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Film

The Platform

Post author By Jakub Licko
Post date April 1, 2020

If you’re looking for some escapism to forget about the fact that you’re stuck in a confined space for months on end (maybe even having to potentially ration your food) The Platform might not be on your watchlist at the moment. In any other circumstances however, The Platform offers an intense, claustrophobic experience with a healthy dose […]

Tags anticapitalist, capitalism, foreign language film, Horror, Netflix, prison, quarantine, social commentary, The Platform, Thriller

Culture Literature

Agnes Török at the Scottish Poetry Library

Post author By Geir Darge
Post date February 29, 2016
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From lyrics written in protest of the Church by William Blake, to the haunting depictions of 9-11 by Michael Burch, poetry has always been intertwined with social commentary and political activism. Indeed the voice of a poet is never just for the individual: it speaks from and to the masses. This is was the message […]

Tags agnes torok, event, female poet, my life in poetry, poet, Poetry, reading, review, scottish poetry library, Scottish politics, social commentary