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How much is too much?: Films that delight in excess
Contains spoilers for the film 'Raw' (dir. Julia Ducournau) and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' (dir. Wes Anderson.) Sometimes, the quiet,...
Kavya Mahadev
Jan 15, 20205 min read


Hazards to Heritage are Hazards to Human Morale
Photo of a ceiling in Hasht Behesht, Isfahan, Iran by Diego Delso (via WikiCommons) When a certain Twitter-savvy president took to the...
Issabella Orlando
Jan 14, 20203 min read


New Year, Same Imposter
Image via Wikimedia Commons. As our lives begin to plough into 2020, we begin to ponder how we would like this year to unfold......
Florence Wilkinson, edited by Issabella Orlando
Jan 14, 20202 min read


Solitude is Not a Sin
Edward Hopper, Automat (1927) I sit in the upper corner of the lecture theatre, the exact same place every time. Left edge, close to the...
Alex Blank, edited by Issabella Orlando
Dec 11, 20193 min read


Gutsy Women: Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard launch KCL’s ‘World Questions’ Series
Wednesday November 13th saw the much-anticipated meeting of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Julia Gillard, launching the ‘World Questions’...
Isabel Veninga and Emma Campbell
Nov 14, 20194 min read


Looking Back at The BFI's 63rd Edition of the London Film Festival (2019)
For three weeks, the BFI’s 63rd London Film Festival took place across multiple cinemas in the city, presenting some of the most exciting...
Eloise Wright
Nov 2, 20196 min read


Bodies in Boxes: Should Human Remains Be Displayed in Museums?
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Mummified hand from the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon When I visited the Pompeii exhibition during its...
Issabella Orlando
Oct 15, 20193 min read


Making Sense of Sound
“Maybe sorry is the closest I ever got to expressing love.” Jenny Hval, via Tom Øverlie (Flickr) Ruminations on love; the ecosystem of a...
Alex Blank, edited by Issabella Orlando
Oct 13, 20194 min read


The Climate and Camus
‘There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to...
Victor Chaix
Mar 24, 20195 min read


The Legendary Angela Davis at Southbank Centre
Angela Davis returned to the Southbank Centre for International Women’s Day 2019, following her 2017 talk about gender equality in the...
Isabel Veninga
Mar 16, 20193 min read
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