by Flora Dempsey It is no secret that Amazon has toppled the reign of the bookshop. Amazon can offer you the same copy of Michelle Obama’s best-selling Becoming you might buy in […]
Are Bookshops Becoming Tourist Destinations?
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Lights, Camera, Action: Addressing Gender Inequality
by Stephanie Dale The Problem: The gender imbalance across industries is widely recognised. To establish themselves, women have the hard task of navigating the film industry. The field comes across as liberal, innovative, […]
Interview with a Curator – Video
by Beth Wiffen Listen to Beth Wiffen’s interview with Fiona Green, a Curator at York Art Gallery. See how illustrator Quentin Blake brought Roald Dhal’s visions of the BFG to life, in their […]
‘A BFG that might have been’
by Beth Wiffen Remember when you used to curl up in bed with the best book you had ever read? Remember when you were so immersed in a book that you could almost […]
Interview with a Curator – Olivia Ahmad
by Beth Wiffen Olivia is a curator at the House of Illustration in London. One of her most recent exhibitions was ‘The BFG in Pictures’ which she co-curated with Quentin Blake. […]
Binge-watching: everything all at once
by Molly Burdett When the BBC began advertising their drama series Killing Eve several months ago, part of my excitement arose from the promise of a weekly viewing, with discussion and anticipation between […]
50 Years of The Man Booker Prize
by Lucy Middleton This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most prestigious literary accolades: The Man Booker Prize. The prize was set up in 1968 as a strategy to salvage […]
Help! I’m in The Room with a Bad Movie Cult!
I thought I knew what I was getting into: bad CGI, loose plots, and shouting at the screen in cheerful enjoyment. Right? Wrong.
Tiny Texts and Scholarly Snootiness: Should Literary Summaries be Respected?
by Flora Dempsey Being ‘well-read’ – whatever this means – is a quality many aspire to and few achieve. The epithet indicates that you’re intellectual, informed and, importantly, interesting. A YouGov survey reveals […]
Aesthetica Short Film Festival: Opening Night
by Stephanie Dale Imagine considering the world through film. Imagine simply stopping and paying attention to what the world has to say. That’s what Cherie Federico, director of Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF), […]
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