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Nov 12, 20185 min read

Italy, London-bound: Review of the Festival of Italian Literature in London

Hosting some of the biggest contemporary Italian and international cultural figures, the 2018 edition of FILL (Festival of Italian...

Jan 18, 20183 min read

The Picture of Dorian Gray Review - KCL English Literary Society

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” Staged in King’s College’s striking, curiously ornate Anatomy...

Aug 15, 20171 min read

Attic

They beat you with burning Glistening slim canes and They always leave ruby marks And lines indented. A drawn out Barb so we knew that...

Aug 15, 20171 min read

Amor Vincit Omnia

Swifter wings have brought misfortune hence But never had I seen any with such dark plumage as those which fluttered above my heart one...

Aug 15, 20171 min read

Swan

He wandered upstream As the brook sang his song, Soaking his brilliance. Only latent in water. But callous in air, A white swell in our...

Aug 15, 20171 min read

Sisterhood

When I was little, I had a sister When I was twelve and she was sixteen, She lost her mother She brought a girl home and held her hand...

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