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Review: Granta Magazine
Around this time last year, I was writing a Christmas list and looking for something a bit more imaginative to put…
How Physics and Art Collide Through the 4th Dimension
The fields of art history and physics don’t often brush shoulders. Students of these subjects at uni only ever see…
Literary Soundtracks: Maya Angelou and Beyoncé
Maya Angelou: legendary feminist author, poet and spokeswoman against racism. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter: the most…
Literary Soundtracks: Stephen King & The Doors
Stephen King once famously noted ‘Write with The doors closed’. This got me thinking about The Doors themselves;…
Six Reasons Why You Should Be Reading Laura Wade
Since her first major dramatic success (Colder Than Here, which premiered at the Soho Court Theatre in 2005), Laura…
Book Feature: The Bizarre Comedy of The Bedsitting Room
“The contents of this book defy description”, writes the play’s editor, Bernard Miles. Spike Milligan and John…
North and South: The Eternal Divide
Great Britain is known for its complex class system, convoluted social etiquette and confounding variance of accent…
For All The Girls When They Have Grown: Five Stories of Inspiration for Growing…
Being a teenager can be stressful, emotional, and so so wonderful. As a girl with only seven months left before I’m…
An Inspector Calls: The National Theatre Production
J.B. Priestley’s anti-Capitalist masterpiece: An Inspector Calls. It is the most popular dramatic text currently…
Books to Fall in Love with this Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day is all about love. But when love is so complex, so intense, so soul-encompassing, how are mere…
Feminism 101
Literature is amazing.
You know what else is amazing? Pure, unapologetic feminism. The desire for equality…
Lana Del Rey vs Lolita
"Light of my life, fire of my loins": the first words of both Nabokov’s masterful novel Lolita and the hook of Lana…
The Suppressed Voice of Literature
When applying to universities, I swayed away from studying English Literature. It wasn’t that I didn’t think the…
The Great Gatsby: The Illusion of Female Liberation
In my reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, set in New York in 1922, I was struck by a metaphor that…
Book Tour Review: The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire // Dan Howell and Phil Lester
Vloggers and YouTubers are taking over the internet, and best friend duo Dan and Phil are now at the very top of…