Category: Features

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    Stella Lau

    Our Favourite Female Characters: Tohru Honda of ‘Fruits Basket’

    Tohru Honda is the central protagonist of the 23-volume manga ‘Fruits Basket‘ by Natsuki Takaya. The story follows Tohru, a orphaned high-school student, who crosses paths with the Sohma family who accidentally reveal their curse: they are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and turn into their animal forms whenever they hug someone […]

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    Rosie Spurrier

    Our Favourite Female Characters: Katniss Everdeen

    “I volunteer as tribute!” These four words will catch the attention of any ‘Hunger Games’ fan and quite possibly bring them to a standstill for an emotional few moments.  I read ‘The Hunger Games’ for the first time at age 16, which was the age we first met Katniss Everdeen when she volunteers to take […]

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    Mollie Potter

    Our Favourite Female Characters: Lara Croft

    Lara Croft has been criticised, especially in her earlier iterations, for being overly sexualised, having unrealistic body proportions, and catering solely to the male gaze, whilst prominently being known as a video game sex symbol. While, in the first few ‘Tomb Raider’ games especially, a lot of this criticism is valid, it is easy to […]

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    Emily Poole

    Our Favourite Female Characters: Aelin Galathynius of ‘Throne of Glass’

    Emily Poole explores Aelin Galathynius of ‘Throne of Glass’.

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    Lottie James

    Why Ratchet & Clank (2002) Is Still A Timeless Classic 22 Years On

    Lottie James looks back at 2002’s Ratchet & Clank.

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    Jasper Marshall

    2004’s original ‘Far Cry’: a defence

    Jasper Marshall provides a defence of the original ‘Far Cry’ game.

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    Reece Beckett

    Exploring the Boundaries: The Role of Controversy in Literature

    Reece Beckett explores the importance of controversial literature.

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    Katie Evans

    The podcasts you should be listening to in 2024

    We all know the deal: many quality podcasts are not timeless. It can be hard to catch up with episodes that focus on the news of its day or podcasts about a subject that is no longer relevant. But never fear! Edge writers have collected below a few podcasts that are good for any day […]

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    Philip Hoare

    Storytelling: The Importance of Different Mediums

    A look into different styles of literature.

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    Anton Allegranza Quicke

    A Journey Through Shadows: Unravelling the Essence and History of the Goth Subculture

    Anton unveils the history of goth sub-culture.

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    Rhiannon Rhiannon Morgan

    Review: SUSU Theatre Group’s Dracula @ The Annex Theatre, 2/11/23

    Rhiannon Morgan watching Theatre Group’s latest spook-tacular performance of Dracula.

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    Tyler Whiteoak-Dooley

    ‘The Evil Dead’ – A Retrospective

    Writer Tyler Whiteoak-Dooley takes us through the ‘Evil Dead’ franchise, film by film…

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    tiffany tobi

    ‘Rye Lane’ Review: Delightfully Fresh South London Rom-Com

    I will start out by saying that without question I am utterly biased towards ‘Rye Lane’. From the moment I saw the trailer while mindlessly scrolling in a lecture I should probably have paid more attention to, I was transfixed. A British rom-com with two dark-skin Black leads set in South London? Best believe I […]

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    Callum Joynes

    Pokémon Snap: Can a game from 1999 alight my interest in photography?

    Editor Callum Joynes investigates how 1999’s ‘Pokémon Snap’ may have sparked an unexpected interest.