Circular Seas is a collection of works by artist Jamie Johnson. Taking inspiration from urban green spaces and his residency at Cove Park, Johnson created these works in reflection of events in his personal life. Apart from this, the contextual information for each piece is absent, which liberates the viewer to discover their own interpretation. […]
To escape both the library and the bad weather; I thought I would change things up by heading over to New Town to investigate the most recent showing at the Arusha Gallery. My day certainly perked up from there onwards. In person, Elaine Speirs’ figurative oil paintings danced across the canvases. At first glance, they […]
After the overall disappointment that was the sequel trilogy (even if some of us enjoyed The Last Jedi) and the constant barrage of Disney+ shows which followed, it seemed like Disney were making the exact same mistakes that were made with the franchise following the original trilogy. Rogue One, Solo and The Book of Boba […]
It’s been nearly 4 years since M83 last released an LP. Since 2019, Gonzalez has quietly hidden from the limelight, busily recording new tracks. In this time, the world could not have looked any different; pre-pandemic life feels a distant, unattainable memory. But M83 remains a constant, once again producing ethereal atmospheric music that takes […]
Like many others, my obsession with the Hunger Games has recently been reignited as a result of the social media frenzy regarding the soon-to-be released prequel and the excellency of the films. The question is what makes this book-to-film adaptation so incredible that the interest has lasted years after it was released? For one thing, […]
Small-town settings are often glorified across literature and onscreen. They entice audiences with their array of appealing elements, including the signature small-town closely-knit community. As a teen, I found myself wanting to participate in the eccentrically amusing town events of Gilmore Girls’ ‘Stars Hollow’, like the twenty-four-hour Dance Marathon. Underneath this attractive image, however, sometimes lies […]
The median age to graduate university in the UK is 22 years old, which for our grandparents’s generation was the average age for a woman to have her first child. Although we have seen generational shifts in heteronormative expectations and norms, there still seems to be subliminal pressures for 21st century women to marry, have […]
Imagine a tipsy room of eminent painters, poets, and intellectuals, laughing as they wait for a play to begin. Virginia Woolf sits alongside E.M. Forster; T.S. Eliot may pop in. Clive Bell’s booming laughter can be heard above the chatter; Woolf will later describe the atmosphere as ‘unbuttoned’. In 1930s London, the Bloomsbury Group often […]