Osian enjoys an interview with menswear photographer Jamie, a mustachioed man who talks to him like he’s an old mate.
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More Than The Game: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Regardless of the fact that the final withering of football’s heart appears to be a foregone conclusion, we should hardly take it lying down. Every concession granted to economic and political tyranny should be polemicised against with sharp invective by our media, our bureaucracies, and ourselves.
Sun, Sea and Social Distancing: A week in Italy
The anxiety was palpable; flying or travelling anywhere at the moment is risky, a risk we had nonetheless decided to take. That anxiety, however, seemed to slip away as we touched down in Nice in the morning arriving in San Remo just before midday to spend the afternoon on the beach.
Travel Strangers: Chai and Chat at the Burning Ghat
“We then sat quietly watching the sunset over the Ganges, until Raj turned to me and asked, “Do you want a skull?”.
For The Love of CATS: A Vindication of the Rights of Felines
It wasn’t enough to simply dislike the film, to sit patiently, wait until the end and later inform your friends, ‘alas, not really my cup of tea!’. We couldn’t just let CATS be. We had to destroy it. It became a game to see who could leave the most scathing review, who could launch the most ruthless attack.
I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: In Vino Veritas
You may have heard of a symposion, a drinking party on couches, usually with 7 people where literature, philosophy and politics are discussed. In other words, not unlike essay/problem sheet procrastination in someone’s room, but instead of wine drawn from an elaborately decorated krater in the centre of the room, we have boxed wine, and instead of couches, we have the floor.
Be a Warrior (II) not a Worrier
What the practice of yoga offers is a way to fine tune our nervous system, cultivating the tools to self-regulate in order to return to a state of calm and relaxation.
Staycations: Cornwall, A Photo Essay
Travel vicariously through Sarina Chandaria’s photos and commentary on Cornwall as she relives the highlights of her trip.
The DIY Lockdown Haircut
Perhaps most important of those lessons, don’t cut the front first. Trying to get the back to match up to the bit I’d already hacked substantially shorter wasn’t just difficult. It was impossible.
Love, death and Quorn: vegetarianism in literature
Tolstoy, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Franz Kafka. Some of literature’s greatest, whose meat-free diets all beg the same question: how deep can getting Greggs’ vegan sausage roll really be? As it turns out, pretty deep. Hipsters and certain brands of vegan activism may have changed their image, but plant-based diets have roots as a subversive, anti-capitalist, Read More…