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Love Letters: February Blues (or, rather, Greys)

by Lucy Pollock February 27, 2024February 28, 2024

Diaries of a Rusticated Student: The Grey (or Going Mad in a Poetical Way)

by Alice Brooker February 24, 2024February 24, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: Son of a Preacher Man I

by Chloe Smith February 23, 2024March 21, 2024

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Love Letters: What is Love?

by Lucy Pollock February 20, 2024February 20, 2024

Britain on Holiday: a Beast Caged

by Poppy Thornton February 19, 2024April 29, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: My Values

by Chloe Smith February 19, 2024February 19, 2024

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Musings of a Media Lover: ‘Scott Street’, Strangers, and Reconciling Old Friendships

by Millie Acton February 18, 2024June 26, 2025

Diaries of a Rusticated Student: London Town

by Alice Brooker February 17, 2024February 17, 2024

(Dis)abled

by Ruby Bailey-Proe February 16, 2024May 12, 2024

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Musings of a Media Lover: Love in the Time of Situationships

by Millie Acton February 12, 2024June 26, 2025

Is Reading Still Relevant?

Erin BridgewaterJun 12, 20253 min read

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“At a university built on reading, in an age where machines can do it for us, do we still believe reading matters?” Ngoc Diep (Alice)…

Musings of a Media Lover: Lucy Dacus and Love Songs

Millie ActonJun 12, 20256 min read

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‘Even an album about love, something I think I hear too much about, sometimes, is made unique at the hands of Lucy Dacus’. Millie Acton…

Crocodile Tears: A Love Story in the Age of Surveillance

Ava DohertyJun 12, 20253 min read

Crocodile Tears: A Love Story in the Age of Surveillance

“The real heartbreak here isn’t being deserted. It’s being remembered incorrectly.” Ava Doherty reviews Natascha Norton’s new play, Crocodile Tears at the Burton Taylor Studio.…

Sceptic Laughter: Diarmaid MacCulloch on the Unfinished Story of Christianity

Ava DohertyJun 11, 20255 min read

Sceptic Laughter: Diarmaid MacCulloch on the Unfinished Story of Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch is one of today’s prominent historians of Christianity, known for his deep dives into church history and theology. His scholarship unpacks the messy,…