Archive - Trebuchet

Deep Brain Exploration with Nanomaterial

09/02/2018

Nanoparticles offer new solutions to deep-brain exploration. ...

Operation: Mindcrime (Live Review)

09/02/2018

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

‘Is That Funny?’ Comedy and Politics

08/02/2018

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

SOTU 2018: Donald Trump Colonises America

08/02/2018

Donald Trump's State of the Union speech last week revealed many things and (surprise) more than a few echoes of colonialism....

Mike Mignola Brings Michael Moorcock to Life

07/02/2018

Hellboy creator and artist Mike Mignola, Batman artist Kelley Jones, and Eisner Award winning writer Mike Baron bring Michael Moorcock’s Chronicles of Corum comic to life in this brand-new...

Narcissism Under Putin: Loveless

07/02/2018

Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless is a superbly cold experience....

Pissed Regardless – Feed The Birds (Review)

05/02/2018

Crossover Thrash is a fickle beast. Have Californian newcomers Pissed Regardless managed to crack the code with their sophomore EP effort 'Feed The Birds'? Fraggle investigates....

Ritratto di Giovane Donna (detail), Amedeo Modigliani

Poetics of the Disquiet: Modern Italian Art at the Estorick Collection

02/02/2018

The Estorick Collection showcases Italy's great modern painters....

The Capitalist Mindwash and Oprah For President

01/02/2018

Enough of the rags to riches celebrity graft narrative - Oprah for President? Please, no....

Status Quo Vs. Justice: Strangled

31/01/2018

Basing itself upon true events, Strangled is a bold, sociopolitical thriller that pulls no punches....

Vatican to host major Andy Warhol exhibition, Yeah Really!

30/01/2018

The unlikely pairing of Andy Warhol and the Vatican? Well it's happening, so get used to it. Read more here....

Hayward Gallery reopens with Andreas Gursky exhibition

30/01/2018

The Hayward is re-opening and showing the work of German photographer Andreas Gursky, this promises to be an impressive array of relevant and compelling images....

Frank Turner: Unearthing The Underground

29/01/2018

Eclectic singer-songwriter Frank Turner gives Trebuchet the low-down on some of his favourite rising stars....

Loitered Lens: Peter Hook & The Light

28/01/2018

Trebuchet visits Roundhouse on a chilly winter evening to take aim at former Joy Division and New Order bass-man Peter Hook and his band The Light....

Bossy Cow – Female-Dominated Workplaces Are Less Flexible

26/01/2018

Working in female-dominated workplaces means worse access to flexible working arrangements...

Paradise Lost: Marianna Rothen at the Little Black Gallery

26/01/2018

A fragile fantasy world awaits the viewer with Rothen's photographic debut at London's Little Black Gallery....

Bullshit and Post-truth Politics

25/01/2018

The spread of management-speak, or just plain bullshit, into politics has grown ever more common of late. It's easy to laugh off such vacuous jargon, but is there a real cost to talking rubbish?...

Blackmail, Sexism, Bias: RIP BBC News

25/01/2018

It is time for BBC News to die. It is in a dreadful state, like a horse in the Grand National that's about to be shot....

Starkly Beautiful: God’s Own Country

24/01/2018

Deftly balancing frank storytelling with plausible gay romance, God's Own Country is a stunning feature debut. ...

America, Whither Went the Dream?

24/01/2018

On the hunt for the spectres of an American dream long departed...

Nerdcore: Next Level Hip-Hop?

22/01/2018

Trebuchet explores the Nerdcore Hip-Hop movement, its relationship with modern culture and music, and the issues with rigid genre categorization with help from Mega Ran, Sammus and Ben Knight....

Tankard – A Compilation of Inebriation

20/01/2018

Thrash Metal, like most genres, has its tropes. Those same reoccurring themes which pop up in the lyrics, inspirations or meanings behind the songs....

Art that Bends the Mind: Fiumano Clase Gallery at London Art Fair

19/01/2018

Contemporary gallerists Fiumano Clase showcase their chosen few at the 2018 London Art Fair....

London Arts Fair 2018 at the Islington Business Centre

18/01/2018

Painting, sculpture, photography, multimedia and dialogue in the heart of Islington, London...

You may like privatisation, but not a lot.

Carillion’s fall – privatisation and magical thinking

18/01/2018

In the aftermath of Carillion's collapse, and its winning of government contracts despite clear profit warnings, where does this leave privatisation?...

Depressingly Funny: Daphne

17/01/2018

A refreshingly accurate and wryly funny portrayal of everyday mental illness, Daphne is an impressive feature debut....

Loitered Lens: SikTH

16/01/2018

Photos from SikTH's December gig at Koko, Camden...

Saturday night music at the Lansdowne pub in Lewes, church of the unchurched, and my (low) expectations are scattered to the four winds by the performance of Robert Lashmar AKA Rhythmic/AKA The Hat...