Era Journal: UCL Arts and Culture

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November 9, 2024

Magic, Technic and Aura

Thoughts editor MEDI SMITH ruminates on the culture of “data-collecting”.

October 2, 2024

It was hotter last summer

A story by RORY PATRICK GRAHAM.

October 2, 2024

Amazon Laureate: Kevin Killian’s Selected Amazon Reviews

Literature editor ROMILLY SCHULTE reviews Kevin Killian’s Selected Amazon Reviews, tracking the “Top 100” reviewer’s ingenious subversion of style, form, and criticism.

September 27, 2024

13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips: On Overcoming Imperfection

OLIVER TSENG reviews Xiu Xiu’s latest release, 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips.

June 27, 2024

Following all the strands of a story: If You’re a Girl by Ann Rower

GABRIELA BERNABEU reviews the revised and expanded edition of Ann Rower’s iconic If You’re a Girl: Selected Stories 1985-2023.

May 14, 2024

‘I’ was for internet: My First Book by Honor Levy

In honour of the publication day of Honor Levy’s My First Book, a review by OLIVIA WACHOWIAK.

Recent

December 6, 2024

“Nothing Lasts. You Certainly Won’t.”: A Review of Punk Rock at the Bloomsbury Studio

ASHLEY NEW reviews UCL Drama Society's Punk Rock, a production as disquieting as it is unmissable.

November 14, 2024

More than Fragments: Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom and Eva Gold at Frieze London

Art & Design editor DAVIDE GIBSON looks back on two standout booths at Frieze London.

November 13, 2024

Redefining “British” Cinema At The London Film Festival

Film editor AYAZ KHEZRZADEH attends The London Film Festival and poses the question: “what makes a film British?”

November 5, 2024

A love letter to the London grassroots scene: FarmFest 2024

TAYA MINCHINGTON looks back on this year’s FarmFest, Rickmansworth’s ongoing grassroots response to the "modern festival."

November 4, 2024

Place and Identity at the Debut London Literature Evening

DARCY DUBELL discusses the London Literature Festival’s evening of Debut London Literature at the Southbank Centre.

October 29, 2024

“I’ll see you in Europe.”

A prose reminiscence from JESSE KENG SUM LEE.

October 23, 2024

Club to Cathedral: FAUZIA and Patti Smith at St. Paul’s

KAYAN PATEL attends Fabric at St. Paul's Cathedral, headlined by the legendary Patti Smith.

October 21, 2024

Poetry of The Natural World at The Poetry Hour

CATRIN LEWIS attends the Poetry of the Natural World reading at The Josephine Hart Foundation’s Poetry Hour.