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It's The Season for Christmas Markets

It's The Season for Christmas Markets

Annemari de Silva, MA South Asian Area Studies The time of overspending, guilt-trips, and negative budgets is nigh. As Christmas dominates the season of holidays, we get lost in our ideological debates about consumerism and the state of institutional religion today and we forget the meaning of life: that it’

London Through A Cultural Lens: Diwali

London Through A Cultural Lens: Diwali

Alizeh Agnihotri, BA Development Studies When I was younger I waited patiently for the month of October for two reasons: my birthday and the festival of Diwali. Home isn’t missed more than at the time of a festival. Since India is a secular country, I have a reason to

'Exiled Writers' at the Poetry Cafe

'Exiled Writers' at the Poetry Cafe

Annemari de Silva, MA South Asian Area Studies Amidst the bright lights and constant traffic of Covent Gardens lies a small café nestled on a side street. The Poetry Café catches you off guard, easy to miss unless you know what you’re looking for, or are determined enough to

The Reinvigoration of SOAS Labour

The Reinvigoration of SOAS Labour

Harry Wise, BA Politics It’s a Friday night at SOAS and there’s a party going on at SOAS. There’s pizza, coke and Cadbury Roses on offer and music blaring from the speakers. More than 30 SOAS students are packed into a room to celebrate and discuss politics.

Cleaners' Struggle Makes Screen Transition

Cleaners' Struggle Makes Screen Transition

Micheil Page, BA Development Studies and Geography Of all the campaigns at SOAS, the Justice for Cleaners campaign is one of the most dedicated and well-known. Many of us at SOAS possibly cannot remember a day where we haven’t seen a poster for the campaign around the Student’s

Mademoiselle Privé at the Saatchi Gallery

Mademoiselle Privé at the Saatchi Gallery

Kay Lee, LLB Law Rooms come alive with the story of Gabrielle, as her devout readers find themselves in a story set in a Saatchi Gallery-esque Chanel flagship store, trying to glide as effortlessly as Coco would’ve done past the impeccable white walls with black piping and across wood

Ai Wei Wei at The Royal Academy of Art

Ai Wei Wei at The Royal Academy of Art

Kajol Lally, BA History and Social Anthropology Ai Weiwei’s first major UK exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art is a thought provoking and intense display of the difficulty faced by many artists. Weiwei deals with challenging themes reflecting human rights, freedom of self-expression and a generation’s political