Words by Immy Patron We’re spending more time than ever before familiarising ourselves with our own facial expressions on video calls, but what does this mean for those searching for romance? Immy Patron reflects on how her impromptu Zoom date held up a (rather revealing) mirror to her instinctive resistance to finding love online. I…
Recipe by Ollie Tarrant This is an absolute staple of my cooking repertoire. I’ve tried to pick something for you that’s still luxurious enough to impress the family, without requiring a labyrinthine concoction of strange ingredients. This is a deliciously well balanced dish; the sweet and tangy pop of the tomatoes peppers the rich silk…
Words by Fran Carruthers Our lives spun from flimsy threads Like spider webs, we danced, Chaotic with the possibility Of a dew-soaked morning, We climbed between rungs Willing storms to come. We were not made to settle. We were not made to create Silvery cocoons from kitchen spoons Or retire into dusty corners, To stare…
Words by Emma McCormack Normal People was the hug we were all longing for. It was tenderly served up over 12 beautiful 20-minute portions, each one an authentic study of love, sex, gender balance and struggle. This salacious adaptation of Sally Rooney’s beloved 2019 Irish novel is testament to the potential of television as an…
Words by Rosily Roberts Reading Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women, it’s easy to forget that it’s a work of non-fiction. It reads as a novel, replete with the necessary cliff hangers and shocking twists that we now expect from bestselling fiction. Easily the most gripping book I read last year, I found myself hoping for red…
Words by Stefanie Ferguson and Florence Reeves-White For centuries women have been called ‘hysterical’. From Salem to the Suffragettes, women’s feelings have been invalidated and ridiculed in the name of silencing them. The ‘psycho ex’ trope is repeatedly cemented in public discourse, with the bunny boiler in ‘Fatal Attraction’ providing an iconic example of how…
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