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Photo by aj_aaaab on Unsplash A relative of mine recently said to me: “Films aren’t the same anymore, I don’t want to see anything at the cinema nowadays.” She worked in the film industry for 50 years. I had just finished asking her about her career and she reflected fondly, but to see her disappointment at what was once her scene saddened me. I thought back to the last time we had been to the cinema together. We saw The Naked Gun (2025), a legacy sequel to the original fra

The ’70s, the ’90s,  Y2K, all reborn through the lens of a generation that never lived them, yet they are attached to this idealised era. But beneath the sequins and nostalgia lies something deeper:

Are we in love, or are we in love with the idea of being in love?

The Life of a Showgirl provokes a debate rooted in the emergence of reboot culture and “nostalgia baiting” – two villains against authenticity, serving instead as a magnifying glass on the industry’s dependence on marketing and repetition.

Writer Louie Tunstall crafts a poem about how people romanticise experiences during their youth, and whether that excitement lasts.

All year, we wait for that perfect time again: summer. The season of tan lines, iced lattes, and late-night memories with our friends.