Written by Jess Burchett Every time I walk into a museum I have to brace myself, in case there is no warning before I turn a corner and stumble upon […]
Category: Culture
The Tale of Miss Dior – Catherine Dior, Freedom Fighter and Muse
The allure of Dior’s New Look and the groundbreaking designs he crafted for the female silhouette have dazzled since 1947. Dior created a classically elegant shape that bloomed into the feminine vision we […]
The Queen’s Gambit: Triumph or Feminist Flop?
Written by Becca Brown Anyone with a friend’s stolen Netflix password (thank you Charlie for mine) has heard of The Queen’s Gambit (A. Scott Frank, 2020). In the months after […]
Handel’s Amadigi performed by English Touring Opera at York Theatre Royal
A sorcerer with a laser pointer and a detained girl who knits to beat boredom. English Touring Opera performs Amadigi at York Theatre Royal and with their expressive and witty […]
Some Thoughts on the Met Gala
I always greet news about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute [Met] Gala with a weird mixture of emotions. Held every May, though this year delayed to September, the […]
90s Nostalgia – Chanel SS22 Ready to Wear Collection
Chanel’s SS22 collection greets us with a burst of vibrant nostalgia for the 1990s. The fashion houses artistic director, Virgine Viard, decided to cast her mind back to Karl Lagerfeld’s […]
One Suspended Moment- The Notion of Sándor Körei’s Sculptures
The freshly cut flowers take their places in their unique, explicitly shaped boxes. They are floating in a cloud above the vase, separated within the ‘dissected’ composition. Soon we will […]
Flying High: The Lives of 5 Notable Women in Georgian High Society-Anne Seymour Damer
Written by Jess Burchett Born in 1748 to an aristocratic Whig family, Anne spent much of her childhood at her godfather’s (Horace Walpole) home whilst her parents travelled. As opposed […]
Feminist Filmmaking: ‘Cléo from 5 to 7’ and ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
Written by Becca Brown Feminist cinema has come a long way since the ‘50s, but many of the core values remain the same. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda, […]
Icons of Fashion: Grace Kelly
‘Grace brought into my life, as she brought into yours, a soft, warm light every time I saw her, and every time I saw her was a holiday of its own.’ James […]