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Public Sexual Harassment Series Part 2: Why Is Consent So Hard To Understand?
Illustration: Ana Pau B. Leon @theworldinposters Content Warning: description of sexual assault, violence (and spoilers for I May Destroy...
Ellie Muir
Oct 29, 202010 min read


Strand Speaker Series: In Conversation with Eliza Hatch, Founder of Cheer Up Luv
Image: Eliza Hatch and Ella-Mae Earnshaw As part of Strand Magazine’s October Speaker Series, our essays editor Ellie Muir sat down with...
Zazie Atkinson
Oct 29, 202021 min read


Hyper-Connected or Pseudo-Connected? - The Erosion of Social Courtesies in the Modern Age
It is undeniable that technology has changed the way we view social interaction. In observing millennial culture, and one might be more...
Tara Olaleye
Oct 24, 20204 min read


Enola Holmes: the Progressive Period Drama and the Diversity Hire
Image: Mariana JM via Unsplash Netflix’s latest film adaptation follows the first novel in the Enola Holmes series, author Nancy...
Sia Janjua
Oct 13, 20205 min read


The Need for Humanism in 2020: From Vonnegut to Goya Foods
Image: Septimiu “So it goes” is the mantra Billy Pilgrim continues to live by amid his many misfortunes throughout the novel...
Hanna Pham
Sep 25, 20203 min read


HomeCooked: Salapao
Credits: Ella-Mae Earnshaw Strand Magazine's new column HomeCooked dives into lockdown stories from the kitchen. Natty Sae Jew writes...
Natty Sae Jew
Sep 6, 20204 min read


Life Doesn’t End After University, But it Sure Feels Like it Does
Image: Pang Yuhao As I submitted my final deadline for second year, I felt free as a bird. Usually, I would have plans to look forward to...
Aybike Ceren Kahveci
Aug 29, 20203 min read


More than Letters on a Page: What the A-Level Fiasco Reveals
Image: Andre Hunter (2018) This week, A-Level Results Day consolidated classism as part of the government’s core curriculum. The New...
Michael Head
Aug 17, 20203 min read


Why The Government’s Anti- Obesity Policy Overlooks Social Inequality
Siora Photography The Covid-19 outbreak in the UK has demonstrated that inequality kills. So, who will the ‘Better Health Plan’ benefit?...
Ellie Muir
Aug 4, 20205 min read


An Enquiry into Friendship
When Henry David Thoreau wrote, ‘the language of friendship is not words, but meanings’, I called pretentious bullsh*t. Literature of all...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Jul 20, 20204 min read
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