Jemma Carr On June 13th 2017, author Stephen King was blocked on Twitter by US president, Donald Trump. Fellow author, J.K. Rowling came to his aid by promising to provide King with […]
Donald Trump: Twitter Cupid
Review: Much Ado About Nothing
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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