The Guardian broke the news. They announced the print death of the New Musical Express. Perhaps there’s some cruel irony in the fact that it was an online article that announced its […]
How the NME Lost the Trust of its Readers
‘It’s a complicated Russian novel’: Musical Theatre’s Penchant for Adaptation
Dave Malloy’s cult classic Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 opens by admitting that this adaptation of a certain ‘complicated Russian novel’ cannot capture the scope of its source material, […]
Who Writes What? – Writing Across Race
Recent debates have highlighted a need for greater diversity within the UK’s literary landscape. What is less settled however, are questions concerning the representation of BAME characters in literary texts. Debate has […]
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. […]
In Defence of Judging a Book by its Cover
The cliché is ingrained in our minds as children by adults encouraging us to be open-minded. Though it is not meant to extend to actual books, rather to judging any new thing […]
On the Literary Standing of Comic Books
As a teenager I once attended a voluntary lecture given by one of my English teachers that asked one question: ‘are comic books literature?’ I went in expecting Mr Novell (who often […]
Controversial Cartoons: Drawing Our Attention
by Sian Erskine Representations of minority groups are under scrutiny – and rightly so. Despite the commercial and critical success of films and shows that foreground diversity, the industry still engages in […]
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