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Is Young Adult Fiction (YA) Really for Young Adults?
What is YA? Young Adult Fiction (YA) is a genre for readers between the ages of 12 to 18. While it was slow to establish itself as a...
Tara Hiralal
May 9, 20223 min read


American Horror Story: Red Tide – Success Versus Fulfilment
“There’s no magic pill for greatness” American Horror Story first made its mark back in 2011. Titled “Murder House”, the first instalment...
Liv Leftwich
May 8, 20225 min read


Derry Girls Would Never Air on a Privatised Channel 4
Lisa McGee’s now-iconic programme, Derry Girls, is fast approaching its final episode. The semi-autobiographical tale is about four...

Charlotte Lewis
Apr 26, 20223 min read


Review: Our Flag Means Death
If you haven’t seen or at least heard of Our Flag Means Death yet, you either don’t use social media or you need to expand your sphere -...
Jordan T
Apr 18, 20227 min read


Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story: another reason to question the future of our monarchy
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story is Netflix’s most recent addition to its collection of docuseries. Having grown up as part of the...
Emily Bird
Apr 11, 20223 min read


Review: Turning Red, and review of audience reaction
After watching Disney’s Pixar Turning Red (the first time) I turned straight to social media to see what people were saying. It was the...

Madison Challis
Apr 8, 20225 min read


Bridgerton Season Two: A sensational, seductive slow-burn.
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Bridgerton is officially back, with Netflix dropping the second season of the Regency romp that won the world’s hearts back in...
Georgia O'Brien
Apr 6, 20226 min read


‘The Batman’ (2022): A Review
4.5/5 stars. Directed by Matt Reeves and featuring an ambitious cast composed of the likes of Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Andy Serkis...
Morgan Forbes
Mar 23, 20224 min read


What Miyazaki’s animation film, Spirited Away (2001), taught me about Capitalism and Consumerism
Don’t be fooled by Studio Ghibli’s G or PG ratings and family-friendly image. You cannot simply dismiss Studio Ghibli’s works as...

Madison Challis
Mar 17, 20225 min read


Book Review: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Caleb Azumah Nelson's debut novel Open Water features an exquisite story of love and existence while exposing the Black experience and...
Georgia O'Brien
Mar 14, 20224 min read


Euphoria: Art Imitating Life?
Euphoria’s season finale left me emotional, confused and conflicted. One of the biggest shows right now, Euphoria follows the lives of a...
Emily Bird
Mar 12, 20222 min read


How seriously should we take HBO’s Euphoria?
[WARNING: Spoilers for season two of Euphoria!] Whether you’ve stumbled across fan edits on Instagram, read spoilers on Twitter, or have...
Morgan Forbes
Mar 2, 20225 min read


Book review: “Acts of Desperation” by Megan Nolan
“The first time I saw him, I pitied him terribly”. The words of a “wounded woman” as the narrator of the story describes herself moments...

Charlotte Lewis
Jan 8, 20224 min read


New Year, New Reads: Books to Diversify your TBR
A New Year means new beginnings, but in a post-COVID world what does this mean for our customary goals for self-improvement? The pandemic...
Georgia O'Brien
Jan 5, 20223 min read


The Rise of ‘Spicy’ BookTok: What is SmutTok and why is it taking the book world by storm?
It’s June 2021, you’re scrolling through the Amazon bestsellers lists when you see it, snuggled in between the likes of John Grisham and...
Georgia O'Brien
Dec 27, 20214 min read


A (Muppet) Christmas Carol (1992) and it’s Social Change for Children
How the films we watched as kids shaped our political positions of today. No matter what rendition of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol...

Madison Challis
Dec 22, 20217 min read


These Are The Books You Should Read This Christmas
Christmas is a time for reading. Here are the top books that you should read this Christmas.
Lydia Dickinson
Dec 17, 20218 min read


Capitalist vs Egalitarian Robots. Robots (2005)
How the films we watched as kids shaped our political positions today. Robots (2005) Perhaps without realising it, the films and TV shows...

Madison Challis
Dec 15, 20215 min read


The Masculinisation of Dark-skinned Women in the Media
Marginalised communities have long been subject to caricature and negative portrayal in various media forms, particularly evident in...

Charlotte Lewis
Dec 4, 20213 min read


Social Media and the Pressure to Read
In the midst of makeup tutorials; gaming videos, Mr Beast challenges and more, there is a growing community on YouTube called ‘BookTube’,...
Morgan Forbes
Nov 24, 20213 min read
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