Category: Lifestyle & Culture

A guide to the erotic, stylish cinema of Takashi Ishii14 Images In the transitional decade that was the 80s, Japan’s once-dominant studio system faltered as even the most established directors struggled to secure funding for their projects. For aspiring creatives, the path to filmmaking often led them to the fringes, with DIY productions, the straight-to-video…

Today (August 21) marks the first day of the Global Strike for Gaza. Since October 7, Israel has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians. The population continues to endure relentless bombardment, starvation and the daily killing of people searching for food for their families. As we continue to protest and challenge the UK government for its…

At a certain age, children believe that all adults fall into one of the following categories: popstar, teacher, astronaut, footballer, vet, doctor or dentist. But as we get older, we discover broader possibilities for our futures. In Design and Technology class (DT), you might have been briefly introduced to Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano (both…

UGGs have come a long way since they were first seen slopping around wet high streets up and down the country in the early 00s. Once the mainstay of Y2K it-girlies like Paris Hilton – usually matched with a Juicy tracksuit and a massive cup of coffee – and later a go-to for discerning millennials…

It’s official: summer in the UK is drawing to a close. Already, there are hints of an autumnal breeze in the air, and crunchy leaves underfoot. On the plus side, at least we won’t have to wonder about the ethical implications of basking in the sun amid a climate crisis for too much longer… Of…

Frank Ocean – summer 20197 Images It has been nine years since Frank Ocean released Blonde, a haunting, flawless masterpiece and undoubtedly one of the best records of the 21st century. The sense of loss and longing it conveys is mirrored in our own experience of waiting for its follow-up, like a sailor’s wife staring…

The verdict on whether Kneecap rapper Mo Chara (real name Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh) committed terrorism offences by allegedly supporting Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, at a Kentish Town performance last year will finally be delivered on September 26. While Judge Paul Goldspring announced that he was “conscious and anxious” that many were anticipating a “speedy…

In life, a lot of films will float through you. But there are a select few films that stick, wrapping their cinematic tendrils around your heart and lodging themselves in the folds of your memory. Sorry, Baby is one of these films: heartwarming and heartbreaking, this impressive directorial debut from writer, director and star Eva…

How many DJs are as at home in an art gallery as in a nightclub? This dichotomy is central to London-based DJ, producer, composer and vocalist FAUZIA’s identity, who oscillates between immersive instrumental live performances and high-energy DJ sets drawing on jungle and footwork. At the core of both, however, is an undeniable mysticism.  FAUZIA’s…

Apah Benson was first drawn to photography in late 2018, right after graduating university, a transitional period where he found himself living inside “multiple realities”. Already a choreographer, actor, and poet, he says: “I felt a burning need to capture life compositionally and aesthetically, beyond just text… Photography naturally followed, offering a way to transform…