Category: Culture

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    Alice Fortt

    Neil Gaiman: Fantasy for the New Generation

    Neil Gaiman? Haven’t heard of him, where have you been the past 30 years?

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    Sam Pegg

    Shakespeare to Greek Classics: The Ultimate Tragedies

    From Shakespeare to Greek Classics, because who doesn’t love a good dramatic tragedy?

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    Sam Pegg

    Spooky Season: Our Favourite Ghost and Folklore Tales

    As we come to the end of spooky season, some of our writers talk everything spooky and ghostly.

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    Morgan McMillan

    Our Favourite Fantasy Poems: Folklore, Witches and Devils

    Kubla Khan – Samuel Taylor Coleridge Kubla Khan is a transcription of a dream-vision Samuel Taylor Coleridge experienced whilst under the influence of opium, the entire poem was inspired by a travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge began to focus on the line “at Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace”, this line opened Coleridge’s […]

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    Louise Chase

    Lauren Schmidt Hissrich: A Striving Force In Television

    Louise Chase recaps the career and success of Lauren Schmidt Hissrich.

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    Elizabeth Sorrell

    Tender, Poetic, and What it Means to Love: Crave at The Chichester Theatre, A Preview.

    Elizabeth Sorrell shows us what we can expect from the first socially distant performance at the Chichester Theatre.

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    Kay Miller

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Lecturer’s Daughter to African Literature Leading Lady

    Kay Miller takes us through the life and career of African Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and shows her for the queen she is.

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    Alice Fortt

    Who is the Reigning King of Fantasy?: Middle Earth or Marvellous Medicine?

    Some of our writers and committee members talk about their favourite fantasy writers and why they’re the ultimate fantasy creator.

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    Maddie Lock

    How Fantasy and Sci-Fi Transformed The Role of Black Women in Television

    Maddie Lock walks through the representation of black women in fantasy and sci-fi.

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    Emily Dennis

    In Defence of Fantasy: Childsplay or of the Superior?

    Emily Dennis defends the most celebrated genre of all time and explains how it unites the masses.

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    Olivia Dellar

    Fantasy from Stage to Franchise: Where our Influences Originated

    Fantasy is one of the most popular genres, but how is it presented on stage and where do we get our visions and images from?

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    Morgan McMillan

    Exciting TV Pilots: Grey’s Anatomy

    Morgan McMillan recaps why the pilot of Grey’s Anatomy works so well.

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    Louise Chase

    On Edge: Anticipating Watch Dogs Legion

    Louise Chase discusses the imminent new Watch Dogs title.

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    Sam Pegg

    Do We Need A Nintendo Switch Pro?

    Rumour has it that Nintendo could be working on a Nintendo Switch Pro, a console that could potentially support 4K, better visuals, a better processing chip and even the loss of the console’s ability to be a handheld device. While these rumours have no concrete credibility as of yet (a few reported leaks and an […]