Arthouse history: a missing subgenre
In anticipation of ‘Spencer’, Saffron Dale examines depictions of history within film.
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Squid Game: capitalist critique or mirthful meme?
“The show is undoubtedly a masterpiece”: Saffron Dale is fascinated by the hype surrounding Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’.
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No Time to Discriminate: a call to ditch disfigured Bond villains
Saffron Dale explores the misrepresentation of physical disfigurement in the Bond franchise, and how charities are calling these examples out to initiate change.
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Graham Norton: king of comedic chat shows
“The show has come to define British interactions with celebrity culture”: Saffron Dale details the distinctions between British and American chat shows.
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The pandemic of hyper-Reality TV
Saffron Dale discusses the negative consequences of a pandemic of hyper-Reality TV in light of the recent aggression scandals plaguing both Love Island and Married at First Sight UK.
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‘Thatcher’s children’ and intergenerational inequality
Saffron Dale examines how intergenerational inequality was influenced by ‘Thatcher’s children’.
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Is Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ attitude to child nudity still acceptable?
Saffron Dale evaluates the complex meanings and consequences of Nirvana’s memorable album cover.
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Summer of Soul or Summer of revelation? – Review!
“Are you ready to hear, are you ready to feel, are you ready to do?” – Saffron Dale uses Nina Simone’s famous words to explore the immense importance of Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ documentary: ‘a chapter, rather than a footnote, in black history’.
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‘Old’: ambivalence at Shyamalan’s take on ‘aging anxiety’
“For the most part, ‘Old’ succeeds in its efforts to represent how humans react to the two fears that dominate contemporary society: death, and the short and rapid journey to death”: Saffron Dale revisits Shyamalan’s sinister tale, ‘Old’, to review its many complicated twists and turns.
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GB’s identity crisis: why there was no men’s Olympic football team
Saffron Dale examines the barriers to a Team GB men’s Olympic football team and what this says about broader British identity.
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