All posts tagged Queen Mary University
Queen Mary @ the Tate
Queen Mary University is a firm believer in the radical power of art to change the world, as well as in the values of diversity, inclusion and community engagement. That […]
Coffee House Session Interview #1 – Mike Watson
The first artist for this year’s Coffee House Session’s at Drapers Bar was singer/ songwriter Mike Watson. We got to sit down with Mike after his set and ask him […]
Personal Platform’s Six Word Short Story Collection.
The myth surrounding the six-word short story goes like this. American writer, Ernest Hemingway, is drinking with fellow writers in a restaurant in New York. His breath stinking of whiskey, […]
A Threshold
The room is neither bright nor dark, with its dim light lingering in the air like a rotting, transparent mist. The cobwebs pressed against the ceiling appear to be shimmering […]
What is Sex?
What is sex? What do you count as having sex? What does sexual intercourse mean to you? Suggesting that penetration equals sex is as outdated as it is heteronormative. We […]
Food for Positive Thought
As tensions rise across the U.K with the ever-shifting political climate, possibilities for tuition fee increases and all that is problematic with the US right now , the rise of […]
Patricia Highsmith’s Little Tales of Misogyny- Little Tales for Nasty Women
Now don’t be fooled by the title, Highsmith’s short story collection doesn’t paint pictures of rotten men, and victim women. Instead Highsmith creates a sweetshop’s worth of lurid, eccentric, strange, […]
Obama’s Foreign Policy: Triumphs and Missteps
Barack Obama took office in 2009 with the upmost confidence that he would be able to dramatically improve America’s relationships with many states around the world. Eight years down the […]
Board of the same old haunts? Try Draughts in Haggerston!
As Christmas approaches, one tends to feel a strange sense of impending doom. Dragging yourself through Westfield to find an disproportionately thoughtful gift for an uncle who thinks you are […]