Issue 24

Win tickets ‘Into The Future’

In just a couple of weeks 2012 will be imminent…so to make sure you celebrate in style, our friends at the Firestation are offering Beat readers the chance to win two pairs of tickets to their New Years Eve extravaganza! With 4 rooms of interactive future visions, hybrid entertainment and migrating sounds, this promises to be an amazing New Years Eve party!

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Movie Kingdom – Interview with James Mullinger

If I mention the name James Mullinger, you will be forgiven for checking which section of the website you are in. No, you are not reading this in our Comedy section…James Mullinger has now spread his wings even further, and alongside his stand-up, he is the presenter of a new film review show Movie [...]

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Can fetishism really be funny? – Interview with comedy troupe Late Night Gimp Fight

As an award winning sketch group, Late Night Gimp Fight certainly offer something new to the already saturated UK comedy scene, so I took some time out before their gig at the Firestation in Windsor to have a quick chat with two fifths of the group, David (aka Single Gimp) and Richard (aka Face Gimp). [...]

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Taking comedy to the next level – an interview with Paul Foot

Comedian Paul Foot may well have been working the professional stand-up circuit for over 15 years, but his comedy remains unprecedentedly innovative, and subsequently difficult to define. In anticipation of his London show later this month, Beat decided it was about time that we got to know the man behind the comedy. Here we chat [...]

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Interview with UK rapper Rodney P

Anyone with sound knowledge of UK hiphop will no doubt be aware of Rodney P and the huge part he has played in bringing it to the forefront of British music. Starting out in the 80s as an MC with the hugely influencial London Posse, Rodney is highly regarded as a pioneer and ambassador for [...]

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Interview with musician Ulrich Schnauss

For anybody interested in the complexities and sonic beauty of the synthesiser, keyboardist and sound engineer Ulrich Schnauss would be happy to enlighten. Using music as a vehicle to escape the routine of normal day to day life, be prepared to be transported on journey within your mind while tranquil grasps of rich textures and [...]

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Shaggy Bear Story – by Cassandra Parkin

Shaggy Bear Story “So when did you first realise you had this talent?” asks Nick. He’s grateful that, after over a decade in real-life journalism, he’s developed a truly world-beating poker-face. It’s a shame the Sport has folded. This would have been right up their street. The man peers across the crusty teak-effect table with [...]

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An interview – with debut novelist Laura Wilkinson

BloodMining – a powerful but gentle tale of our near future BloodMining is Laura Wilkinson’s first novel. Many writers are well into their second, third or even fourth before they find either an agent or a publisher. BloodMining won Bridge House Publishing’s 2010 novel competition, the prize being publication. It is a well-deserved winner, a [...]

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A Serbian Film: Is It Art?

The definition of art is one that has been debated for centuries, yet never truly defined. Most will agree that art should move us; it should stimulate us emotionally and intellectually; or at the very least it should be aesthetically pleasing. It is accepted that; “…art refer[s] to intentional, conscious actions on the part of [...]

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In A Perfect World It Would Be Spiders For Lunch

Why being irrational saves us from a life of Bush-Tucker Trials Why Not Eat Insects? Not my question, by the way, but the title of a book. It was a book first published in the 1880s by a man by the name of Vincent M Holt, and it’s not been out of print since. In [...]

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