Fantasy Friction: racist undertones in the fantasy genre
Isabella Farley explores the fantasy genre and its Eurocentric bias.
2024
Appreciating change
Gwen Smit explores our feelings around change and how we can alter our discomfort towards it through renewed perspectives.
Philosophy for mental health: Lessons from Epictetus’ How to Be Free
Claire Manning Duignan discusses the lessons that can be taken from the stoic work How to Be Free, and how they can be applied for mental health in the 21st…
How to make Chocolate Teacake Spiders
Amelia shares the perfect Halloween sweet treat
Isabelle Bylett reviews the Elysium Theatre Company’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello
Isabelle Bylett discusses race and the position of the outsider in the Elysium Theatre Company’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello.
Buying Away the Beautiful Game
Theo Drayton explores the controversy surrounding the rise of the Saudi Pro League in the footballing world
Murder on the Dance Floor – Honduras
Aged 18, I moved to a rural town in the Honduran mountains, setting up a new life as an English teacher in the murder capital of the world. I have…
Popular Durham nightclub revealed to have links to 15th century kingdom
On Thursday evening, shocking information was leaked from an anonymous source within the popular Durham nightclub Bohemia. We sent our best investigative journalist to get the full scoop, and this…
Working it out on the remix: how Charli XCX is reviving the album
Myrtle Watts delves into the prolonged success of BRAT and how music listening culture might be changing
The ‘hotgirlification’ of reading and the implications behind a book as the ultimate fashion accessory
Everyone wants to be a literary 'hot girl' but what exactly are the implications behind it?