It was a Friday night and the streets were alive with the sounds of students celebrating the start of the weekend. However, instead of joining my friends for a typical night out, I was slipping into a black cocktail dress and sparkly heels. I headed out to the King’s Theatre alone, enjoying the music blaring […]
“How are we doing guys?” an overly excited woman in a cheap grey business suit greets me at the door of the Red Lecture Theatre in Summerhall. I’m slightly confused and become even more so when she hands me a number. I take my seat at the end of the row and notice a couple […]
Is my English Literature degree relevant in a world ravaged by climate change? This question relies on whether you think art can help change the world. Many contemporary books and artists use their platforms to create more noise about the climate crisis. There is an abundance of non-fiction books tackling this theme. Peter Frankopan’s recent […]
Die Fledermaus combines light-hearted comedy with bright and beautifully precise musical motifs, producing a performance which is a joy to watch. I recommend this operetta to both frequent opera-goers and people who have never seen an opera; it contains many themes characteristic of operas — such as mistaken identities and amorous deception — in […]
Rishi Sunak plans to launch a review of the British sex education system following reports of ‘inappropriate’ sex education lessons in schools, described by one Conservative MP as: “age inappropriate, extreme, sexualising and inaccurate”. But would this only censor the realities of puberty and sex? It seems that the sex education taught to teenagers in […]
The sun’s my favourite jewel of all. I’m jealous; the plants that take you in to breathe. That whisper underneath your feet It’s love, sure, its chemical too, Juice, never from concentrate. Close your eyes and bite the rays A homemade buried treasure found; This orange; tell it “you are the sun” Light we stashed […]
Love Island’s ninth season concluded last week with Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan taking home the £50,000 winning prize. Fagan, a science teacher from Manchester, and Harrinanan, a social worker from Bedford, bonded over their shared Caribbean heritage and passion for working with children. After garnering 43% of the final vote, they became the first […]
Too Rough, directed by Sean Lionadh, is a short film centred around Nick (Ruaridh Mollica) and Charlie (Joshua Griffin), who, after a drunken night out, wake up in Nick’s bed. Paralysed by the fear that his homophobic and dysfunctional family will discover his sexuality, Nick plots a way of sneaking Charlie out of the house […]