2018 Jed Saint

Mott The Hoople added to an already stellar lineup for the 30th June/1st July event (read more)

‘Black Book’ Gideon Rubin at Freud Museum

12/02/2018 Anisa Topan

Gideon Rubin’s show ‘Black Book’ recalls the horror of the Nazi machine and helps us to reflect on that horror in the home of Sigmund Freud who managed to survive occupation. (read more)

Hollywood Undead (Live Review)

12/02/2018 Carl Byron Batson

Hollywood Undead launched into the lights at Camden’s Koko 2018 (read more)

In Search of Selfhood: Eddie Peake at White Cube

09/02/2018 Crystal Bennett

Artist Eddie Peake’s autobiographical new exhibition at White Cube. (read more)

Deep Brain Exploration with Nanomaterial

09/02/2018 Crystal Bennett

Nanoparticles offer new solutions to deep-brain exploration. (read more)

Operation: Mindcrime (Live Review)

09/02/2018 Meltem Yumulgan

To Queensrÿche without Geoff Tate or to Geoff Tate without Queensrÿche? Operation: Mindframe celebrate 30 years of their namesake album. (read more)

Beppe Grillo is a clear example of the line between Comedy & Politics being crossed. But is that a good thing?

‘Is That Funny?’ Comedy and Politics

08/02/2018 Trebuchet News

Across the globe, the line between Comedy and Politics is growing ever more blurred. This event discusses the implications, and the punchlines, that result. (read more)