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‘Witches’ LFF 2024 Review: An Exploration of Perinatal Mental Health
Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches combines a deeply personal narrative with a range of striking interviews and artistic montages. Through...
Lara Walsh
Oct 29, 20243 min read


Encounters With Friendship, Death And Memory: 'Francis Bacon: Human Presence’ At The National Portrait Gallery
★★★★★ In his final interview, Francis Bacon reflected on the ‘violence’ in his artistic corpus and insisted that life itself was violent,...
Ellie Dempster
Oct 28, 20244 min read


‘The Apprentice’ LFF 2024 Review: How Trump Learnt to Be Bad
Since its production was first announced, a striking storm of opinions and controversies have surrounded The Apprentice , The Trump...
Hannah Philcox-Booth
Oct 28, 20243 min read


Dulwich Picture Gallery Presents 'Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking'
Japanese woodblock prints have been the water in which artistic imagination has swum, providing sustenance for creativity throughout the...
Akane Hayashi
Oct 27, 20245 min read


‘All We Imagine as Light’ LFF 2024 Review: Blues, Bustle, and Beyond
All We Imagine as Light , directed by Payal Kapadia, premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024, where it was awarded the...
Emma Todbjerg
Oct 26, 20244 min read


‘Bury Your Dead’ LFF 2024 Review: Apocalypse and Ascension
Brazilian director Marco Dutra’s latest feature film, Bury Your Dead , fuses bewildering futuristic horror with biblical visions. The...
Hannah Tang
Oct 26, 20243 min read


Covent Garden: A Foodie’s ParadiseÂ
It is no secret that Covent Garden - conveniently located very close to the Strand campus - is one of London’s most iconic localities.
Mariza Michailidou
Oct 24, 20242 min read


IN CONVERSATION WITH: Susan Alexandra
Eve Williams Interviews Susan Alexandra Korn, founder of the New York jewellery and apparel brand Susan Alexandra.
Eve Williams
Oct 24, 20245 min read


LFW SS25 - SABIRAH: An Artful Love Letter To Modesty
A review of SABIRAH’s recent collection, LOVINGLY MODEST.
Daisy Packwood
Oct 23, 20243 min read


No Longer A Bystander: ‘A Riot In Three Acts’ by Imran Perretta
Artist, composer and filmmaker Imran Perretta, a resident of Somerset House Studios, returuns with his first major work since 2019: A...
Hanis Nurolamin
Oct 23, 20243 min read
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