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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...

What This Year's National Poetry Day Can Teach Us About the Environment

lillieberridge1

Oct 19, 20224 min read

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...

‘Everything I Know About Love’: A Review

Sep 27, 20223 min read

‘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 —...

Which YA Romance Books are worth a Read?

Sep 11, 20224 min read

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...

Anti-colonialism and diversity in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

Madison Challis

Sep 9, 20225 min read

Politics

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...

The Desire for Marple: Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club

Charlotte Lewis

Aug 18, 20222 min read

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...

Review and Final Series Theories: Stranger Things - Season 4, Volume 2

Madison Challis

Aug 15, 20226 min read

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...

Bohemian Rhapsody vs Rocketman: Storytelling in music biopics

Jordan T

Aug 7, 20225 min read

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...

Netflix’s Persuasion: An Insult to Jane Austen’s Novel?

Tara Hiralal

Aug 5, 20225 min read

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...

williamrymer7

Aug 1, 20225 min read

Music & Art

Recommended listening - July

This feature aims to draw some attention to notable album releases over the past month that you may have missed, covering a variety of...

2 Years On: ‘I May Destroy You’ still expresses and highlights the need for intersectional Feminism.

Sabrina Doshi

Jul 19, 20223 min read

Social issues

2 Years On: ‘I May Destroy You’ still expresses and highlights the need for intersectional Feminism.

TW: this article mentions sexual assault, rape and violence. It has just been over two years since Michaela Coel’s ‘I May Destroy You’...

williamrymer7

Jul 1, 20226 min read

Music & Art

Recommended Listening: June

This feature aims to draw some attention to notable album releases over the past month that you may have missed, covering a variety of...

Darker than ever, better together. Review: Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1

Madison Challis

Jun 29, 20226 min read

Darker than ever, better together. Review: Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1

There is so much to unpack in the new series of Stranger Things. In this review, I will go into the personality of our new villain, the...

“Fresh” Film Review: Adjust Your Appetite For Modern Dating

Liv Leftwich

Jun 13, 20224 min read

“Fresh” Film Review: Adjust Your Appetite For Modern Dating

Director Mimi Cave makes her debut with a dazzling and chilling thriller, Fresh (2022). The movie stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Noa - the...

Silence and Secrets in Celine Ng’s 'Everything I Never Told You'

Tara Hiralal

Jun 4, 20224 min read

Silence and Secrets in Celine Ng’s 'Everything I Never Told You'

Published in 2014, Everything I Never Told You recounts the story of a Chinese-American family after the tragic death of their golden...

Jun 1, 20223 min read

‘Conversations with Friends’: A Review

4 / 5 stars. After the popular adaptation of Sally Rooney’s book Normal People, the miniseries Conversations with Friends (the author’s...

May 19, 20223 min read

Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’: A Review

3.5/5 stars. As one of Netflix’s trendiest shows of the year so far, teen drama ‘Heartstopper’ has made a lasting impression on its...

American Horror Story: Red Tide – Success Versus Fulfilment

Liv Leftwich

May 8, 20225 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...

Jordan T

Apr 18, 20227 min read