Essays

Peter Cat R.C.: The Art of Indie Reinvention

Life at the end of 2024 is a strange mix of relying on AI to run your intellectual chores while wondering whether it’ll replace...

No Goodbye

From my early childhood Lenny Myers was my best friend as I grew up in Post-War Rushden, Northamptonshire where we had both been born....

The Egg Timer

In the collaborative game of Hanabi, players work together to create vibrant fireworks in 5 different colours, caught between moments of joy and panic...

From Pages to Pixels: The Literary Alchemy of ‘One Day’

To retell is to reminisce, to reimagine, and even readapt to a world that evolves with the gust of change. The stories that are...

Revisiting ‘Frances Ha’ –The Actual Gerwig-Baumbach Feminist Masterpiece?

Amid the grand acclaim last year for the Barbie movie as a landmark in feminist cinema, it’s worth revisiting another feminist screenplay that celebrated...

Perfect Days: The Contentment of Solitude

Wim Wenders' "Perfect Days" stands in stark contrast to the contemporary world, obsessed with frivolous ambition and the relentless pursuit of "being better." Self-help...

For the Spirit of Sport: Cricket’s Culture War

  A few months ago, a new quote began to make the rounds on basketball Twitter. It picked up from Latin American Marxist revolutionary Che...

Reckoning with Dutch Imperialism and Racism: CAPE X UTRECHT Exhibition

Image: Farren van Wyk's collection of eight photographs titled, "Thirppy." The subtitled words face the pavement in front of Utrecht University of Arts’ (HKU) space...

Hand-holding in the Streets

  ‘To hold each other’s hands is to have balance. Yet it also means having their weight with you, should there be a sudden fall.” - D....

Retribution or Rehabilitation: Death Penalty as Final Justice

    There was a time in history when people were hunted down and burnt to death for being witches, without any evidence.  Although the lack of...
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