York Art Gallery’s latest exhibition is the first solo exhibition of Albert Moore since his death in 1893. The show has been organised by York Museums Trust and Museum De […]
Category: Culture
Spinning nostalgia: the vinyl resurrection
Fashions are very much circular in motion: staying briefly, departing but then meeting again shortly. This is certainly the case in the music industry in recent years, whereby the vinyl, […]
Review: A Conversation with…
The York Literature Festival this year was convened by Robert O’Connor, who organised two weeks of workshops and shows in the city. On the third day of the festival, the […]
South Korean popular culture
I’m going to start by saying that I’m aware that K-Pop is not an interesting topic to many people. When I try to talk about it, most of my friends […]
In the ‘selfie’ world, are we showing our best side?
Did you take a ‘selfie’ today? Understood as a “photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website,” the word […]
Obituary: Rabbi Lionel Blue
Rabbi Lionel Blue, who has long been a familiar voice for listeners of BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, died on Monday at the age of 86. “Delivering [his] monologues in a […]
France, secularism and a banned bathing suit
The ban of the burqini in France, a form of swimwear designed for Muslim women, has prompted a large discussion about religious freedom, secularism and the involvement of the state […]
York River Art Market
Come Saturday, artist from all over Yorkshire will be coming together once more to exhibit and sell their work in a new Art Market Venture, located by on Dame Judi […]
Jane Bown: A Lifetime of Looking
Even the most well respected and famous photographers struggle to simultaneously capture the spirit of their subject in the best light, right framing, angle and moment in motion. It is […]
Masculinity, gender and being a man
One of the most important discoveries I have made in coming to university is the distinction between sex and gender. Put very simply, sex relates to biology but gender is […]