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    A Novel in Verse: Reviewing Louisa Reid's The Poet
    Holly Cornall
    • 7 days ago
    • 2 min

    A Novel in Verse: Reviewing Louisa Reid's The Poet

    The Poet is a novel that tackles several complex and emotional topics, including abusive relationships and imposter syndrome at...
    The Last Word Festival 2022: The Power of Spoken Word Poetry
    Lara Mae Simpson
    • Jun 7
    • 3 min

    The Last Word Festival 2022: The Power of Spoken Word Poetry

    Recently, I watched Esme Allman, one of this year’s Last Word Festival artists, perform her poem ‘Oil’ online. As she spoke of a...
    Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry at the ICA
    Kathryn O'Rourke
    • May 12
    • 4 min

    Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry at the ICA

    The Institute of Contemporary Art presented Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry in partnership with its exhibition...
    The Importance of Presence - Still Point's Poetry & Fiction Showcase
    Lara Mae Simpson
    • Apr 7
    • 4 min

    The Importance of Presence - Still Point's Poetry & Fiction Showcase

    In the intimate setting of Reference Point on the Strand, and after Covid-induced postponements, the ‘presence’ of writers sharing their...
    Women of the World Festival 2022: Women of Greek Myth with Natalie Haynes and Nikita Gill
    Thalia Khadi
    • Apr 5
    • 3 min

    Women of the World Festival 2022: Women of Greek Myth with Natalie Haynes and Nikita Gill

    From the 11th to 13th March 2022, the WOW (Women of the World) Festival returned to London, this time back in person! For a whole...
    London Literature Festival 2021: Creative Future Writers' Award
    Maisie Allen
    • Jan 24
    • 5 min

    London Literature Festival 2021: Creative Future Writers' Award

    As part of the 2021 Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival, the organisation Creative Future hosted their annual Writers’ Award,...
    Poetry + Film Hack: Rocks and the beauty of adolescent friendship
    Maisie Allen
    • Dec 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    Poetry + Film Hack: Rocks and the beauty of adolescent friendship

    Set in the Barbican’s Pit, viewers were immersed into an emotional and sensory experience centred around the Black femme experience,...
    The Limits of Freedom: Reviewing Shilpa Gupta's Sun at Night exhibition
    Maisie Allen
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Limits of Freedom: Reviewing Shilpa Gupta's Sun at Night exhibition

    Set in the Barbican Centre’s intimate Curve Gallery, Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta centres her first major London exhibition, Sun at...
    Attic
    Kathryn Corrall
    • Aug 15, 2017
    • 1 min

    Attic

    They beat you with burning Glistening slim canes and They always leave ruby marks And lines indented. A drawn out Barb so we knew that...
    Amor Vincit Omnia
    Helen Blasak
    • Aug 15, 2017
    • 1 min

    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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