19th March 2023
Is LSE’s decision “woke”, or simply a change that follows naturally from a society progressively less entwined with religion? The London School of Economics (LSE) has recently adopted new labels for its academic terms, leading to accusations of virtue-signalling and submission to the “Church of Woke,” The change acknowledges LSE’s international standing and seeks inclusiv...
1st April 2022
If the pressure to attend every class is leading to burnout, maybe it’s okay to skip. In my final year at school I experienced extreme disillusionment towards the plans I was carefully building towards a future in the arts. Having spent four years at a school specifically designed for music under the assumption that I ...
17th November 2021
Lorna Doyle explains why Euphoria emboldened her to make braver fashion choices. Lauded as Gen Z’s answer to Skins, HBO’s 2019 drama Euphoria lives up to the style of the classic teen drama rooted in the extremes of sex, drugs, depression, and an accompanying sense of impending doom. Euphoria was the first instance of mainstream ...
17th November 2021
Writer Lorna Doyle explores the impact of the legendary Glaswegian designer. If you know where to look, there are fragments of Charles Rennie Mackintosh grafted on almost every street corner in Glasgow. As an architect, his modern vernacular charm and penchant for roses were the flesh and bones of a quiet upheaval of Victorian Glasgow, ...
