A Novel in Verse: Reviewing Louisa Reid's The Poet
The Poet is a novel that tackles several complex and emotional topics, including abusive relationships and imposter syndrome at...
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Lara Mae Simpson
Jun 7, 20223 min read
The Last Word Festival 2022: The Power of Spoken Word Poetry
Recently, I watched Esme Allman, one of this year’s Last Word Festival artists, perform her poem ‘Oil’ online. As she spoke of a...
Kathryn O'Rourke
May 12, 20224 min read
Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry at the ICA
The Institute of Contemporary Art presented Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry in partnership with its exhibition...
Lara Mae Simpson
Apr 7, 20224 min read
The Importance of Presence - Still Point's Poetry & Fiction Showcase
In the intimate setting of Reference Point on the Strand, and after Covid-induced postponements, the ‘presence’ of writers sharing their...
Thalia Khadi
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Women of the World Festival 2022: Women of Greek Myth with Natalie Haynes and Nikita Gill
From the 11th to 13th March 2022, the WOW (Women of the World) Festival returned to London, this time back in person! For a whole...
Maisie Allen
Jan 24, 20225 min read
London Literature Festival 2021: Creative Future Writers' Award
As part of the 2021 Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival, the organisation Creative Future hosted their annual Writers’ Award,...
Maisie Allen
Dec 11, 20214 min read
Poetry + Film Hack: Rocks and the beauty of adolescent friendship
Set in the Barbican’s Pit, viewers were immersed into an emotional and sensory experience centred around the Black femme experience,...
Maisie Allen
Nov 8, 20214 min read
The Limits of Freedom: Reviewing Shilpa Gupta's Sun at Night exhibition
Set in the Barbican Centre’s intimate Curve Gallery, Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta centres her first major London exhibition, Sun at...
Kathryn Corrall
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...
Helen Blasak
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...
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