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Everything Is Embarrassing: A Response To Chanté Joseph’s Viral Vogue Article
Somewhere along the way, self-awareness became a form of critical self-surveillance.Â
Hannah Breen
Nov 256 min read


‘Dans La Cuisine Des Nguyen’: The Highs And Lows of Musical Theatre, Mothers & More!
Dans la Cuisine des Nguyen, or In the Nguyen Kitchen, is French director Stéphane Ly-Cuong’s incredible first film which discusses themes of identity, rootlessness and belonging.
Zarah Hashim
Aug 165 min read


How To Get A Girl In 10 Months: The Revival
The revival of the column How To Get A Girl In 10 Months explores the healing process of a breakup over the course of a year and the regrets and lessons that come with it, with the newfound initiative to find love on a year abroad!
Georgina Haynes
Aug 143 min read


‘The Use of Photography’: Practising Aesthetic Intimacy
Photo by Artemis McMaster-Christie Gorgeous and raw, The Use of Photography , by Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, and the once obscure...
Artemis McMaster-Christie
Feb 135 min read


‘The Real Thing’ at the Old Vic Explained: A Play For The Times or Of Its Time?
Tom Stoppard's encrypted word games sing of an ingenious thesis on love and its different forms.
Amy Calladine
Dec 3, 20247 min read


Dating Apps And The Commodification Of Dating
How often can a moment of boredom turn into a lasting relationship? Or rather, how often have you opened a dating app in a moment of...
Claire Ducharme
Nov 24, 20244 min read


'Barcelona' at the Duke of York's Review: It Doesn’t Just Sightsee, But Leaves A Permanent Mark
This is an evocative play about the past, present, and future; one word for Collins and Morte’s performances: brilliant.
Gillian Choy
Oct 31, 20245 min read


How To Get A Girl In 10 Months #1: Setting Out The Mission
I would be lying if I said that I haven’t fantasised about finding my one true love whilst on my year abroad, and I would be an even...
Georgina Haynes
Sep 1, 20243 min read


No, It's Not Ghosting - The Strand's Helpful Guide To Social Media Messaging
Photo by Jason Howie via Flickr (licensed under CC BY 2.0) Have you ever heard of the term ghosting? If you haven’t, you are lucky...
Mina Yasar
Oct 8, 20234 min read


An Enquiry into Friendship
When Henry David Thoreau wrote, ‘the language of friendship is not words, but meanings’, I called pretentious bullsh*t. Literature of all...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Jul 20, 20204 min read
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