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The Indiependent's Game of The Year 2024 The year of 2024 is almost behind us. Here at Indiependent, we have compiled a list of our top picks for games […]

Books of 2024 At this time of year, it is hard to open the books section of a paper, or a literary magazine, without coming […]

Track Review: DONT U WANT IT ALL // BIG WETT Australian artist BIG WETT is back with ‘DON’T U WANT IT ALL’, a single taken from her up-and-coming debut EP […]

2022 has brought some great theatre to the stage. From the full return of Edinburgh Fringe to a number of new West End shows and UK tours, it has been amazing to watch theatre return after the Coronavirus […]

Dealing With The Not-So-Subtle Uncomfortable Realities Of Bisexuality I thought coming out would remove the obstacles I faced in my teens…it turns out being out in my twenties has […]

Whether it’s a sun-splashed animated classic or a madcap holiday rom-com, summer films spirit us away to warmer climes and happier times. From The Parent Trap to Independence Day, here are some of our […]

This weekend just gone, Vistas travelled down to Tramlines Festival in Sheffield from Edinburgh, where coronavirus restrictions are still in place. We chatted to the band about how they felt ahead of their first […]

The young protagonist of Fake Accounts describes herself as “a toxic presence”, spends a finger-joint-crushing amount of time on social media, and to further mark out her self-involvedness, is writing an aut […]

It’s important to learn about the trauma some may experience as part of identifying as LGBTQ+. However, we wanted this feature to focus on the joyous and celebratory aspects of belonging to this community. We a […]

There are few things on earth that evoke an emotional response like good poetry, but football is one of them. Footballers, at their best, are graceful as ballet dancers and perform superhuman feats. When they […]

Edinburgh’s rich, historic beauty makes it a dream staycation, although the steep cobbled streets and changeable weather mean it is best glimpsed between plenty of reviving pit-stops. 

Here are five unique noo […]

On International Women’s Day 2021, my Instagram feed was flooded with eye-catching graphics affirming female empowerment by means of catchy slogans. Despite being particularly prolific on IWD, posts of this k […]

Hometown: Edinburgh

Listen to: ‘Sunshine,’ ‘Pure Frustration,’ ‘Shine’

NANI’s early forays into music foreshadow the eclectic, genre-blending style that she has become so known for in Edinburgh’s i […]

A landmark year in terms of diversity, this year’s Oscars features the most exciting Best Picture category in recent memory. With such a strong set of films up for the night’s top prize, predicting a winner is […]

As the first buds begin to bloom, nature is waking up from the cold and bestowing its beauty upon us once more. Our contributors talk through some of their favourite evocations of spring on the silver screen, […]

*trigger warning: this article contains discussions of harassment and sexual assault*

The outpouring of pain from women online this past week has been overwhelming to say the least. Following the disappearance […]

When Charles Darwin sat down to write On the Origin of Species I’m going to hedge my bets and say that he didn’t anticipate the figure described in ‘Modern Man’, the first track from Death By Unga Bunga’s […]

In honor of Regina King’s outstanding debut feature One Night In Miami, we asked our contributors to write about some of their favourite actors-turned-directors. Who made the list?

Brady Corbet

When […]

A black-and-white horror about two men stranded on an island. A lesbian drama set on the shores of Brittany. A searing true story of systemic racism in 1970s Britain. Which film have our contributors voted as the […]

Trigger Warning: this article contains issues relating to consent, assault, digital assault, and revenge porn. 

It is 2009, I am 14 years old, and I am going to school early to let one of my peers touch me in […]