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Kiki’s Delivery Service: the ultimate coming-of-age film every 20-something needs to watch
Kiki’s Delivery Service is, in fact, a coming-of-age film that explores themes of self-discovery, independence, and the challenges of growin
Madison Challis
Sep 19, 20233 min read
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I read BookTok's 5 Saddest Books
*This article is spoiler-free.* BookTok has been tremendously helpful in popularising new books online. Authors that would have otherwise...
Morgan Forbes
Apr 18, 20236 min read
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Why Deinfluencers tell the Hard Truth
Written by Morgan Forbes; edited by Madison Challis Tiktok and other forms of social media, particularly those where video-based content...
Morgan Forbes
Mar 12, 20234 min read
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Choreographed Clumsiness: The Intricate Genius of Stath Lets Flats
Rent prices in modern-day London are well and truly through the roof; turning the act of finding a normal, affordable place to live in the c
Katie Coxall
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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January 2023 Album Round-Up
Despite the turn of the year, the constant stream of album releases, good and bad, stops for no one. 2022 produced a swathe of incredible re
williamrymer7
Jan 29, 202311 min read
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How The Traitors Breathed New Life into British Reality TV
The immediate twists and turns that The Traitors throws at both contestants and audiences prove to be prime examples of why the nation was s
Katie Coxall
Jan 28, 20233 min read
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2022 Movies Wrap-Up
2022 has been the Box Office’s year of resurgence; after two years of restricting public access to movie theatres, cinema date nights are...
Morgan Forbes
Dec 22, 20224 min read
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Why the 2022 John Lewis Christmas Ad Matters
Every year, British retail giants John Lewis release a heart warming festive advert, and 2022’s edition has been met with both praise and...
Morgan Forbes
Dec 7, 20224 min read
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November Release Round-up
This feature aims to draw some attention to notable album releases over the past month that you may have missed, covering a variety of...
williamrymer7
Dec 2, 20228 min read
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Anti-War Masterpiece - Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
After the catastrophic events of September 10th 2001, no one could have predicted how it would shape the political climate of the 21st...
Madison Challis
Nov 22, 20225 min read
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Recommended listening – October
This feature aims to draw some attention to notable album releases over the past month that you may have missed, covering a variety of...
williamrymer7
Nov 11, 20226 min read
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Netflix’s Latest Historical Series, ‘The Empress’: A Fairy-tale Far from Reality?
Released on September 29, 2022, the Netflix original series, ‘The Empress’ has quickly made its way up the Top Hit charts. Whilst the...
Tara Hiralal
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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What This Year's National Poetry Day Can Teach Us About the Environment
October is a month for poetry, declared by the annual mass celebration of National Poetry Day (NPD) on October 6th. NPD sparks nationwide...
lillieberridge1
Oct 19, 20224 min read
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‘Everything I Know About Love’: A Review
Despite its mixed reviews, I was glued to the screen while watching the BBC adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love —...
Morgan Forbes
Sep 27, 20223 min read
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Which YA Romance Books are worth a Read?
*Spoiler-free.* On a personal note, I have been reading a lot of Young Adult Romance books lately. Until recently, I would’ve said it’s...
Morgan Forbes
Sep 11, 20224 min read
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Anti-colonialism and diversity in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).
The Greek philosopher Plato first wrote of The Legend of Atlantis. Per Plato, it was a civilisation that lived on a landmass in the...
Madison Challis
Sep 9, 20225 min read
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The Desire for Marple: Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club
A nostalgic joy for pensioner detectives After producing a novel that sold over one million copies in the UK alone, Osman’s sequel, The...
Charlotte Lewis
Aug 18, 20222 min read
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Review and Final Series Theories: Stranger Things - Season 4, Volume 2
Did it not feel incredible to finally have our questions and queries answered in these final two episodes? For four seasons, I have been...
Madison Challis
Aug 15, 20226 min read
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Bohemian Rhapsody vs Rocketman: Storytelling in music biopics
With the Elvis biopic coming out this summer, I decided to take a trip down memory lane to the other two recent biopics of superstars of...
Jordan T
Aug 7, 20225 min read
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Netflix’s Persuasion: An Insult to Jane Austen’s Novel?
Directed by Carrie Cracknell, and starring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis, Netflix’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion has left...
Tara Hiralal
Aug 5, 20225 min read
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