The World Cup in Brazil has spread sport fever all over the world… and in other worlds. JK Rowling has been writing about the Quidditch World Cup to coincide with the Muggle football (or soccer, depending where you’re from) World ...

Neil Gaiman tweeted that he was going to be performing at the Barbican in London. I dropped what I was doing and headed immediately to the Barbican’s website and bought my tickets. That was back in January. When July finally ...

I’ve been called a lot of names over the years. Geek. Nerd. Loser. Weirdo. For the most part, I don’t mind. As my father would say, it’s water off a duck’s back. Yes, I like what I like and I ...

When Monty Python first announced they would perform live at the O2, only one night was booked in. I was lucky enough to be one of the few to get tickets to the show that sold out in under a ...

Food porn. That’s essentially what this film is. The food is stunning. I felt my mouth watering as my imagination took over. I could taste the slow cooked meats, the simple pasta dishes, toasted cheese sandwiches. Thankfully, I’d had a ...

Long-time Boy Meets World fans as well as Disney Channel viewers eagerly await tonight’s premiere of Girl Meets World in the US. Michael Jacobs was reportedly originally approached by Disney to remake Boy Meets World. Understandably (and thankfully) he didn’t ...

Pop Verse is very lucky to have a guest post from acclaimed writer Toby Litt. Toby was listed in the Granta Best Young British Novelists list in 2003 and has since won both the Manchester Fiction Prize and the Sunday Times EFG ...

The first teaser trailer for Mockingjay Part 1 has dropped. For those of us who have read (and loved) the books, the clip might mean a bit more. There’s very little given away in the clip, a Presidential address to ...

Hysteria, false accusations, religious zealots, revenge, adultery, and murder. What more could you ask for in a play? The Crucible is intense and somewhat terrifying. As you watch the hysteria take hold in Salem, you wonder how these people could ...

My teenage years were spent with as much angst and awkwardness as the next teenager. And what did I learn from these years? That classic teen movies never go out of style. It’s true. Does anyone honestly not like The ...