Emma: It’s what Austen would have wanted ★★★★
2020 is the year ‘unlikeable’ women get their due and I am loving it – first Amy March, and now…
The Beverage Report Ep 1: Darling’s brilliance is a relic of Labour’s past ★★★★
Marking the launch of the LSE Economics Department podcast, Matthew Bradbury’s interview with Labour’s ex-chancellor Alistair Darling was insightful, informative,…
Waiting for Anya: Not worth the wait ★★
Tackling the Holocaust warrants bravery and rendering such a tragedy into fiction for young audiences is a noble intention. Upon…
Malaysia Night 2020: Re:Believe
Last Saturday evening, Malaysia Club’s annual culture extravaganza Re:Believe was pulled off. Malaysia Night is a huge scale event, with…
Parasite – Eat the Rich ★★★★★
The 2019 Oscars saw Parasite take home four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International…
Private Lives: An iced cocktail of a play that goes down a treat
Private Lives, Noël Coward’s delightfully outrageous comedy, was first performed in the year succeeding the Wall Street Crash when the…
Bombshell – fox in the #MeToo hen house
There’s an irony of a proto-MeToo movement taking place in the halls of the fiercely conservative Fox News’ offices in…
My 4 (very long) days of online dating
Illustration by Colette Fogarty Despite having heard a number of horror stories over the years, last week I decided to…
The Beaver’s sex playlist: bangity bang
Illustration by Raphaelle Camarcat I Said-a-Bang, Bang, Bangity Bang, I Said-a-Bang Bang Bangity Bang DISCLAIMER: Although some songs may appear…
Talk To Her (2003) and the media’s dangerous sexualisation of victims
Almodóvar’s film Hablé con Ella (Talk to Her, 2003) aestheticizes the female body, masking sexual violence in ways that are…
