First bloom
Molly Knox welcomes spring with this poem offering an insight into the dangerous world of the snail.
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Verity Laycock
Review: ‘Call My Agent!’, Season Four
“While the viewer may come for the celebrity cameos, they are compelled to keep watching for the rich and often profound narrative arcs of the mainstay cast.” Toby Donegan-Cross is fascinated by the latest season of ‘Call My Agent!’.
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Oh! You pretty things
With flares, floral prints and Farrah Fawcett hair back in fashion, Eleri Crossland pays tribute to the 70s – the decade that never really seems to go out of style.
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The crochet problem
“If you still think you’ll be rocking crochet in the years to come, some great small ethical brands can be found.” Anna Johns talks all things crochet.
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Diversifying your bookshelf: ‘Purple Hibiscus’
“A new age of postcolonial Nigerian prose”: Charlotte Grimwade is fascinated by postcolonial approaches to gender in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s debut novel.
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The cry of the mob wins today
Samuel Rackind argues that the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is an insensitive and authoritarian approach to protests, with the potential to erode democracy in Britain.
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In conversation with Durham University’s Women in Business Society
Interview Editor, Claudia Jacob, speaks to Durham University’s Women in Business Society about keeping members engaged during the pandemic and the ways in which the Society explores issues surrounding gender diversity in the workplace
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A year abroad student’s guide to a culturally confused wardrobe
“Even though my degree has caused me to move quite a few times and adapt to my surroundings, this is not limited to year abroad students”: Ava Siena Cohen explores the impacts of travel upon one’s sense of style.
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Prince: iconic, theatrical, genderless
Ava Siena Cohen explores gender fluidity through Prince’s style.
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‘Americanah’: Black joy in a world focused on Black victimhood
“Compels readers to look at race relations in the West in a new way.” In honour of America’s Black History month, Nicole Howlett examines the joy to be found in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel.
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