I thought I knew what I was getting into: bad CGI, loose plots, and shouting at the screen in cheerful enjoyment. Right? Wrong.
Help! I’m in The Room with a Bad Movie Cult!
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), […]
The Shredded Remains of the Art World
by Lucy Middleton Going, going, gone! As the auctioneer dropped his gavel at the premier art destination Sotheby’s, shockwaves reverberated through the packed-out saleroom, shredding the art world as we know it. […]
“Been there, read that, got the T-shirt”
by Molly Burdett As a rule within modern popular culture, if you identify as a fan of a particular music artist, that earns you the right to wear their T-shirt proudly. Most […]
The real-life story behind ‘The Devil Wears Prada’?
The devil may wear Prada, but Anna Wintour is the embodiment of a successful business woman, as shown in The September Issue.
Crazy Rich Asians Is Crazy One-Dimensional
Because who really is featured in the film?
Poetry by Drone: Literature and the Digital Age
Micah MacKay Twitter: @micahmackay The digital age is upon us. Every day, our eyes flick from phone to computer to television screen. Technology is now ingrained into our society, permeating nearly every […]
Harddwch of Wenglish
Ffion Masson ‘Wenglish’ is not an official portmanteau for speech that combines Welsh and English. However, the Urban Dictionary provides rough but useful definitions: Wenglish is a mixture of Welsh language and […]
The Small Joys of a Poetry Reading
Reflections a poetry reading by Henri Cole,23 October 2017, University of York. Mau Baiocco Poetry readings are in the ascendancy, yet no one can quite agree on what we get out from […]
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