On Friday the 20th of April, the fashion society of the University of York is pesenting an International Fashion Show in collaboration with Leeds Fashion Society and York Fashion week […]
Category: Culture
Feminist crusade: Campaign for legal abortion intensifies in Latin America
Today is International Women’s Day, a day marking the achievements of women throughout the years. However, it is all too easy to forget the ongoing lack of equality around the world and […]
Women’s enfranchisement 100 years on: How much has really changed?
In February 1918, the government of the United Kingdom passed the Representation of the People Act. This initial step towards full voting rights for women, entitled women over 30 who […]
As 2017 draws to a close, it is more essential than ever to learn from history.
“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” So goes Winston Churchill’s famous, if somewhat clichéd phrase. Often, the study of history, whether at an academic […]
Paul Nash and the Uncanny Landscape
York Art Gallery are currently hosting an exhibition of Paul Nash, whose landscapes clearly show the disturbance of the artistic tradition which reflected the world which had suffered unprecedented carnage […]
Picasso Ceramics
York Art Gallery are currently showing the highlights of the Attenborough Collection’s extensive range of Picasso ceramics. Whilst Picasso is most often known for his Cubist canvases and sculptures, it […]
Richard’s Book Recommendations
The other day, perhaps Friday, a friend asked me for a few books they should read. I gladly responded with a list of five books that I thought suitable for […]
Q&A with King Koby’s Neil Smedley
Jurassic 5’s Concrete Schoolyard resonates around the room. Three stylish fellas are queuing on a bench facing the barber chairs. Stickers and posters bearing iconic lines like Mediocrity is a […]
Q&A With Rose Anne Evans
Rose Anne Evans is a first-year French, German and Linguistics BA student here at the University of York and she’s written a book, Fight For Freedom, to raise awareness about […]
Review: York Art Gallery: Albert Moore
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 […]