Naomi Pandey

A Deep Dive Into The Warwick Film Scene

On campus, there are ample opportunities to watch films. Whether you are a casual moviegoer or a self-proclaimed film buff, Warwick has something for everyone.   Film and TV Society: Your Go-To for Themed Screenings and Social Events  As the president of the Film and TV Society, I am very excited...
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Posted Oct. 4, 2024

Befriending Texts: Retaining Deep Focus in the Digital World

Picking up a novel in our free time seems to get harder and harder. Sometimes even reading a 15 page article for a seminar seems to be cumbersome. Distractions on the other hand, loom in the foreground, especially if we are reading digitally. The solution then becomes “don’t read digitally”....
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Posted Sep. 24, 2024

The Bear Season 3: Passive, Reflective, Polarising

The third season of the Emmy-winning comedy-drama TV show, The Bear, was released slightly earlier than anticipated. With a ten-episode run, the show is just as captivating and artsy as I remember. However, it was different, and that hasn’t sat well with a sizeable amount of the audience. The third...
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Posted Aug. 10, 2024

Recent hits: R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface

After reading an inordinately high amount of ancient, medieval and early modern literature (as I have been accustomed to), reading new and contemporary literature becomes much-needed. In The Guardian’s new paperback recommendations for May, I found Yellowface. After reading the four-word pitch, “a wickedly funny publishing thriller”, my interest was...
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Posted Jun. 22, 2024