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'Go Home': The hidden story of refugees (L. Bramall)
By Laura Bramall In February I watched Ms Shu Shin Luh advocate on behalf of six asylum seekers ‘unlawfully housed’ in the dangerous and...
Aug 3, 20214 min read
Wuthering the climate crisis (L. Jacklin)
Whatever our souls are made of, nature’s and ours are the same. By Laura Jacklin ‘Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the...
Mar 7, 20217 min read
Ain't that a shame (J. Plowright)
By John Plowright After Adam and Eve defied God and ate of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge “the eyes of them both were opened, and...
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Soul: Pixar Misses its Mark (L. Johnson)
By Lydia Johnson The latest release from Disney in their Pixar Originals class had me worried - had I become too cynical in my old age to...
Feb 8, 202111 min read
The Problem with Beauty (G. Armour)
By Georgia Armour The problem with beauty. Overrated. Sexist. Racist. Beauty, by definition, is ‘the quality of being pleasurable,...
Jan 25, 20216 min read
Will Britain's isolation outlive the pandemic? (K. Canaway)
By Kyoko Canaway (Photo: https://www.export.org.uk/news/544053/Port-bosses-in-Dover-and-Calais-expect-freight-to-move-smoothly-at-start-o...
Jan 10, 20215 min read
2021: The best New Year yet? (L. Bramall)
By Laura Bramall (Photo: https://www.preparing4care.co.uk/information/latest-news/memory-haven-is-an-award-winning-app-for-dementia-patie...
Dec 31, 20204 min read
'I May Destroy You' - A story of questions (L. Johnson, T. Shaw)
Artwork by James Cowen I May Destroy You hit our screens earlier this year on both HBO and BBC amidst the abyss that was early lockdown...
Dec 21, 20209 min read
It’s Rape, not Romance: The Insidious Anti-Feminisms of Fairy Tales (A. Meghji)
By Alexandra Meghji It is not at all original to claim that popular fairy tales and their film adaptations participate in the maintenance...
Dec 6, 20206 min read
We've been here before (T. Shaw)
By Tim Shaw A supposed quote from a sassy teenager at the beginning of the UK Covid-19 crisis: “Oh God, I can’t believe I’m living...
Nov 23, 20206 min read
Stormzy: A voice for change (J. Bate)
By Jim Bate (Photo: hypebeast.com) Stormzy is a grime artist of the twenty first century and is producing music that remains prevalent in...
Nov 8, 20203 min read
Don't (mis)quote me on that! (J. Plowright)
(By John Plowright) I guess that ever since people have been thought worthy of quotation they’ve been misquoted (“Blessed are the...
Oct 25, 20204 min read
Star Wars - It's fear, not hope, that rules this galaxy (L. Johnson)
By Lydia Johnson A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, what began with one space opera in 1977 quickly grew into a media empire...
Oct 11, 20208 min read
Rock of Ages (T. Shaw)
By Tim Shaw I know people might take issue with me on this, but haven’t we perhaps heard too much of the opinions of the young? The...
Sep 27, 20205 min read
Is Benedict Cumberbatch Racist? (K. Canaway)
By Kyoko Canaway Am I allowed to say this? Will it be deemed politically incorrect and offensive to use this term? Questions like this...
Sep 21, 20205 min read
50 Shades: It's not all about the sex (L. Johnson)
By Lydia Johnson (Photo: http://brandsandfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/50ShadesOfGrey_Trilogy.jpg) Okay…so hear me out… The...
Sep 13, 20209 min read
Sterling choice but is real change on offer? (J. Plowright)
By John Plowright (Photo: CNN) Gandhi, who already graces the rupee, is apparently set to be the first non-white person to feature on...
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Trans Women are Women (A. Watkinson)
By Abi Watkinson As a slightly peculiar thespian, I am no stranger to gender bending lunacy. Want me to wear a beard? Cool. Want me to...
Aug 30, 20203 min read
You're cancelled: the freedom of social media (L. Bramall)
By Laura Bramall (Photo: Katie Carey) “How can we use this drug sensibly? Because it is a drug and with every drug you need to moderate...
Aug 23, 20205 min read
Know the depth of your own ignorance (T. Shaw)
By Tim Shaw It is obvious that the sum of all the things you don’t know vastly outweigh the things you do know by some impossible number....
Aug 16, 20205 min read
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