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Ballet, Opera And The Death Of The Sensitive Heartthrob
Illustration by Maddy Maguire Every woman with a Letterboxd account and an attraction to the opposite sex can tell you precisely where they were when Timothée Chalamet first bewitched them. Personally, I was in my living room, pretending to revise for my A-level mocks. Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird (2019) was on the television, muted, and I looked up for two seconds only to forget what it meant to breathe. It’s a terrible truth, but it is my own. There Timothée was, in all his Fr
Maddy Maguire
Apr 135 min read


Discussions In Culture: Casual Sex & The Club
Aaliyah dissects the links between club culture and hook-up culture.
Aaliyah De Freitas
Sep 22, 20253 min read


The Ghost Of London Present: Reflections On The Shifting Cultural Spaces Of A Megacity
Cultural spaces in South London are fading away, only to be succeeded by construction that never seems to benefit local residents.
Hannah Tang
May 21, 20252 min read


Hedonism In The Cultural Desert and Charli XCX’s ‘Apple’
I do not believe that pleasure, to anyone, is a place. I grew up in a landscape desired for brief encounters - a ‘cultural desert.’
Luella John
Mar 14, 20253 min read


Behind the Decks: Unpacking the Gentrification of Rave Culture and Youth Entrepreneurship
Photo by Angelina Bengady Rave culture used to be about music and community, and served as an accessible leisure that was unpoliced,...
Angelina Bengady
Apr 12, 20244 min read
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