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London is becoming more anti-car: That’s a Good Thing | Kaveh Kordestani
In the past few months, a four-letter acronym has swung local elections, changed national policy, and re-ignited a topic of contentious...
Jan 22, 20245 min read

Sofia Coppola's "Priscilla": All Style, No Substance | Cleo Bador
Daughter of perhaps one of the most acclaimed directors of all time, Sofia Coppola’s journey into the industry has been somewhat easier...
Jan 22, 20243 min read


Literary Intertextuality in Emerald Fennel’s Saltburn | Chloe Joyce
Emerald Fennel's unhinged class thriller 2023 film Saltburn, follows scholarship student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) who befriends the...
Jan 22, 20245 min read


In the Eyes of a Beholder | Sophia Verai
I'd draw him if I knew how - Trace the line of his back and his brow Touch him lightly with a pencil Frame him by a windowsill...
Jan 22, 20241 min read


Misleading Pleasantries | Sophia Verai
With her clear gaze and soft little smile she shows you the same good-natured indifference she'd show everyone in the world. She's...
Dec 12, 20231 min read


“I’m desperate” Gillian Wearing's lens on a nation mid-recession | Cleo Bador
The early 90s saw Britain undergo one of the most devastating recessions in generations; suffering the consequences of Black Wednesday...
Dec 12, 20232 min read


Exploring Uncharted Worlds Beyond Our Solar System | Ivelina Zhisheva
From the start of time until the present, Earth has experienced the most catastrophic events and has evolved every time. From the...
Dec 5, 20233 min read

Smells like Teen Spirit | Nour Ghannam, Salma Amin
How does music shape our adolescent experience? In the words of Katrina McFerran of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, “the way that...
Dec 5, 20234 min read


Britain's Bankrupt Councils | Kaveh Kordestani
For the past 13 years, Britain’s councils have “worked miracles” trying to balance their budgets. Those are the words of Sir Stephen...
Dec 5, 20234 min read


Ageing Beside Stones in Bloom | Milo Ghandai
O soft speaking stones frustrated by time, Show me the gentle hand encased in frigid stone. O Green-plagued, yellow-speckled face, your...
Dec 5, 20232 min read


Staircase | Sophia Verai
You’ve found your way up, now find it back down. Turn to see what’s gone before The light behind a closing door A newly pressed footprint...
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Hands Shaking with Adrenaline | Eve Franklin
Hands shaking with adrenaline, I turned the page. Halfway down, below a regimented paragraph of words in Calibri and a short, instructive...
Dec 5, 20232 min read


Whispers in the Abyss: Embracing Life's Paradox | Kayleigh Coulibaly
Each step a sigh, a fleeting breath, In the spiral's dance, where life meets death. Pointless whispers in the cosmic air, As we move...
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Temple | Hasan Jubril Alao
Nestled amidst a thick enigmatic forest were the remnants of an antiquated temple, a testament to the bygone eras of old. Its strange...
Dec 5, 20232 min read


Changes | Shaheera Kuchai
In the heart of the tower, where plants held sway, A father and daughter, in their own special way. Amidst the greenery, in that secret...
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Van Gogh: Madman or Genius? | Fela Callahan
Van Gogh’s art was one of the first to particularly resonate with me. I remember going into my secondary school library to take books...
Mar 24, 20235 min read


'Changing places, Making spaces' Lecture thoughts | Esha Amin
Like the majority of lectures Harris Westminster offers, “Changing Places, Making Spaces” was a highly interesting and unexpected one...
Mar 18, 20233 min read

Silver | Melodi Dogru
It was the day the Moon fell. He started down in haste as if the scale had been tipped off by the flick of a finger. The clouds moved...
Feb 23, 20235 min read


Daniel Hannan, the ERG and the origins of Brexit | Fela Callahan
Despite being amid another post‐Brexit ‘difficulty’ in debates over the Northern Ireland protocol, the consensus is that we should now...
Feb 23, 20234 min read


Climate Apathy | Bobby Hughes
With the passing of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt last November, the global community’s stance on climate change has never been...
Feb 23, 20233 min read
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