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Riverside Studios ‘Da Vinci’s Laundry’ Review: A Brilliant, Quick-Witted Satire on the Value of Art
'Da Vinci’s Laundry' is sensational in its precision. Nothing is overlooked, and the play never lets up. The compact cast sustains total focus, demanding and rewarding an equally engaged audience. No beats are missed, and the only unscripted pauses between jokes occur during particularly lengthy bouts of laughter, bordering on hysterical. The efforts of the entire team are in plain sight, as the minimalist and white set allows nothing to hide, and it all comes together magnif
Deborah Solomon
Nov 2, 20253 min read


Everything Is Wuthering: Fennel’s Controversial Adaptation Of Wuthering Heights
When Emerald Fennell, the provocative filmmaker behind Saltburn, announced her next project: a modern, erotic adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the internet couldn’t get enough of it.
Carol De Rocha Caruso De Lima
Oct 31, 20255 min read


How Cinematic Language Conveys ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’s Message: Slowly, Subtly, and Strongly
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) acts as a cautionary tale toward complacency. The psychological drama centres around Randle McMurphy’s (Jack Nicholson) occupancy in an Oregon psychiatric ward; his navigation of its unshakeable rules and systems leads to a plethora of incidents, sometimes intense or comedic, sometimes hopeful or hopeless.
Darina Babacheva
Oct 30, 20255 min read


RE:VISION @ The Courtauld Institute of Arts
For the sixteenth edition of the East Wing Biennial, RE:VISION gathers contemporary artists to interrogate the role of the arts as a means to both shatter and refract how we understand our inherited histories. From the end of September 2025 to August 2027, the student-curated exhibition will be displayed at the Courtauld Institute of Art, standing testament to how a future of unity and resistance can only be furthered in light of plurality and difference. Visitors at the Si
Fatemeh Parvin
Oct 30, 20254 min read


LFW SS26 - YAKU - ‘A Ground To Stand On’
On Saturday 20th September, streetwear's best-dressed and most well-versed streamed into 180 Strand, home of the Yaku SS26 show, or shall we say, experience. Everything about the traditional runway show has been reworked and revolutionised by Yaku Stapleton and his team.
Claudia Limaverde Costa and Gioia Birt
Oct 29, 20255 min read


TangTang and The Year Of The Situationship: In Conversation With Hannah Tang And Lucía Guzman
Hannah Tang and Lucía Guzman talk about their newly launched zine: tang tang and their article on the "situationship".
Zarah Hashim
Oct 27, 202511 min read


The Thing With Feathers: Life, Death, And The Things In Between
I would like you to imagine that you are a middle-aged man with two young boys who has just lost his wife and the mother of his children. Now sprinkle in your inability to parent and grieve synonymously, what would that produce?
Zarah Hashim
Oct 25, 20255 min read


Now and Then: Oliver Murray on Documenting the Legends of Music
Photo courtesy of Universal Music Group Few filmmakers have captured the pulse of modern music history quite like Oliver Murray. Over the past six years, the Oxford-born director has carved out a distinctive space at the intersection of film and sound, documenting some of the most influential figures and movements. From his early days making music videos for The Horrors, Fink, Midlake, and Noel Gallagher, Murray’s storytelling has evolved into a deeply human exploration of cr
Daria Slikker
Oct 24, 20255 min read


LFW SS26 - Ewusie - The Art of London Identity
Joshua Ewusie, a London-born designer, who brings Ghanaian heritage into a sharp, contemporary focus. A recent Central Saint Martins MA graduate and current designer in residence at The Kings Foundation with CHANEL, Ewusie aims to transform the textures and traditions of West African craft into modern womenswear that celebrates community, culture, and a distinctly London sensibility.
Theoniki Dribusch
Oct 24, 20253 min read


The House Of Mirth: The Remastering Of A Legacy
Davies’ legacy lives on through his art, and the BFI fosters that legacy as it commemorates him through the re-release and remastering of his works. We had the privilege of being invited to watch the first in this series: The House of Mirth.
Zarah Hashim
Oct 24, 20255 min read
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