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The Shape of Water: Review

When I sat down to watch The Shape of Water at the ODEON Screen Unseen, all I knew about the film was the description that an American friend had given me – ‘it’s essentially Splash,’ she said, ‘during the Cold War.’ Now, she wasn’t wrong there, but there’s so much more to this film...
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By , Jan. 24, 2018

Lessons from Life Drawing

Upon attending the societies fair in first year, I was introduced to a branch of the Warwick Art Society which holds a life drawing session twice a week. This instantly appealed to me as I enjoyed life drawing while studying for my Art A Level, and I also thought it...
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By , Jan. 24, 2018

What does 2018 have in store for books?

Exercise regimes, work ethics, diets and lifelong dreams; the new year brings inspiration to us all. For writers across the world, getting that dusty manuscript finally published is often a priority, and for each of these novelists, there are a hundred avid readers whose 2018 bucket list features a plethora...
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By , Jan. 24, 2018

A look back on the best indie albums of 2017

Our writers present their contenders for best indie and alternative album of the year.   A Crow Looked at Me – Mount Eerie “Death is real / someone’s there and then they’re not / it’s not for singing about / it’s not for making into art”. The first line croaked from...
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By , Jan. 23, 2018

Hip-hop albums of the year

Our writers, after much thought and deliberation, share the albums that marked hip-hop in 2017. These are their picks for the hip-hop album of the year: Flower Boy – Tyler, the Creator Much has been made of what Tyler, the Creator reveals about his sexuality on Flower Boy, but to fixate...
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By , Jan. 22, 2018