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Interview: Jamie Isaac

  KIMI ZARATE-SMITH interviews JAMIE ISAAC on his influences, production, and creative process.    Jamie Isaac’s discography feels through the bittersweet nature of young love:..

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A Letter from the Editors

JEAN WATT, RUBY ANDERSON and GEORGIA GOOD announce the journal’s name change, and reflect on the reasons behind it. Hi everyone, Our names are Jean,..

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POSTED

POSTED is an exhibition in a pack of postcards, featuring art made by UCL students in response to the theme of connection. Spanning photography, sculpture, painting,..

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The problem with Dante’s concept of ‘sin’

MIRIAM ZEGHLACHE asks why Dante’s perception of sin in his Divine Comedy still resonates 700 years after his death.   Dante Alighieri imagines in his..

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Reflections on Rilke

  ARIANA RAZAVI contemplates the enduring beauty of Rilke’s poetry.   I first met Rilke in a world literature class aged sixteen, in the poem..

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The Trial of Eve

MAYA WILSON AUTZEN interrogates the aetiology of the fallen woman.    The Book of Genesis provides not only the origin story of the Christian world..

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Review: Naturally Brilliant Colour

  MATILDA SYKES reviews Naturally Brilliant Colour at Kew Gardens, an exhibition that demonstrates the dazzling visual power of Pure Structural Colour and celebrates its..
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‘India is two countries in one: An India of light and an India of darkness’

ISABELLE OSBORNE reviews Ramin Bahrani’s Oscar-nominated adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger. Ramin Bahrani’s phenomenal The White Tiger offers an interior..
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Reflections on the Controversies of Our Former Provost

ASYIA IFTIKHAR reflects on the controversies surrounding Professor Michael Arthur’s time as President and Provost of UCL, after he stepped down earlier this year with..
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To Walk Alone in London

MARISA BECIROVIC takes us with her on a walk through London, considering London’s great art institutions in a newfound light, at a time when all..
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IMMATERIAL GIRLS: Trans Women in Synthesis

ZAC ANDERSON discusses the power of SOPHIE and other pioneering trans women in the music scene, looking forward to their upcoming fundraiser for the Black..
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Roots

A poem by C.B.A.   i.   It’s an immigrant’s story. Isn’t it always? We all came from somewhere, if only we follow the tree’s..
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Amicus UCL x Photo Requests from Solidarity: How to get involved

REUBEN MICU describes Amicus UCL’s collaboration with Photo Requests from Solitary, and explains how you can make a difference to the lives of those in..
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Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry

BARNABY HOWE reviews R.J. Cutler’s documentary on Billie Eilish, recently screened by Bertha DocHouse in Bloomsbury.  Billie Eilish’s rise to fame has been, in a..
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What happens at the point of no return?

EVIE ROBINSON explores the depiction of gun violence in the novels of American writer Jodi Picoult.   A controversial, sensitive and polarising issue, gun violence..
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Stop! In The Name of Love and Profit

A story by REGINA CO. To the recipient of this email, I am writing to you because I have a problem. It is an issue..
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Toll Road

A poem by ARIANA RAZAVI.   She was so small, folded up in her fear. A familiar unknown. Silent tears and longing stares out of..
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Room

A poem by RUTH FOLORUNSO.   In this room, I… eat, sleep, think, watch dream, wash, clean sigh, cry, starve.   Right now, I am..
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Engaging with Art or Engaging with Ourselves?

VINNY SANDHU considers if we have ever really connected with art, or if art-viewing is really just another form of targeted consumption.   Through the..
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Coal Drops Yard

MAHIKA GAUTAM recollects a walk through Coal Drops Yard, contemplating its inaccessibility and how the space reflects wider problems faced by our society.  It is..
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