20th November 2022
Eve explores whether we should narrow our palette of consumption in the name of objectivity. After his painting Nude Descending a Staircase No.2 (1912) was rejected from the Salon des Indépendants, Marcel Duchamp became a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists in New York. This group guaranteed to accept every submission sent to ...
20th September 2022
Our writer Eve attends Olivia Laing’s first in-person event since the pandemic, exploring the retrospective relevance of her work on loneliness as well as her unusual approach to writing. I read Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City last summer, during the tentative period after the second lockdown had eased. Laing’s part memoir, part art historical essay, ...
26th March 2022
Ahead of the Oscars ceremony this weekend, Eve considers the prospects of victory for the nominated pictures. The 94th Academy Awards will be taking place this weekend, pitting some of the best films released this year against each other. The relevance (or lack thereof) of awards ceremonies is an ongoing debate and it’s hard to ...
16th November 2021
Writer Eve Connor discusses why undertaking “soft” degrees should not be reserved for the most privileged students. What constitutes a “soft” subject? It’s hard to say, although if you’ve ever been derisively asked “what are you going to do with that?” after revealing your degree course name, you may be studying one. Implicit in this ...
23rd October 2021
Eve Connor describes why Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves is the perfect book to accompany spooky season. Wintery nights are the perfect time to be wrapped in blankets, shivering not just from the cold, but from the spine-chilling horror novel in your lap. If you want to be not just spooked or scared, but ...
