The news that the Chicago Sun-Times has replaced its entire photography team with iPhones appears, on the surface, to be yet another indicator of the changing media landscape. Beneath however, there lies a difference. Rather than it being the normal tale of economic hardship breaking the...

The end is almost upon us; nine months of City blur into a mixture of deadlines, bars and desperate attempts to escape pretentious Camden hats. More precise highlights include: interviewing a heart surgeon, a Boston marathon runner, the voice of six Bond Girls (complimentary faith healing...

Superstar Swedish house DJ, Avicii, has caused a stir by releasing a promo mix for 2013 that dares to tread from the beaten track. The set includes slightly more than the generic minimal to maximal/build up, big drop formula by incorporating elements of country and folk amidst live instruments...

Here’s a live review of the band’s landmark gig at Alexandra Palace from November last year. I originally submitted it as part of the MA in Newspaper Journalism at City University. Now I’ve got my marks back, I am free to publish. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the...

The world is a pretty messed up place, and sometimes I do feel as if I’m the only sane person left.  Am I the only one who sits in despair at parts of mainstream culture? Perhaps I’m getting old before my time? Or perhaps, Mitt Romney, Murdoch, Jersey Shore, and Kim Kardashian – I’m...

From the Sundance Film Festival, London Nobody walks in L.A., so the saying goes. None of its residents need to, as they all own shiny cars for transport: offering a mix of luxury and convenience that is just too tempting. Ry Russo-Young’s latest feature Nobody Walks, attempts to...

Last month YKTS attended the Human Rights Film festival. More information about the event can be found here The sex industry is known as ‘the world’s oldest profession’, however as photo-journalist, Mimi Chakarova’s, harrowing documentary, The Price of Sex, shows, this...

As you may (or may not) have noticed, there have not been as many music reviews posted on YKTS lately. This is not because I have fallen out of love with music, far from it, but because I have been writing for altsounds.com. View my entire body of work on my altsounds profile. Reviews below...