“LUX” and Rosalía’s modern spirituality
Rosalía is re-working faith into something accessible for the everyday person. She offers a more human perspective to spirituality and allows for the contradictions of human life to permeate faith,…
2026
The Faint Dispatch
It was any other evening after a long day of lectures. Curled up on a sofa watching reels, I came across a short – like many I’d seen over the…
Lip-Syncs, Likes and Labour: Politics in the Age of TikTok
Hayden discusses the rise of TikTok's role in politics.
Peace Talks at the Fryer: Fishcake vs Cutlet
From comfort food to spice explosion: why the humble Sri Lankan cutlet outshines its British fishcake counterpart.
Darkness and Light – How the Gothic Renaissance writes its monsters
Natasha Ranawake delves into the monstrous worlds of some recent gothic releases.
The woman at Polly Joke
A short poem inspired by the annual flowering of poppies on the cliffs overlooking Polly Joke beach in Cornwall.
The Dash Between Us—On Dickinson, AI, and the Fear of Coherence
Calista discusses the way AI has affected the written world.
Why you misread “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing now?”
Why Chanté Jospeh’s article “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing now?” caused such an outrage online.
Change as a Catalyst for Art: Metamorphosis and Harry Styles’s ‘As It Was’.
Change, and how it acts as the most effective catalyst for artistic expression through music.
Read Against the Machine: Galatea 2.2 and AI “Human” Thought
Richard Power’s novel Galatea 2.2 follows a journey into the construction of artificial intelligence to replicate literary criticism. Autumn Huxtable explores how the novel highlights the uniqueness of human thought…