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Summer Reading Recommendations

by Jessica Steadman June 30, 2021June 30, 2021

Hot Gay Summer Reads

by India Gray June 28, 2021June 28, 2021

Lost In Adaptation

by Hetta Johnson June 21, 2021June 21, 2021

Comfort Reads: (Oh God!!) not Jane Eyre again…

by Jessica Steadman May 17, 2021May 26, 2021

It’s Lit: The Rise of BookTok

by Sophie McDonald May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Why is Murder Mysterious?

by Sophie Benbelaid April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

Why Sailor-town, but not Sailor-village, Sailor-city, or Sailor-world?

by Jay Mokchiyan April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover

by Alice Main March 30, 2021March 30, 2021

The Sound Of Magic: Revisiting the Pre-Covid Stage with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

by Amelie Bhaluani March 25, 2021July 18, 2021

The Duke and I: the problems of the original Bridgerton novel

by Niamh Langton February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

Generation Z Protests in Mexico: Anti-Violence or Pro-USA?

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Nov 30, 2025 9 min read

A poster during a protest in Mexico which says in Spanish: "In Mexico, it is safer to be a drug dealer than to be a student."

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the recent Generation Z Protests throughout Mexico, evaluating their anti-corruption and anti-violence sentiments, as well as their potential political motivations which might…

To “Slay” or Not To “Slay”

Elena Chiam Nov 30, 2025 5 min read

Provided by Ngoc Diep (Alice), used with permission. Website: The Oxford English Dictionary.

slay /sleɪ/: to impress someone very much or to be very good or impressive (Cambridge Dictionary, 2025); “slay the house boots down houston i’m deceased”…

Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

Anonymous Author Nov 29, 2025 9 min read

Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

China remained shrouded in mystery to the West from the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 until the 1970s. In 1972, US…

Doctor Faustus at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

Rohit Ghosh Nov 28, 2025 6 min read

Doctor Faustus at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

‘I was, at times, simply floored by Carrington’s production of this classic play; there was a constant tension, both emotional and sexual, that wound up…