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Summer of '85 — The life and death of summer love

Summer (as unprecedented as this one may appear) often calls for a celebratory tale of youthful love and freedom in the sun, where at...

Normal People — a gritty chronicle of first love intricacies

With Conversations with Friends and Normal People topping the book charts in the UK and worldwide, transferring Sally Rooney’s work to...

Love is complex – LFWM AW20 1X1 Studio

Photo: Celine Antal I could faintly hear music booming as I stepped inside the unusual venue of 1X1 Studio’s London Fashion Week Men’s...

The Climate and Camus

‘There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to...

Rafiki, or the futility of politicizing love

‘Let’s make a pact, become something real’. With a whole religious, social, political and moral order positioned against homosexuality,...

Politicising Private Love

A response to ‘Lust to Love and in Between’ – a programme of short films released as part of the London Film Festival. Traditionally,...

The Archive of Educated Hearts – The Pleasance Theatre

Upon entering the StageSpace of the Pleasance Theatre, Casey Jay Andrews smiles and warmly greets us then proceeds to usher us into small...

Amor Vincit Omnia

Swifter wings have brought misfortune hence But never had I seen any with such dark plumage as those which fluttered above my heart one...

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