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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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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. 
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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.
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‘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. 
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The Lime Shoes: On Bitter Water Opera by Nicolette Polek

OLIVIA WACHOWIAK reviews Nicolette Polek's forthcoming novel, Bitter Water Opera. 
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What Picasso Knew about the Body

From Barcelona to London, ALYSSA NUNNINK reflects on Picasso's body of work.
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Perverts and Protégés: The Role of Mentors in Cinema

Film editor AYAZ KHEZRZADEH delves into the intricacies of conflicted student-teacher relationships in cinema. 
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Magdalena Bay’s Imaginal Disk and the deconstruction of genre’s sentimental tendencies

Music editor JOE CUNNINGHAM talks (neo-)psychedelia, genre sentimentality, and Magdalena Bay's 2024 release, Imaginal Disk. 
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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.
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From “Burn the Empire” to “mundane fairy-tale”: The Snuts’ flirtation with politically conscious music

Following the release of Millenials, TARAN WILL takes us through The Snuts' discography, and tells us why it's so hard to make modern political music. 
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Adham Faramawy, Daughters of the River: Waterways as Colonial Arteries

JAMILA ABDEL-RAZEK reviews Daughters of the River by Adham Faramawy, exploring everything from colonial histories to questions of pollution through the waterway. 
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Rossetti O’Clock: Goblin Market at The Poetry Hour

ALICIA DORAN attends the reading of Goblin Market and other poems at The Josephine Hart Foundation’s Poetry Hour.
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Princessmaxxing as subversion: A pillow-praxis of luxury after Byung Chul Han’s Vita Contemplativa

ESTER FREIDER contemplates princesshood, the vita contemplativa, and Byung Chul Han's latest book.
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If not that, what: Dr John Cooper Clarke on Poetry and his Latest Collection

NATALIA MOSQUERA attends a talk with John Cooper Clarke, celebrating the release of his new poetry collection.
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