‘The other’
“N*ggers are stupid, they gotta study real hard, don’t they?” I wish I could ask Melba Pattillo, one of the…
Closed circle: Mac Miller’s posthumous album is tragically beautiful
The accidental overdose of Mac Miller in September 2018 is one of the few celebrity deaths that shook me to…
Cliteracy Class 7: a brief history of the pussy
For the first Cliteracy of the decade, let’s travel back in time to the first pre-historic female squatting down awkwardly…
1917 – Sam Mendes’ meticulous craft has no limitations
This World War One drama can be summed up very simply: Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) and Lance Corporal Blake…
In conversation with the New York Federal Reserve Bank President
Photo: Federal Reserve Bank of New York On 14 January 2020, New York FED President John Williams discussed his recent…
LSE could go bankrupt ‘any day now’
The decade got off to a rough start for LSE, as it emerged that the university was on the brink…
Hedging bets with Emmet Mung
Emmet Mung isn’t our usual pick for Flipside. He’s embedded in a segment of campus that hardly recognises our paper;…
Anne with an E – ahead by a century ★★★★
L. M. Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables is more than a beloved classic. It’s warmly comforting and upliftingly…
Al Blyth: career advice, digital surveillance, and his experience as a playwright
The Haystack — a new play by LSE alumni Al Blyth, opening at Hampstead Theatre on 31 January, directed by…
Dracula – A bloody good adaptation ★★★★
The infamous story of the blood-sucking vampire is well known and often adapted, but this new miniseries, from Sherlock creators…
