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Zahra Banday, BA English Image Credits: Creative Commons It’s that time of year again where the red carpet is rolled out and glitterati emerge to celebrate one thing: themselves. Yes, award season has officially begun. Starting off the onslaught was the 76th Annual Golden Globes Awards. Hosted by Sandra
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Azeem Rajulawalla, BA History Image credit: ARTHUR MOLA This year’s winner of the big prize Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival went to Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’, a social drama about a makeshift, poverty-stricken family relying on shoplifting to survive in Tokyo. The first Japanese
Zahra Banday, BA English Photo Credit: Creative Commons ‘Call the Midwife’ actress Jenny Agutter has recently come out criticising victims of the #MeToo movement. Talking to the Radio Times, Agutter discussed how she doesn’t “fully understand” how these women could be sexually assaulted. She stated, “I never fully understood
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Maliha Shoaib, BA English and World Philosophies When pushing the restart button for the New Year, we often feel pressured to give our lives a makeover – from a new hobby, to a new diet, to new clothes to fit an improved self. Yet, if our clothes reflect our identities, shouldn’
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By-line: Khadija Kothia, BA History Photo Credit: Khadija Kothia The discourse surrounding institutions such as The British Museum has been brought into the spotlight over the past few months. It was interesting to see an exhibition centred on political dissent in a museum under so much controversy for its role
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By Thomas Underhill, BA Japanese Image credit: Creative Commons What follows is a list of my 10 or so favourite films of the year (that I’ve seen), that came out in the UK in 2018. It’s all in alphabetical order except for the final entry, which I feel
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By Laura Wormington On 14th December, I joined a small, buzzing crowd in the Djam Lecture Theatre for the SOAS Drama Society’s production of Tennessee Williams’ Small Craft Warnings, their first major performance of the academic year, produced by this year’s society president, Oscar Ward. The single-act, hour-long,
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Indigo Lilburn-Quick, BA History and Politics Rating: 4/5, Running time: 2 hours 13 minutes. This vibrant biopic follows the rise Freddie Mercury, frontman of the British rock group Queen, on his turbulent path to international stardom. His journey is filled with success and personal struggle, from his romantic endeavours
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Zahra Banday, BA English When the news broke that “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” was to be rebooted by Netflix, die-hard fans felt a sense of trepidation. What was to become of these beloved characters? Especially since the producers taking on the project were the brains behind the endlessly frustrating “Riverdale”
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Kitty Walsh, BA History and World Philosophies On November 1, Penguin Random House, via #Merky Books, released the long-awaited story of grime artist Stormzy’s elevation to fame in “Rise Up: the #Merky Story So Far”. From Brit Awards to Mobo awards, Ibiza festivals and sold-out shows, Stormzy is undeniably
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Sumayyah Daisy Lane, BA History Culture Editor of the SOAS Spirit Hollywood producer Jason Blum was booed and then escorted offstage at the Israeli Film Festival in LA following his criticism of US President Trump. During his acceptance speech, Blum, of Jewish heritage, pointed the finger at Trump for the
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In an age where the novelty of books is wearing off, radical bookshops are standing the test of time. Check out our Spirit approved list of independent booksellers below! * 56A Infoshop (Walworth, South London) volunteer-run DIY social centre They offer a library archive of 1,400 books and 50,000