Becca Challis Mexico, 1914. Not the typical setting for my favourite of Shakespeare’s comedies Much Ado About Nothing. However, as my eyes wandered over the set – a derelict train carriage with […]
Review: Much Ado About Nothing
The Rise of T-Shirt Feminism
Sasha Ellis Wandering around H&M looking for Wednesday night fancy dress ideas, I noticed a plethora of ladies’ t-shirts emblazoned with bold female boss and girl power slogans. Upon further extensive analysis […]
Review: John Berger – Confabulations
A collection of essays addressed to our post-truth expectations. Samuel Bowell John Berger’s last collection of essays was published in October of 2016. The following month the Oxford English Dictionary authorized a […]
In Defence of Emojis
Alissia McNay Emojis have irreversibly changed the way we communicate. These tiny symbols have been in existence since 1999 but Apple’s iOS 6 update in 2012 made their popularity soar. In 2015, […]
World Building: The Harry Potter Effect
A Harry Potter store on the York Shambles, a street said to have inspired Diagon Alley. Chloe Harvey The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction defines ‘world building’ as ‘The creation of an […]
The Writer’s Mind: On Tao Lin’s Twitter
Samantha Hurley In The Death of the Author, Roland Barthes asserts that the figure of the author should be completely detached from the works that they create. I propose that Tao Lin’s […]
‘Black Books’ Revisited
Paige Miles The owners of second-hand bookshops are both central and marginal to the literary marketplace. In their liminal role, they fulfil the modern demand for cheap, accessible books whilst operating an […]
Literature & Advertising
Katie Houston Of all of the motivational speeches we have listened to over the years, of all of the sage advice from our elders – parents, teachers, over-enthusiastic strangers – we are […]
Reading Beyond Rupi
So, you’ve read Rupi Kaur – here’s who you should be reading next. Rosie Featherstone Rupi Kaur has been described by many as a publishing phenomenon, and rightly so. Her poems, initially […]
London’s Pavement Poet: Joseph Marinus
I met the poet Joseph Marinus in front of a graffiti portrait of William Shakespeare. He sits on a foldable garden chair in front of a frayed blanket laden with multi-coloured A-5 […]
