A few days before our interview, I’m struck by an Instagram video of Lily Cole swimming underwater in a bright turquoise stream of ocean bubbles. I’d spent the last few weeks immersed […]
Becky Scott has always loved collecting words. But when she found herself remote working in an abandoned ‘80s office building, during Lockdown, she discovered an especially fitting descriptor. One that […]
I love the pure experimentation of colour by modern abstract artists like Mark Rothko, Josef Albers and Bridget Riley. One of my favourite exhibitions, ever, was by Christina Mackie. Nine-metre-high […]
Read about someone who creates colour, talk about its essence Michael Harding is a paint manufacturer and handmakes artist’s oil paints. I met him at a launch for his new […]
Taking the time to be inspired and set resolve. I’ve spent three months writing, re-writing, re-re-writing, going backwards as I chip away editing various blog drafts. Thinning my once animated […]
In the aftermath of the magnificent Women’s March, I interviewed two women running their own quiet protest. Bread and Roses is a new social enterprise, teaching refugee women in London the art of […]
Think you know what the concept of time is? Take two minutes to correct yourself, thanks to Zayd Awan (Philosophy BA). The standard conception of time is that of a […]
Charlie Protheroe (Philosophy BA) reveals why being terrified of a horror film is more complicated than it seems. We have a peculiar relationship with fictional literature. We are emotionally vulnerable […]
In my final term at Bristol University, I gathered a range of new academic ideas to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column. Every day this week I’ve been sharing my […]
Theo Parker (Geography BSc) challenges the prevalence of fear in our society. WE ARE CONTINUALLY CONDITIONED TO BE AFRAID. Introduced by the Bush Administration in the frantic aftermath of 9/11, […]
From breakfast to diamonds; time consciousness to reggae. To add to my collection of Bristol’s best digested dissertations, Amelia Butler (Geography BSc) explains why she followed the journey of the apple- from the […]
Ramona Jones (Psychology BSc) investigates how our personality characteristics correlate with our social media activity. Have you heard of The Big Five personality dimensions? In just five traits, psychologists can […]
An interview with Sarah Beckett, co-founder of Birdsong London. The ethical clothing company with principles of transparency, enterprise and social change. Birdsong sources clothing and accessories from womens’ organisations and charities. […]
An interview with Margrethe Odgaard. Imagine a rural Scandinavian farmhouse with a dreaming, dark-haired girl lazing in long grass. Without a TV in the house and far from popular culture, her […]
Between March and October, 2015, Christina Mackie’s nine-metre-high silk nets hung in Tate Britain’s Duveen Gallery. The pastel, soft fabric trickled down into pools of dense, crystallised dye, whilst a […]
A model and actress with the right attitude. There’s no doubt that Lily Cole is an iconic beauty, a red-headed tribute to the Pre-Raphaelite era. I could write an article […]
Take #thatdress… If one person sees blue and black in the photograph and another sees white and gold, can they both be right with their colour experience? I’m sitting here […]
…Is ancient philosophy still relevant in 21st-century life? Why didn’t Plato know that slavery was wrong…? As part of Bristol’s Festival of ideas, Rebecca was invited to the Watershed to […]
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