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  • WTF is: Israel-Palestine Conflict

    WTF is: Israel-Palestine Conflict

    If you’re reading this article, you have access to internet, and if you have access to internet, you’ve surely seen thousands of posts on social media, and some might have been your own. But beyond the cacophony of trends and pseudo-morality, do you really know what the conflict is all about?

  • Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon

    Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon

    Hello again, my dear friends and book lovers!  I have another post for you today, and this time, it’s a book that’s all about love. Love lost, love gained, new and old love, and the risks that come with opening yourself up to love and all its complexities. If you’ve ever loved someone, anyone at…

  • Shards of Earth – Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shards of Earth – Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Hello, hello, hello, my book-loving friends! It’s been too long. Long story short, I started a new full-time job, got into community work, and am in the process of making a lot of other changes in my life right now. It’s been very hectic, but also very rewarding. As such, reading has taken a bit of a…

  • What’s Next for Marvel? – An Outlook for a Hopeful Future

    What’s Next for Marvel? – An Outlook for a Hopeful Future

    Back in 2020, amongst all the doom and gloom of the pandemic, we were still reeling from the flashbang that Disney had thrown at us in the form of Avengers: Endgame. It culminated an extremely long saga (for modern standards anyways, it was no Coronation Street… Fun fact, that show has been running for 61 years!),…

  • Taken for granted? Taken for a ride? Or both?

    Taken for granted? Taken for a ride? Or both?

    We’ve been hearing quite a lot with regard to the sectors who have been the most negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, be it the deadly virus itself or the measures which have been put in the place to mitigate its spread. Be it the retail industry, catering establishments, or the performing arts, these sectors…

  • Colliding with Beckett – A Student Production

    Colliding with Beckett – A Student Production

    In what seems to be a seldom before seen form of performance, five performers will meet virtually to produce a fragmented narrative, inspired by several plays written by Irish playwright Samuel Barclay Beckett.

  • Love, Politics and Castration

    Love, Politics and Castration

    In 1964, an interviewer asked Hannah Arendt the following question:  “Does not man, as a politically active being, need a commitment to a group? A commitment which they can to some extent be called love? Do you not worry that your attitude could be politically sterile?” Can we be politically active with or without groups?…

  • Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd

    Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd

    Tensions ran high in Minnesota this week as the jury in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin prepared to deliver its verdict.

  • Youth – Always the Last Priority

    Youth – Always the Last Priority

    After a year of online relegation, we’re still expected to bear the brunt of restrictions, but hardly any consideration is being made to our mental health

  • Yuri’s Night and Ingenuity: Worldwide Celebrations and the First Powered Flight on Mars

    Yuri’s Night and Ingenuity: Worldwide Celebrations and the First Powered Flight on Mars

    Have you ever heard of the World Space Party? Had it not been for the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent pandemic, space enthusiasts would have been preparing for Yuri’s Night – an annual project celebrating the feats of space exploration. Yuri’s Night celebrations range from raves and parties to Q&A sessions and symposia. Spread across 30 countries, this…