George Somper

The Heart of the Matter – vexing or profound?

Graham Greene’s 1948 The Heart of the Matter is a book that simultaneously frustrates and demands much of its readers. Set in an anonymous African Colony in West Africa, it centres around British colonial police officer Henry Scobie, and his downward turn from moral righteousness to suicide, and his catholic...
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Posted Nov. 20, 2025

Before Night Falls: A legacy preserved?

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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Posted Nov. 17, 2025

Taking a look at the Nook

In an age where universities now compete to be faster, louder, and more interconnected, the University of Warwick has made a much quieter move. Hidden in plain sight, between the drum of Curiositea and the hum of the Rootes Building, the Nook is now open, not as a loud declaration,...
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Posted Nov. 5, 2025