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Francis “My favourite item that I’m wearing is this coat because it as affordable.” Roza “I really like trench coats – I fell in love with this one because it’s thick, raw denim, and it’s really structured. I like how this denim coat has body to it – the

The Golden Globes: Award Season Has Begun

The Golden Globes: Award Season Has Begun

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

Shoplifters Is The First Japanese Film To Win at the Cannes Film Festival In Over Two Decades

Shoplifters Is The First Japanese Film To Win at the Cannes Film Festival In Over Two Decades

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

‘Call the Midwife’ Actress Criticises #MeToo Victims

‘Call the Midwife’ Actress Criticises #MeToo Victims

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

New Year, New Clothes? Think Again.

New Year, New Clothes? Think Again.

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’

Ian Hislop Brings Dissent to The British Museum

Ian Hislop Brings Dissent to The British Museum

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

Best films of 2018

Best films of 2018

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