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Three Kinds of Apocalypse
Writing by Callum Sutherland. Illustration by Cat Easeman. ‘These words are ineffectual and metaphorical. Most words are so—No help!’...
Jun 1, 20227 min read
Visions of Queer Survival Through Metamorphosis in Callum Angus’ A Natural History of Transition
Writing by Daniel Delfs. A Natural History of Transition is an excellent collection of short stories by Portland-based trans author,...
Jun 1, 20222 min read
The Hokum and The Mountain: Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
Writing by Ali Gavin. Illustration by Isi Williams. In June of 1926, the poet Langston Hughes sat down to write ‘The Negro Artist and...
Nov 25, 20216 min read
The Feminine Mystique: Is it a textbook for female liberation?
Writing by Sylvie Dulson. Illustration by Dafne de Fine Licht. Betty Friedan’s powerful book, The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963 is...
Sep 23, 20215 min read
Universal and Individual freedom: an article inspired by literature
Writing by Hannah Udall. Illustration by Hazel Laing. ‘I celebrate myself And what I assume you shall assume.’ I am a big fan of Walt...
Sep 23, 20214 min read
The Concept of Freedom in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible
Writing by Emily Tennant. Photograph by Annelies Geneyn. It is difficult to ignore the popularity of exploring the concept of freedom in...
Sep 23, 20214 min read
The UK Prison Industrial Complex and the Lifeline of Literature
Writing by Rosaleen Keehan. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. In the conversation surrounding prison abolition, the UK often seems to be...
Apr 27, 20216 min read
In the Dream House: A Memoir That Draws the Connection Between Structural Ignorance + Domestic Abuse
Writing by Emily Hughes. Illustration by Phoebe McGowan. “Putting language to something for which you have no language is no easy feat.”...
Apr 27, 20215 min read
From Gossip to TikTok - Literature and Connection
Writing by Eleanor Bye. Illustration by Polly Burnay. Gossiping is a guilty pleasure. Sometimes you just can’t help yourself - it feels...
Apr 27, 20213 min read
‘Sometimes, only a poem will do’ - Poetry and Recovery
Writing by Amelia Lockhart-Hourigan. Illustration by Zoë Dutton. “Sometimes, only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise...
Feb 26, 20216 min read
Zadie Smith’s Intimations: a review
Writing by Eilish Newmark. Illustration by Polly Burnay. 2020 is a year that has and will continue to inspire an abundance of musings and...
Dec 18, 20204 min read
Reading isolation whilst in isolation causes more isolation
- but one that’s better than the isolation imposed by Boris. Writing by Kirsty Thomson. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. Many of us...
Dec 18, 20203 min read
'Write what you know, read what you don't' is not an excuse anymore
Writing by Charley Jones. Illustration by Dafne de Fine Licht. There is a huge amount of controversy over the topic of character...
Nov 1, 20203 min read
Books That Shaped Our Identity
Illustration by Zoë Dutton. (Molly Pearce) Reminiscing on early childhood, I distinctly remember the sound of the CD player, on its last...
Nov 1, 20202 min read
Albertine's Picks for 'The Fear' Issue
The Fall of the House of Usher / Usher II The Fall of the House of Usher is a truly bone-chilling short story by the unbeatable master of...
Mar 10, 20202 min read
‘More than one way to burn a book’.
- How fear governs the censorship of literature Writer- Rob “There is more than one way to burn a book,” according to the late author Ray...
Mar 10, 20205 min read
Mortal Characters
Re-Reading Death in Childhood Favourites Writer: Olivia Brunton It is a book quite rightly heralded as a classic of children’s...
Mar 10, 20204 min read
The Cockroach
Ian McEwan’s fearful nod to our Kafkaesque times Writer- Max Hunter Illustrator- Paola Lindo Satire has crawled out of the pages of...
Mar 10, 20203 min read
At War With Oneself
Aliens, Anxiety, and Immortality in Victorian Literature Writing: Albertine Clarke Illustration: Cat Easeman On page 115 of his iconic...
Mar 10, 20207 min read
Rape, Revenge, and the Rethinking the Renaissance
- And Titus Andronicus and Violence on the Modern Stage Writing: Lucy Edwards In Act II Scene III of William Shakespeare’s revenge...
Mar 10, 20208 min read
Fear of the ‘Other’
Ethnic and Sexual Stereotyping in the Nineteenth Century Gothic Writing: Eava Savolainen By the 1790s Gothic writers were quick to...
Mar 10, 20209 min read
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