Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-winning film Spirited Away will take the stage in Tokyo in 2022. Although this production has full artistic support from Ghibli’s creator Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki, does the theatre risk diluting […]
Category: Literature & Arts
Ludwig Bemelmans and the legendary murals of The Carlyle Hotel
Artists throughout history have created and given away masterpieces in exchange for unpayable bills: think Vincent Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise or the Florence Futurists at Le Giubbe Rosse. Ludwig Bemelmans is arguably part of a similar exchange, […]
Seeing Her
By Ruby Edgeley If she could see herself through my eyes she would see,A woman filled with silenced intelligence, And water thoughts that carry the world’s oceans in their depths.Thoughts that could change her world and […]
The art of ‘definism’ with Darrell Urban Black
‘Definism’ portrays various differences in human nature, from life’s everyday dramas to humankind’s quest to the under-standing self. “My artworks transport viewers from the doldrums of their daily reality to a visual interpretation of another […]
Mind Split
By Carmina Budworth I write poetry about my experiences with bipolar and love. This is a piece on body dysmorphia. My mind has always been split,At times, my gifts bore down, guilty burdensI did not […]
10 books to read to celebrate LGBTQ+ history month
As LGBTQ+ history month draws to a close, I have been reflecting on my favourite stories that have personally taught me a lot about queer issues and queer history. From old to modern, funny to […]
A brighter future for the Booker Prize?
By Hannah Green The Booker Prize is one of the biggest events on the literary calendar, but now the speculation, anticipation and hysteria have died down, it’s time to consider what the prize means not […]
Dream
Dream, a poem by Imogen Melbourne In fricticous pursuitMy assailant chases meOver the small suburban gardenwhere the tournament will be Scaling walls and roofsRubber soles catching slate tilingSnippets of breath falling in and out of […]
In a reading rut? Here’s how to get out of it…
By Gabriella Sotiriou It is a new year which means the still air that fills the early weeks of January is echoing with whispers of ‘new me’. Every year we see the welcoming of resolutions […]
‘Now part of architectural briefs’: Instagrammable architecture, for the people or the platform?
By Maud Webster Instagram culture has seeped itself into everything we do, impacting our media, our health, body image, and how we interact with our friends and family. Most dictionaries recognise the term “Instagrammable” as […]