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Saffron Dale

Film & TV Print Edition 

Arthouse history: a missing subgenre

November 10, 2021November 11, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Adeline Zhao, Saffron Dale

In anticipation of ‘Spencer’, Saffron Dale examines depictions of history within film.

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Film & TV 

Squid Game: capitalist critique or mirthful meme?

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Saffron Dale

“The show is undoubtedly a masterpiece”: Saffron Dale is fascinated by the hype surrounding Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’.

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Comment Print Edition 

No Time to Discriminate: a call to ditch disfigured Bond villains

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Saffron Dale

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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Film & TV 

Graham Norton: king of comedic chat shows

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Saffron Dale

“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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Comment Print Edition 

The pandemic of hyper-Reality TV

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Saffron Dale

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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Politics Print Edition 

‘Thatcher’s children’ and intergenerational inequality

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Saffron Dale

Saffron Dale examines how intergenerational inequality was influenced by ‘Thatcher’s children’.

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Comment 

Is Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ attitude to child nudity still acceptable?

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Saffron Dale

Saffron Dale evaluates the complex meanings and consequences of Nirvana’s memorable album cover.

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Film & TV 

Summer of Soul or Summer of revelation? – Review!

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Saffron Dale

“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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Film & TV 

‘Old’: ambivalence at Shyamalan’s take on ‘aging anxiety’

August 13, 2021August 18, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Anna Kuptsova, Saffron Dale

“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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Politics 

GB’s identity crisis: why there was no men’s Olympic football team

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Saffron Dale

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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