American Football (Covers): 25 years of Midwest influence

From youthful nostalgia to enduring influence, Ben Shone explores American Football’s re-release of their debut album, and how covers from artists of different genres reimagine this Midwest emo classic.

The musical-movie revival: what does the ‘Wicked’ movie mean for the musical theatre genre?

A discussion of what the recent release of ‘Wicked’ in cinemas means for the musical theatre genre.

Letterboxd’s Spotify Wrapped for films

It’s the time of year we’ve all been waiting for… not Christmas, no, the release of Spotify Wrapped! Time for our music-listening stats, trends and oddities to be revealed to us in pleasing graphics and gratifying titles. But forget about being in Taylor Swift’s top 0.5% of listeners or learning that May was your goblincore […]

“We’re your mother’s, we’re your…daughters, we’re your sisters, your wives, your girlfriends, your aunties, your nieces…we are your society”: An introduction to love and care in life with endometriosis:

How would you feel if, every month, a section of your lung began to grow in your arm, your leg, or even your eyes? Every time you breathe, that piece behaves the same way as a lung, inflaming and contracting in places it is not designed for. Imagine that pain, a part of your body […]

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Discussing Vintage: An Interview with Quirkshop UK

Do you find yourself pulled into the Durham market’s vintage shop when out and about from lectures? As do I, so in this article I’m joined by Becky Ashby, the owner of Durham’s own Quirkshop UK, to discuss all things vintage.

Fairytale of Edinburgh

Delve into Alice’s storytelling explanation of why you need to get up to Edinburgh before Christmas

This weeks’ editorial from the General Editors.

Should we be able to give books a bad review?

In this article, the Editor-in-Chief discusses the pressing debate surrounding whether we should be able to leave books a public negative review, following the Cait Corrain scandal.

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