The Virgin Suicides: Boys Watching Girls, Men Watching Women
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This article contains spoilers The year is 1999. Sophia Coppola has just released her debut film, ‘The Virgin Suicides’. A film that...
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Auburn Kisses and Frost Bites
Auburn kisses on the fingertips of branches Shine like the ribbon in a girl's frayed plait. They are the autumn stars of the reachable...
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Five New Year’s Resolutions Unrelated to Weight
TW - brief mention of weight & body image As we enter 2024, many of us are eager to make ambitious new year's resolutions, often with a...
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Last Spring
I’m not sure if I will ever forget it, I’m not sure if I can. No matter how long I live it will always feel like it happened yesterday....
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‘Sound: Stories of Hearing Lost and Found’, Bella Bathurst - Reviewed
This book fascinated me and opened my eyes to a whole new community, and the challenges they face, along with the surges of grief and...
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Pierre Poilievre: Canada’s Next Prime Minister
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#ShowYourStripes: The UoR’s Message in the Fight Against Climate Change
Do humanity’s greatest innovations and achievements have a cost? Since the Industrial Revolution, the arrival of climate change has...
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A Coffee With Helen Belcher
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Whiteknights, Late September
The weary trees hang their branches low, Drooping as they mourn another short-lived summer. A fickle Sun taunts them, teasing the...
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- Dec 5, 2023
My Husband Takes It Out on the Pampas Grass
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- Dec 5, 2023
Effective Accelerationism: The Ideology of the Future?
Effective Accelerationism is social media’s favourite ideology. Its believers and stalwarts have garnered hundreds of thousands of...
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- Dec 5, 2023
Exhibition Review - Open Collective 'Entropy'
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- Nov 29, 2023
Reading Trans Movement
Reading Trans Movement is a local activist group that aims to address issues surrounding trans people, and to provide visibility and a...
Lewis Parry
- Nov 29, 2023
COP28
The COP28, 28th annual ‘Conference of the Parties’, is a climate conference held by the United Nations. This year it is being held from...
Anna McDonald
- Nov 23, 2023
Finding Your Own Way 5,895 Metres Up
Every new student faces uncertainty when leaving for university. Rizzy Burrow imagined university as only offering “union nights and...
Grace Wayne
- Nov 16, 2023
The Winter, My Coat, Coldness-Induced Angst
Summer came, I grieved my coat. Its colour, its glory, the freedom it afforded me. I could wear what I wanted, then I’d conceal the lack...
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- Nov 16, 2023
Thoughts From An Overly Quiet Room
Wouldn’t it be nice to be missed? For someone to feel your shadow And follow it to the souls of your feet For someone to reach for your...
Isla Bailey
- Nov 16, 2023
Systems Biology and its Role in Cancer Prevention
Are we getting the full picture when it comes to researching and treating the UK’s most common cause of death? Associate Professor and...
Finlay McPherson
- Nov 10, 2023
Are the INEOS Grenadiers Really So Far Off the Pace?
The once imperious team formerly known as Team Sky now find themselves without a Grand Tour win in three years - and surrounded by teams...
Tea Southwell
- Nov 9, 2023
Butterflies
I look in the mirror and I see a boy Lifeless eyes, filled with fear. I pity the boy, I share his pain, I wish I could reach out, and...
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