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    Review: TORUK – The First Flight

    22nd June 2019 By 0 610

    By Mike Hingston For years I personally believed that James Cameron had a near spotless record of productions with one exception being the 2009 film Avatar. I was left feeling disappointed with this film despite its amazing and awe inspiring graphics due to what felt like a lack of substantial narrative. For years the name…

  • Culture

    Interview: The Cast of TORUK

    19th June 2019 By 0 599

    By Mike Hingston TORUK – The First Flight is a show inspired by James Cameron’s AVATAR, and created by Cirque du Soleil. The world premiere was held in Montreal in December 2015 and the show has been touring the world ever since. Following our preview earlier this month, aAh! were given the opportunity to speak…

  • Creative, Culture, Interview, Manchester

    Laureate’s Choice Anthology showcases a cohort of poets to watch

    9th June 2019 By 0 681

    By Hayley Targett The Laureate’s Choice Anthology was launched in Manchester on Friday 10th May, welcoming readings from some of the new poetic voices it has championed, including David Borrot, Tom Sastry, Natalie Burdett and Yvonne Reddick. The Laureate’s Choice Anthology brings together substantial selections from each of the twenty poets chosen by the Manchester…

  • Culture, Entertainment

    Preview: Toruk – The First Flight

    4th June 2019 By 0 639

    By Mike Hingston On the beautiful and exotic exoplanetary moon known as Pandora, there are stories told by the Na’avi people, spoken by the worshippers of their goddess Eywa to the chiefs of each tribe. They speak about the great Leonopteryx that, unlike the lesser Ikran that the Na’avi fly by melding together, flies with…

  • Opinion, Politics

    Opinion: Fifty Shades of Freedom of Speech

    18th May 2019 By 0 273

    By Dan Gough Freedom of speech and expression is something that we in the West hold very dear. It takes many forms and is incorporated into Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, albeit not as expansively as in First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The enshrinement of freedom of expression in…

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