In recent years, a new community called ‘BookTok’ has emerged on the social media platform TikTok, a community that has reshaped the publishing industry and sparked a huge increase in new readers. BookTok is more than just a trend: it is a path for more people to discover reading as...
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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers” is plastered all over social media the moment the first of October strikes, used as the caption to photo carousels of pumpkins, hot drinks and falling leaves. L M Montgomery’s beloved heroine Anne Shirley’s ruminations on shedding leaves...
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Hour 43. Kaunas, Lithuania. 1,600km from London: My weary eyes flickered open, a neo-Byzantine church bathing in the rays of dawn momentarily startling me as it blurred past a dirtied window; I’d grabbed about two hours sleep, better than expected but far too little. With copious amounts of adrenaline, caffeine,...
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If we are to understand anything about the horror genre, it’s that its priorities lie, more often than not, in wanting to scare the audience. Understandably so, the genre has developed around its defining feature and has attempted to maximise its selling potential in this regard, but it’s hard not...
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I recently uncovered an old receipt from Rootes Grocery Store, now rebranded as a Co-op, from the depths of a bag I used when I lived on campus. Apparently, my first-year self often spent £1.15 on an iced latte. That same latte was £1 when I started university, and is...
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One late summer night, as the streets of Lisbon grew thick with a drum of voices bouncing against enamel walls, my girlfriend and I spent just over two hours in a very hot Airbnb watching Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls. Based on Cuban writer and literary revolutionary Reinaldo Arenas’ memoir,...
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It’s November 17, World Prematurity Day! 22 years ago, my mum was 28 weeks and 5 days pregnant with twins when she suddenly started having contractions. Rushed to the hospital, doctors gave her steroid injections to help their tiny lungs develop. After a night spent in the hospital, my mum...
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Hey all, I hope you enjoyed the first edition of Michael on the Move. As promised, this week I will be choosing a random holiday destination. I gave ChatGPT this prompt: “Give me a random country to go on holiday to.” It chose Slovenia. So, this week’s column will be...
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Warwick Photography Society (better known as PhotoSoc), fosters a budding community of photographers. They provide many photographic opportunities and curate a diverse range of socials and workshops aimed at anyone interested in the practice of photography, regardless of prior experience. Eliza Ochea (President of PhotoSoc), Shahnaz Rahman (Vice-President of PhotoSoc),...
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The availability of artificially generated ‘art’ continues to grow. The tech industry insists that AI is here to stay. Should creators and audiences of art now surrender to the existence of the ‘AI artist’? While experimentation with generative technology has been ongoing since the 1950s, the ‘AI Art’ we know...
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Veera Gupta discusses how the global financial crisis still shapes today's culture, economics and politics.
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Abbie Fox discusses rising vape and nicotine pouch use and the urgent need for stronger regulation
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