Harriet Metcalfe

Although I watched the likes of 27 Dresses (2008) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006) over and over again growing up, my awakening to fashion ultimately (and perhaps bizarrely) came through Tumblr's 2013 emo era, and lead singers of bands. As a...

It's the first Nintendo Direct of the year! With no warning, we were thrust straight into the first trailer for what looked like a Xenoblade Chronicles instalment. Instead, it was a new feature for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, as Pyra and Mythra from...

As I'm writing this, many of us are still reeling from the Grammy awards. In fact, it was a pretty historic night for many women in the music industry. Beyoncé won her 28th award and Taylor Swift became the first female artist to win album of the year...

As if getting a degree wasn’t hard enough – try doing it during a global pandemic. As a second year student not being in halls, I moved into my accommodation earlier than many freshers did, avoiding the ‘mass movement’ term that was being thrown...

Full disclosure; until not long ago, I had never listened to a Taylor Swift album the whole way through. Yes – shock horror – I was one of those people who would listen to “Shake it Off” and nothing else. Being the awful type of ‘I’m not like other...

Studio Ghibli is renowned for its female protagonists. They’re strong, smart, independent young girls, who hardly wait for a prince to save them and would rather instead chase after the huge but cuddly creature in the forest. They are everything young...

Despite some questionable lyrics, Paramount are heading back to “those Summer Nights” to form the prequel to the original 1978 musical Grease. Leah McKendrick’s script is set to explore how Sandy and Danny met for the first time and the events that...

We might all be stuck inside, but I was still lucky enough to interview Mike Beckingham, star of the new thriller film The Host (which you can read my review of here) – all over the social-distancing magic of email. We talk lockdown advice, Hitchcock,...