IQRA AHMAD defends the importance of public libraries, particularly in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, Walsall’s council leader Mike Bird weighed..
RACH LEONG reviews the anxiety-inducing dark comedy Shiva Baby. ‘A Jewish girl, her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend walk into a funeral service’ has to..
MARISA BECIROVIC reviews Sin at the National Gallery, reflecting on how our contemporary conception of sin has strayed from its historical underpinnings. Wrongdoings, misdeeds..
Review: ‘Looking for Bloomsbury’s Lost Book Shops’ at the Bloomsbury Festival
ADLEE HESHMAT reviews an online discussion about the lost bookshops of Bloomsbury, which was part of the 2020 Bloomsbury Festival’s literary programme. Beyond the..
EMMA GABOR discusses the work of eighteenth-century painter Carl Spitzweg, linking the emergence of the Biedermeier period in Germany to the burgeoning of his artistic..
DAISY GRAY looks at the state of music journalism today. Meta, right? Human beings love reproducing things in words: art critics describing art, poets saying..
RUSHEEN BANSAL contemplates prejudice and ‘snubbing’ in the Grammy awards nominations. The Grammys, arguably the most coveted awards for musical excellence, never fail to garner..
