Essays
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On Reading by Algorithm
Artwork by Samy Benmayor (2025) For a moment before bed, I consider reading a book. I roll over, fling my phone away and examine my bookshelf. Which of these suits my mood? I bought The Secret History after TikTok served me a smorgasbord of dark academia visual tropes — think cable-knit sweaters, worn loafers, an…
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‘Believe me, love, it was the nightingale’
Sophie Baptista on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the RBO, and the enduring legacy of MacMillan’s masterpiece in light of the ballet’s 60th anniversary.
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Excess in a Time of Need and Plenty
Chiraag Shah on Picturing Excess: Jan Davidsz de Heem, at the Fitzwilliam
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The Ghost of Edward Said
Elena Pare on ‘Edward Said: The Question of Palestine’ at the Southbank Centre, presented in cooperation with the Palestine Festival of Literature.
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Rewilding the Everyday: Robert Macfarlane and The World to Come
Carmen Vintro on Robert Macfarlane at the Southbank Centre
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The Art of Slow Burn Looking
Carmen Vintro on Art Loan Schemes and acts of looking, in Cambridge and beyond.
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The quintessential Renaissance cover-girl
Iris Bowdler on Botticelli’s Venus and Mars at the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the orgasm gap.
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The muck and beauty of everyday struggle, praxis, and resistance
Idil Tekin discusses the Cambridge for Palestine encampment, and the question of cultural solidarity from Kettle’s Yard to King’s Parade.
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Thirsting Byronites
On the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death, Iris Bowdler explores the infamous poet’s continued cult following.
The Camera 