Running my fingers over the light layer of dust that sits atop the row of chunky novels on my bookshelf,…
The Bloody Muppets
The Bloody Muppets have cut their teeth on performing covers, often on the QMU’s stages, which is perhaps why their…
Barbie: The Film of the Summer?
On the 21st of July 2023, I went to see Barbie the way God (Greta Gerwig) intended: alongside four of…
Reading Science Fiction- Where to Start?
Science fiction is a genre that provokes apprehension in the mind of uninitiated readers, who envision either great tomes of…
The Recent Gentrification of Punk and Alternative Fashion
The 1970s was a decade of Troubles, early Thatcherism, blackouts, and nationwide strikes. This large-scale unrest of 70s Britain also…
Eurovision: “It’s All Political!”
‘It’s all political!’ The classic British response to Eurovision. Usually an explanation of our poor performance at the competition. Like…
FIFA threats to not broadcast the Women’s World Cup within Europe
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has threatened a broadcast blackout of the Women’s World Cup in Europe due to the “disappointing”…
TERFism Online – Down the Rabbit Hole
As a younger teenager in the early to mid 2010s, I found myself submerged in online radical feminist spaces on…
Teaching Yourself Solitude
To set the scene, it’s May. Squashed between the end of exams and the start of summer, I had woken…
The Morning After the Night Before
One kindness I afforded myself last night – passed out as I was in my sweat-stained clubbing trousers, dried mascara…
