Once upon an English summerThe ladybirds inhabited my cupboard,A single wooden lockerScantily speckled with 10p tins,Musty grains and 70 proof liquor.“Accommodate them”,The platitudes of the past spoke to me“You’re now in their territory.” Once upon an English summer,In my pursuit of diligenceI set out a few strawberriesFor those that colonisedThe rest of my sustenance.“It is…
Features
What to Look Forward to This Summer
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the world in more ways than we can count, from lives lost to job issues and having to adapt to an entirely new lifestyle. More than a year since the first outbreak, and we are still amid a slow yet steady recovery. But summer is fast approaching and there are…
Books
Interview with Ali Smith: “puns and wordplay are ceremonious”
Let’s force the locks of life, boldly, cunningly, As befits our youth. No lies or half-lies for us. We want Nothing but the truth. This was the poem Ali Smith left our interview on. As thoroughly as I searched, I could not find it anywhere online. Although Ali attributed it to Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian…
Deputy Editors' Column
Oh, the sunny square and snakebites
It’s the middle of May, I’ve finished my degree and handed over my beloved paper to very capable people. Officially, I’ve finished my time at uni. I’m not going to lie; I feel very deflated. Handing in my last piece of coursework felt anti-climactic, I was expecting to feel relived but now I find myself…
Travel
Preparing for the picturesque Peru
“Yeah, you can go!” was not the kind of response I expected from my mother, who has been extremely strict ever since I was young, when I asked if I could go on a volunteering trip to a country that is tremendously far away from home – Peru. No one in my family seemed surprised…
Creative Writing, Venue
wishing for clovers
we are barely ten and holding our imaginary shovels we go searching for the golden light or perhaps a newt in the long grass or maybe a lucky clover your dad told you all clovers are four leaf clovers but they wanted to be just like him when they grew up while waving his…
Gaming
A return to gaming
For as long as I can remember, the best days of my childhood were my summers. Filled with days off school, the lush green grass and walks by the beach, there was always something beautiful about the season. However, more than the beauty in full growth around me, summer held great memories because I knew…
TV, Venue
We need to talk about ‘Euphoria’
One of the latest TV series to come out of HBO, Euphoria made waves in the summer in America for its brazen representation of drug trauma and adolescent sex life. In the same vein as the Netflix productions 13 Reasons Why and Riverdale – an American high school drama set in a small suburban town,…
Music
Hot Chip at The LCR – 24/10/19
It may be cold outside, but in the Nick Raynes LCR Hot Chip were serving up a warm sound bath of summery dance music vibes. When the vibrations flowed up from beneath the floorboards through my feet, I could not help but smile (and, of course, dance like a maniac), as I was transported by…
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