Category: Culture
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Table Manners: Jessie Ware’s Cookery Podcast Goes Down A Treat
Becky Davies tells us about Jessie Ware’s super-successful cookery podcast.
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Best of Musicals Based on Books
In ode to World Book Day, Edge writers have described which musical based on a book is the best – and why! Wicked Amongst the roster of brilliant big musicals out there, the one that most often comes to mind is the widely celebrated, and widely loved, Wicked. Based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and […]
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Books Into TV: Our Adaptation Wishlist
Edge writers discuss what books they’d love to see adapted to TV.
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Review: Brian Bilston’s ‘Alexa, What is There to Know About Love?’
Poetry often has the reputation of pretentious writers twiddling a quill in their study, brewing up farfetched witticisms and flaunting worryingly expansive knowledge of flowers and birds on a laboriously lengthy verse. While I think this image of poets has shifted over the decades, we sometimes need a reminder of the wonders that down-to-earth, lighthearted […]
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Why We Should Get A Max Payne 4
Conor recaps the Max Payne series and tells us why it should be revived.
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Normal People: Perfectly Adapted TV
Katie Evans discusses why BBC’s recent show is a great example of adaptation.
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Charles Gaines: The Art World’s Face of Representation
In the year or so in which we have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, online art exhibitions have become a part of the ‘new normal’. Numerous artists and exhibitions have been presented in the last year, yet the latest exhibition at Hauser & Wirth stands out for its extraordinary style. I am referring to […]
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Tracks – The Train Set Game: Relaxing Childhood Sandbox
Josh Le Long discusses a true hidden gem: Tracks.
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My First Art Gallery: The Tate Modern, London
For all lovers of art, the Tate Modern in London is a staple go-to when you’re looking to get your creative fix, be filled with inspiration, and have a fun day out. This is my first art gallery visit I can recall, and it’s one I’m sure I will never forget. Being from a small […]
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The Edge’s Podcast Picks: February 2021
Edge writers tell us their favourite podcasts of recent listening.
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The Edge’s Favourite Childhood Books
Our writers share the books that have stayed with them since childhood and why, even now, they are still worth a read! The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan Before the frankly horrible film adaptation nearly a decade ago, there was a little book series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Released between 2005 and 2009, […]
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What Makes a Good Book?
What makes a good book? Is it all about the narrative? The characters? The escapism/realism? Could it even be about how stellar that front cover looks? Well, it’s probably not a singular thing but all those qualities (yes, even the front cover) turned into one piece of work, designed to take the reader on a […]
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Artistic Depiction Of Fictional Characters
Seeing our most beloved fictional characters illustrated on the page or canvas is no surprise to us. Quentin Blake, Aubrey Beardsley, and George Cruikshank are among the most well-known illustrators in Britain, depicting beloved stories such as Oliver Twist, Salomé, and more contemporary children’s favourites like Matilda. Stretching even further back, most of us are […]
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‘All I’ve ever wanted to do is make people laugh’ – An Interview With Callum Holgate
University of Southampton student, Callum Holgate, is a third-year English student publishing his first book of poetry. Boys will be Boys, is a compendium of poems written over the years; some of them previously appearing on Callum’s Instagram or Twitter, as well as including more intimate poems and ones written specifically for the book. As Boys […]