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Weekly Featured Writing:

A Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe

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by Gay Byrne

Prose
Hands
Hands

by Miles Carnegie

Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe
Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe

taken from Gay Byrne

For She Was Good
For She Was Good

by Gaia Greco

A Very Fine Engagement
A Very Fine Engagement

1816 Award- First Prize

by Willow Nichols-Capra

FEATURED PROSE

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Poetry
How Easy the Cold Sky
How Easy the Cold Sky

by Philomena Amalfitano

Silent Witness
Silent Witness

by Fin Fearn

Tom Bell, On a Bank Holiday
Tom Bell, On a Bank Holiday

by Florence Hutchinson

To Mrs K____, On Her Sending Me an English Christmas Plum-Cake at Paris
To Mrs K____, On Her Sending Me an English Christmas Plum-Cake at Paris

by Helen Maria Williams

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Blog
Lesbiennes de Passage: A decade of queer representation on French TV
Lesbiennes de Passage: A decade of queer representation on French TV

by Charlotte Rowan

I Hugged a Tree
I Hugged a Tree

Natter with Niamh

by Niamh Duncan

Inside the 2025 Cambridge Film Festival
Inside the 2025 Cambridge Film Festival

by Jade Drever

What Your Halloween Costume Says About You
What Your Halloween Costume Says About You

Natter with Niamh

with Niamh Duncan

Sinister Sounds: Halloween Audiobook Recommendations
Sinister Sounds: Halloween Audiobook Recommendations

with Mide Oluwayemi

Spooky Book Recommendations
Spooky Book Recommendations

with Mary Hazlitt

Phantasmagoria: Projections of Horror for the Silver Screen
Phantasmagoria: Projections of Horror for the Silver Screen

A Guide to Halloween Movies

with Kass Lahcen Boujdi

The Three-Nearly-Four-Month Curse
The Three-Nearly-Four-Month Curse

by Nadia Hassim

A Chance Apart
A Chance Apart

by Parinita Sharma

The Cycle of Queer Grief
The Cycle of Queer Grief

by Nadia Hassim

Be More Fringe
Be More Fringe

Natter with Niamh

by Niamh Duncan

What is 22?
What is 22?

Natter with Niamh

by Niamh Duncan

Bollywood & Censorship
Bollywood & Censorship

Aandhi vs. the State: Why Gulzar’s Film Would Be Banned Today by Gunn Bhargava

The Art of Sucking at Dodgeball
The Art of Sucking at Dodgeball

by Sharon Upputuru

Scribbled Recommends: Beach Reads
Scribbled Recommends: Beach Reads

by Mary Hazlitt

Scribbled Recommends: Pride Edition
Scribbled Recommends: Pride Edition

by Bertie Pearson

Heatwave Cinema
Heatwave Cinema

Top Summer Film Recommendations

by Kass Lahcen Boujdi

Unmasked and Unapologetic: The Freedom of a Sober Life
Unmasked and Unapologetic: The Freedom of a Sober Life

by Safiya Farhan

If Coffees Were People
If Coffees Were People

by Hafiz Lawal

We don't really have a cure for your pain, but at least you still look desirable
We don't really have a cure for your pain, but at least you still look desirable

by Nandika

Mediterranean Wailing Summer
Mediterranean Wailing Summer

Natter with Niamh

by Niamh Duncan

On Snowflakes, Cartwheels and Perfection
On Snowflakes, Cartwheels and Perfection

Natter with Niamh

by Niamh Duncan

On Big Dumb Cups and Fitting In
On Big Dumb Cups and Fitting In

by Niamh Duncan

Milk Gone Mad
Milk Gone Mad

No, I don’t want a triple shot grande iced brown sugar oat shaken white chocolate mocha frappacappuccino with cream on top.

by W. Anchor

I Am Sad And I Want A Neon Green Thong But I Can’t Get Out Of Bed
I Am Sad And I Want A Neon Green Thong But I Can’t Get Out Of Bed

by Adriana Fernandez

A Love Letter to Community
A Love Letter to Community

Natter with Niamh

by Niamh Duncan

The Uniquely Humbling Experience That Is Losing Single Player Mario Kart at 3pm on a Monday Afternoon
The Uniquely Humbling Experience That Is Losing Single Player Mario Kart at 3pm on a Monday Afternoon

by Nathan Smith

Jade’s Top Ten Valentine’s Day Films
Jade’s Top Ten Valentine’s Day Films

by Jade Drever

A BLOKE’s guide to 2025
A BLOKE’s guide to 2025

by W. Anchor

Slowmaxxing
Slowmaxxing

Natter with Niamh: On Living Slowly

by Niamh Duncan

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News and Culture
When Forgiveness Does Not Suffice: the treatment of oppressed bodies in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
When Forgiveness Does Not Suffice: the treatment of oppressed bodies in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

by Mattea Munn

Gothic Winter
Gothic Winter

Notes on Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

by Jasmine Hardy

As Queer As it Gets: On Queerness and Colonialism
As Queer As it Gets: On Queerness and Colonialism

by Yonsiri Rojas

The Icelandic Dracula You’ve Never Heard Of
The Icelandic Dracula You’ve Never Heard Of

by Elio Andreu

History Corner: The Haunted Summer of 1816
History Corner: The Haunted Summer of 1816

(or That Time a Teenager Had a Nightmare and Accidentally Created Science Fiction)

by Katelyn Coupe

Maya Angelou: A Bird Uncaged
Maya Angelou: A Bird Uncaged

by Reet Gupta

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