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‘My Kiss ERA’: bar italia at the ICA

REBECCA LALLY attends elusive London-based band’s headline ICA show, with support from new favourites NEW YORK. 

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I crave it, like I crave a sister: reviewing ‘Painting stupid girls’ by Joanne Robertson

KIMI ZARATE-SMITH reviews Painting stupid girls by Joanne Robertson, exploring her introspection, rawness, and techniques as a contemporary artist. 

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Wistful: Reviving Poetry through Theatre

HARRY SPEIRS explores his poetic inspirations in preparation for his performances of Wistful at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.   I remember the first time..

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I am so tired of the abortion debate

SUNISHKA KAPUR  ruminates on the US Supreme Court’s potential overturning of Roe v. Wade, in light of the leaked draft of the majority opinion. NB:..

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Review: Diary of a Somebody

CASSANDRA KHOO reviews the revival of Diary of a Somebody at Seven Dials Playhouse It is spring break, and Bloomsbury is somewhat freed from its..

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Review: La Mif

MADELEINE KING reviews La Mif, a moving portrayal of coming of age within the social care system. La Mif (2021), or ‘The Fam(ily)’ in French slang,..

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Guardians of Literature: Readings from the 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist 

Upon tomorrow's announcement of this year's Booker Prize winner, Literature sub-editor EMILY DRIVER discusses her impressions on the six positions shortlisted, and how those were shaped by meeting the authors at the Shortlist Readings at the Southbank Centre.
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In the lull of rhetoric jazz: Slavoj Žižek in conversation

Attending a talk with Slavoj Žižek at Conway Hall, ESTER FREIDER reflects on the thinker's peculiar presence, his appeal to Gen Z, and his new book.
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Slade at Frieze London: NICK GOSS

The first in a series of interviews by BEN FRITH, with former Slade students showing at Frieze 2023. 
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Devil in a Latex Dress: Reviewing Julia Fox’s Down the Drain

Literature Editor OLIVIA WACHOWIAK reviews Down the Drain after elusive meeting with author Julia Fox. 
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Bring No Clothes: In Conversation with Charlie Porter

ALICIA DORAN and CAROLINA TANI review Charlie Porter's new book, which takes the Bloomsbury group as focus and unpicks the language of clothing.
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No Photos Please: John Knight’s Secrets at Final Hot Desert

BEN FRITH gives an experiential account of an off-beat 'photography' opening from enigmatic American artist, John Knight.
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‘What’s wrong with bacon and eggs, fish and chips, and Gary Glitter?’: Horace Ove’s Pressure (1976) and the dialectic of Black British identity

FAITH OWOLABI reviews Horace Ové’s Pressure (1976) following its recent restoration by the BFI National Archive.   As one of the most influential forefathers of..
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Priscilla: Girlhood in the Shadow of Elvis

ESMÉ FENICK reviews the new Priscilla by Sofia Coppola– a sensitive and subtle exploration of Girlhood.
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When friends can’t seem to find the right words: Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord

ANNIKA THORBORG reflects on an evening with Vogue’s dating columnist, Annie Lord, and reviews her recent book Notes on Heartbreak. 
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Serene Baroque Pop and Familial Lore: Reviewing Daneshevskaya’s Long Is The Tunnel

YASH ZODGEKAR explores the oscillations between past and present in Daneshevskaya’s upcoming EP Long Is The Tunnel.
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‘Vanilla’-Shoegaze Rock Reflections of a Twenty-something-year-old Teenage Girl: reviewing So Vanilla by Viji

REGINA AGUILAR reviews the successes, and the failures, of Viji’s debut record So Vanilla.
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My Year and a Half of Post-Covid Gigs

MAYRA NASSEF draws up her ultimate list, reflects on concert-going as a now novel phenomena, and tells us who's 'still got it'.
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Portraits of Perception: Gazing into Ellie Pratt’s ‘Taste Maker’

CAROLINA TANI reviews the latest offering from Slade graduate Ellie Pratt– mangled reflections on the female form, and the voyeurism essential to viewing. 
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A Theatre of Inclusion

KAY LYNN ER, student playwright, enters the dialogue on diversity in storytelling and envisions a truly diverse London theatre. 
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