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Politics is Personal: Reviewing 'Nye' at the National Theatre
Full of Welsh whimsy, political integrity and technicolour, Nye immerses you. Staged and Good Omens actor Michael Sheen is Aneurin Bevan,...
Roxy-Moon Dahal Hodson
Apr 5, 20243 min read


Republishing of Archival Book Reinforces Preservation of Palestinian History
In a speech before the UN General Assembly in 2021, young Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd bluntly summarised the trajectory of the...
Rachel Kodysh
Apr 5, 20244 min read


Prem Sahib/ Shenece Oretha at Somerset House Assembly 2024: The Importance of Language and Sound
On the evening of 21st March, I entered Somerset House’s Lancaster Rooms to find an assortment of chairs arranged in a circle. All were...
Faye Elder
Apr 4, 20243 min read


Vulture Capitalism: Grace Blakeley and a Night of Re-Education
Photo by Anainah Dalal Capitalism is perhaps the most discussed phenomena in the world, whether it be by proponents of it or those that...
Anainah Dalal
Apr 4, 20244 min read


'The Greatest Play Of All Time' Review: A Blistering Love-Letter To Theatre and Greatness
"A 75-minute long blistering take-down of theatre culture in the UK." I remember reading Pirandello’s Six Characters In Search Of An...
Anwesh Banerjee
Apr 2, 20244 min read


Reviewing 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by King's Shakespeare Society
"When the opportunity to see King’s Shakespeare Company arises again, I will seize it with both hands." Despite having studied A...
Hannah Sugars
Apr 2, 20243 min read


In Conversation with Max Mir, Director of 'Walking Fernando'
Max Mir is an award-winning director who has recently moved to London. I met with him to discuss his latest film, his chance encounter...
Stefi Komala
Mar 29, 20244 min read


Is the Canon Dying?
Images licensed under Public Domain I had a professor at the university where I finished my undergraduate degree who would spit the word...
Vaishnavi Reddy
Mar 28, 20244 min read


Three Poems by James Merchant
All photography by James Merchant Crossed At Shore Still, the sound of the sea Breaking against the strand, Strangling the stray sand Is...
James Merchant
Mar 26, 20243 min read


We are not a muse: the forgotten female founder of the Royal Academy
★★★★☆ Angelica Kauffman, Portraits of Domenica Morghen and Maddalena Volpato as Muses of Tragedy and Comedy, 1791. Oil on canvas, 125 x...
K A Thickett
Mar 24, 20243 min read
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