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The Arts and Culture Magazine
LONDON'S
AWARD-WINNING
STUDENT-RUN
MAGAZINE
John Gilheany
Dec 154 min read
Music Subcultures – "a linchpin of adolescence in the 20th century… a footnote in the 21st"
Music Subcultures defining adolescence in the 20th century, but fading into the cultural background in the last 25 years.
Hannah Tang
Nov 65 min read
Sinister Spirals and Female Bodies – Revisiting The First Season of ‘True Detective’ (2014)
In a world of police procedurals, be the first season of HBO’s True Detective . Cary Joji Fukunaga’s critically acclaimed nonlinear...
Faraz Rezai
Oct 91 min read
My God Is A Trickster
My God Is A Trickster is a poem written by Faraz Rezai inspired by 20th-century philosopher Alan Watts’ thought experiment about God.
Hania Ahmed
Sep 277 min read
Creating a Home: Steffie Chau’s ‘l’appartement 49c’
The charm of big city life still hasn’t worn off on me after one year of living in London. In my Washington, D.C. university, I drop...
Carrie Smith
May 11 min read
Four Steps for Comprehending
[Contains Sensitive Content] by Carrie Smith First - the daze. You wake up at eleven AM, eyes dry, mouth dry, head sore. The patch of sun...
Oisín McGilloway
Apr 235 min read
We Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen…Mon Oncle
In a bid to match his excitement for this film, I’m going to shamelessly use the assertive, if enigmatic, opening phrase of Roger Ebert’s...
Vaishnavi Reddy
Mar 284 min read
Is the Canon Dying?
Images licensed under Public Domain I had a professor at the university where I finished my undergraduate degree who would spit the word...
Karan Nimsons
Feb 292 min read
Let’s Dance, Boys! The Enduring Allure of Bayonetta
Since 2009, the game's lead heroine sparked debates with her unconventional portrayal, earning both critical acclaim and a devoted fanbase.
Mia Jones
Jan 194 min read
Hiraeth: an Elegy for Forgotten Words
Photo by Mia Jones Language, written, verbal, through signs, and expressions; we are constrained by it. Language affects the way we feel,...
Owen Marburg
Jan 95 min read
Starfield Is Everything Wrong With Bethesda’s Current Direction
Starfield, Bethesda Softworks (BGS) newest AAA title, dropped on September 6th. Their first big title since Fallout 4 in 2015 and their...
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