Francis Smith, Author at Counteract – Music | News | Food

Table Scraps drop a thunderous new single; the first from their upcoming album Coffin Face. Watch the video here.

Birmingham’s best restaurant meal kits: from Michelin star to modern Mexican

Award-winning food and drink writer Simon Carlo gives us his rundown of Birmingham’s best restaurant ‘at home’ boxes for delivery at home

Now in its fourth season, The Crown serves us a blockbuster era of Royal dramatic tragedy, with plenty of divine retribution to boot.

The best breweries in Birmingham and the surrounding area who are delivering craft beer during lockdown and UK Covid restrictions.

We rank the films of Pixar, a studio who’ve brought us some of the greatest animated films of all time. How do they hold up after 25 years?

Cage Park match the sweetness and addictiveness of Parma Violets with their amazing EP of the same title. Sam Lambeth reviews.

In a world where our favourite tracks are at our Spotify fingertips, we’ve forgotten to appreciate the b-sides and the underdogs.

Dorcha’s tumultuous new album Honey Badger plungers the listener into a swirling pool of psychedelia. Read our review.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s most famous creation makes his often hilarious return, but is Borat too well known to fool anyone?

Most readers will recognise Martin Reynolds as the drummer from Tamworth grunge blues outfit, You Dirty Blue. Over lockdown, Reynolds