The Met Gala, formally titled the ‘Costume Institute Benefit’, is undeniably the most highly critiqued and reviewed event in the fashion world. The event features a range of high-profile celebrities sporting thematic haute couture for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in Manhattan. It is popularly...
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Jack Thompson reviews Pale Waves' recent gig at the O2 Institute in Birmingham.
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Throughout September, in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, the ‘Big Four’ fashion weeks took place. In these weeks, designers reveal their spring and summer collections for 2025 through runway shows, and receive major media attention. Fashion Week is undeniably the highlight of the fashion calendar – deservingly so –...
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University grants greater autonomy and independence, as well as functioning as the stage prior to working life. It can be accompanied by daunting thoughts about employment and potential careers. It feels unrealistic to have a set plan for the years following university, yet there is pressure to have a sense...
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Jack Thompson discusses the most underrated albums of 2024, so far.
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Jack Thompson discusses the nominees for the recently announced VMAs.
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Charli XCX released her sixth studio album, Brat, on 7 June, and in turn, has unleashed a cultural phenomenon which has spread like wildfire since the release. This has culminated into what is commonly referred to as ‘brat girl summer’. But what is a ‘brat girl summer’? More importantly, how...
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Glastonbury — the largest and most renowned music festival in the UK — has just passed, alongside several other festivals such as Download and the Isle of Wight Festival. Therefore, it has become undeniable that festival season has taken full force in the UK. With Wireless and All Points East...
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Jack Thompson puts the spotlight on upcoming band Passive Fix.
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Subculture refers to an ethnic, regional, economic or social group exhibiting characteristic patterns of behaviour sufficient to distinguish it from others within an embracing culture or society. Aesthetics, however, have little cohesion beyond a loose ‘look and feel’ – which entails a lack of uniformity in music, politics and worldview....
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Jack Thompson makes the case for why you should be listening to Softcult.
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