The concept of mail-art largely took root in the 1950s and 60s when artists of the avant-garde Fluxus movement began posting drawings to each other as postcards, instead of selling them or displaying them in exhibitions. Having become disenchanted with … Continue reading The Art of Snailmail Originally Published in Print February 2019
Audiobooks are an advanced development in storytelling, technologically speaking. However, they return to a tradition which precedes print publication: oral storytelling. Audio books, as we understand them, began during the 1920s in Britain, with the idea of a “talking … Continue reading The Legitimacy of Storytelling through Audiobooks Originally Published in Print February 2019
Twenty years ago the world first met The Boy Who Lived – scrawny, scarred and bespeckled. Since then, Harry Potter and his many woes and adventures have revolutionised the world of children’s literature and has become the best-selling series in … Continue reading Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of J.K Rowling Originally Published in Print February 2019
Refreshing, upbeat, and charming are words that can be hard to apply to a band, but there is one that has caught the attention of the world. BTS is the boyband that you will become obsessed with, just as I … Continue reading BTS: The K-Pop Band That Are Taking Over the World “Although K-Pop may not be the most beloved musical genre of the Western world, BTS is here to change that.”
Alexandra Day considers the ubiquity of manuscript marginalia in medieval texts. Perhaps they offer psychological insights that can help us to appreciate the art of this stereotyped period in history? Picture the scene. It’s 4:17pm and that seminar is … Continue reading Can manuscript marginalia help us to appreciate medieval art?
Rap has always been an inherently political genre – ever since its conception in the early 70’s there has been a socially conscious element. However, in recent years this aspect has been somewhat absent, especially when compared to the … Continue reading The World has Got to Hear This: Rap, Resistance & Trump