Feb 26 6 min ‘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 wor...
Dec 18, 2020 4 min 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, 2020 3 min 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 durin...
Nov 1, 2020 3 min '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 represen...
Nov 1, 2020 2 min 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 ...
Mar 10, 2020 2 min 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, 2020 5 min ‘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, 2020 4 min Mortal Characters Re-Reading Death in Childhood Favourites Writer: Olivia Brunton It is a book quite rightly heralded as a classic of children’s literature...
Mar 10, 2020 3 min 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 novel...
Mar 10, 2020 7 min At War With Oneself Aliens, Anxiety, and Immortality in Victorian Literature Writing: Albertine Clarke Illustration: Cat Easeman On page 115 of his iconic no...