Essay 11/11

Nov 23, 20185 min read

Urban Chronicles - A portrait on Iain Sinclair

You can find the original version of this article on the Funzel Iain Sinclair, one could say, is obsessed with London. The Last London,...

Nov 8, 20184 min read

Is Fashion the Latest Victim of Social Media?

Look around – what do you see? A society engulfed by social media? Potentially over dramatic, but undeniably one being shaped...

Nov 1, 20184 min read

Politicising Private Love

A response to ‘Lust to Love and in Between’ – a programme of short films released as part of the London Film Festival. Traditionally,...

Oct 24, 20185 min read

#EleNão; or The Fight Against the Rise of Fascism in Brazil

Brazilian women protesting in front of the Brazilian Embassy in London against fascism and candidate Bolsonaro Ever since the impeachment...

Oct 1, 20186 min read

An Environmental 1789

Didn’t you hear it? The planet’s ominous cry? A summer raided by record fires, heat waves and floods. Didn’t you sense a certain anxiety?...

Oct 12, 20173 min read

Strandlines - Lives along Strand

From an article on ‘Gaiety George’, successful shows that ran at the Strand’s Gaiety theatre during the 1890s and 1900s and its female...

Aug 15, 20176 min read

London: A Drag Capital

Although drag has been around for decades, it has recently become increasingly popular. A cornerstone of LGTB+ culture, the success of...

Aug 15, 20173 min read

The Multiple Purposes of Art

“Art for Art’s sake”, insisted the French poet Théophile Gautier in the early 19th century. This is an attractive notion, but is it that...

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