Author: The Edge


  • Advent Calendar 2011: Day 3 (Dubstep Santa)

    Day 3 of The Edge’s 2011 advent calendar: Dubstep Santa!

  • Advent Calendar 2011: Day 2 (Pokémon But With Animals Instead)

    Day 2 of The Edge’s 2011 advent calendar: Pokémon But With Animals Instead!

  • Advent Calendar 2011: Day 1 (The Chin Review)

    Day 1 of The Edge’s 2011 advent calendar: The Chin Review!

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Long Awaited Comeback

    After a long five years (during which some of us waited impatiently), one of the greatest rock bands in this (parallel) universe yet again graced our lives with their return from the dark waters of the taboo phenomenon ‘hiatus’. Short of one John Frusciante, and up one Josh Klinghoffer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bravely attempted […]

  • South Pacific at the Center Theatre, Lincoln

    Reviving an old classic is always difficult, and a musical with a plot firmly set in the beliefs of a society totally different to today is even tougher. However, the recent return of South Pacific to the stage makes such a task look easy, with Lincoln Centre Theatre combining a lively and entertaining display with […]

  • This Bleeding City by Alex Preston

    Alex Preston’s debut novel is by no means autobiographical, though it is a reflection of the insights he gained when working in the city of London in the boom years preceding the 2008 recession. Preston, by his own admission, does not intend the book to carry a political message, but rather seeks to explore the […]

  • Frank Turner: “It Is Ridiculous That I Am Doing This for a Living”

    Grace Remmington chats with Winchester-bred folk sensation Frank Turner after his performance in Bournemouth last month.

  • The Angle – Week 5

    The Angle is back again, offering you a selection of unknown tracks we’ve uncovered over the past week. Go on, have a listen! 1. Trophy Wife – ‘Canopy Shade’ This Oxford trio is formed from elements of indie rock group Jonquil, and a similar atmosphere can be observed throughout the first track from their EP […]

  • The Angle – Week 4

    Here’s the fourth week of The Edge’s new music feature with a variety of track for you to delve into.

  • The Absolutely Fabulous Return Of…

    This winter sees the return of Absolutely Fabulous, or Ab Fab as we all know it. After twenty years, Patsy and Eddy are celebrating theri anniversary in assuredly drunken style with three new specials for the BBC. Although the show started before most of us could even walk, the re-runs and Christmas specials have always […]

  • The Angle – Week 3

    The Edge’s new music feature returns for a third week and four new tunes to check out.

  • James Blake – Curbside

    I know what you’re thinking. Surely James Blake can’t be releasing more material, having already churned out an album and an EP this year. Clearly the man is something of a music-generating machine, as his latest EP Love What Happened Here is due for release this December. ‘Curbside’, a cut from the EP, was premiered […]

  • Film Review Competition Winner

    Our winner for the Archive film review competition is Lewis Wedgwood. You can read his review for the film Nil By Mouth, Gary Oldman’s grim domestic drama, in the current issue of The Edge and online here! Lewis wins a DVD of The Gunfighter’s Pledge courtesy of Metrodome Distribution. Our runner-up, and winner of the […]

  • The Angle – Week 2

    Welcome to the brand new edition of The Angle. Make sure you check out our collection of new music this week! 1. Stevie Jackson – ‘Just, Just So to the Point’ Stevie Jackson is the lead guitarist in the veteran indie pop ensemble Belle & Sebastian, here seizing the opportunity for a seventies-infused solo outing while […]