From comedy to clubbing, we’ve drawn up a list of ideas to keep your evenings busy Nightlife is not what it used to be, if you go by the
Category: Art and Culture
Members of the Kingston Film Society share their passion-filled favourites
Exploring passion on screen and behind the camera, Kingston’s cinephiles explain their top picks What does passion look like in cinema? For members of the Kingston Film Society (KFS) passion is not just reserved for romance, but
Out of the Frame: are queer women disappearing from cinema?
With A lack of nominations at this year’s Oscars, and Heated Rivalry doing wonders for gay male representation on screen, The Kingston Courier is wondering where all the
What happens when our private passions go public?
From a Heated Rivalry star’s private thoughts to Brooklyn Beckham’s very public estrangement, celebrity secrets are big business online. But what does it say about
Artist invites public to tune out to tune in, as part of new local exhibition
Artist Abbas Zahedi on his new artist residency at the Stanley Picker Gallery There is some art which can only be appreciated through meticulous focus. Think Hieronymus Bosch or Pieter Bruegel the Elder, whose paintings are
Remembering Valentino, fashion’s ‘last emperor’
Iconic Italian designer Valentino Garavani, who died last month, leaves a huge legacy in fashion. Below, our arts correspondent considers his impact and asks where
‘The perfect opera to fall in love with for the first time’
Can a newcomer to opera get into the artform? Valentina Vinciarelli went to see La Traviata at the Royal Opera House to find out I had never
How fears about job prospects are dictating student degree choices
With youth unemployment at its highest level in five years, we asked Kingston University students about their choice of degree subject What would you pursue
How International Students Keep Their Culture Alive with Home-Cooked Cuisine
We talked to students from Mauritius, India and Germany about how they stay close to home while living in Kingston If you are an international
Never-seen-before artefacts retrieved from Burton Mausoleum in Richmond
The restoration crew discovered centuries old door bells and rosary beads from the explorer’s adventures When the Richard Burton Mausoleum in Richmond was vandalised in
