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‘The Real Thing’ at the Old Vic Explained: A Play For The Times or Of Its Time?
Tom Stoppard's encrypted word games sing of an ingenious thesis on love and its different forms.
Amy Calladine
Dec 3, 20247 min read


Cinema Mon Amour: Film Students On Young Love
A reflection on young love in the modern day and how cinema has shaped our romantic expectations (As told by a group of university film...
Eve Williams
Nov 23, 20247 min read


'Layla' Review: Embracing Identity, Defying Expectations
Layla (2024) is Amrou Al-Kadhi’s stunning directorial debut, depicting the journey of the non-binary trans ‘Layla’ ( Bilal Hasna), who...
Ariana Nazir
Nov 15, 20244 min read


Nothing Like the Sun #5 - On Food
Drawing by Talloula Liveras-Dionysiou Was it one cup? Or maybe a cup and a half? I don’t think I’ve ever truly known the measurements of...
Trisha Gupta
Nov 28, 20232 min read


Nothing like the Sun #4 - It’s a Sibling Thing
Drawing by Marine Pellissier There is an unsaid beauty in the backseat minivan glance shared between my brother and I when our parents...
Trisha Gupta
Nov 21, 20233 min read

Nothing like the Sun #3 - Love is the Anchor
Drawing by Ravie Tofolo The other day, my friend sent me a picture of a lily she saw while walking past a florist’s shop. She thought it...
Vaishnavi Reddy
Nov 14, 20233 min read


Nothing like the Sun #2 - An Ode to Bracelet Clasps and Independence
Photo by Godisable Jacob via Pexels “Would you like me to clasp it for you?” The lady at Tiffany’s had asked me gently after witnessing...
Trisha Gupta
Nov 7, 20233 min read

Nothing like the Sun #1 - On Family and No's
Drawing by Diana Vorona I saw, on the tube, a girl scratching the itch from her Burberry scarf at the nape of her neck and I thought to...
Trisha Gupta
Oct 31, 20233 min read


Nothing Like the Sun - The Mundane Love Column
'Temple of Friendship, Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg', by Now Idonoa On all fours with a 5-pound toilet cleaner that came 3 weeks late...
Trisha Gupta
Oct 24, 20237 min read


Summer of '85 — The life and death of summer love
Summer (as unprecedented as this one may appear) often calls for a celebratory tale of youthful love and freedom in the sun, where at...
Juliette Howard
Aug 19, 20204 min read
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