Despite today's students being faced with perhaps the worst prospects in generations, university activism seems to be at an all time low. News editor Katherine Buckland discusses hope, resistance and covid-fatigue after a year of remote learning
Goldsmiths' Official Student Magazine
In a mesmerizing mix of creative writing, illuminating essay work and urgent call to action, Katrina Nzegwu's piece touches on many vital yet nuanced of the current moment, including the relation of collectivism and individuality to race, colonialism, and class.
Looking back on Notting Hill Carnival 2019, the event seems to resemble a distant other world. Using the current climate as a critical lens, Goldsmiths alumni Yuvan Kumar's photo essay is a vibrant, honest, and insightful look at the carnival's most recent incarnation.
Arts and Culture editor Joseph Hewlett-Hall discusses the symbolic and political implications of removing colonial statues, touching on the laziness and cowardice of conservative response to such removals, as well as responses within the Goldsmiths student community towards colonial iconography on our own campus.
A selection of poems by Niquella Simposn-West, including 'Sraet', 'PMS', '419', and 'Need'.
What agency do we have over our electronic appliances? Politics editor Aarushi Matiyani evaluates the kitchen through a postcolonial and gendered lens, revealing the semiotic aspects of our everyday appliances that inspired a project of her own.
Haunted by the nostalgic memory of seeing them in Guadalajara, music editor Jaime Suarez shares another emotional gig experience with us - Milky Chance at O2 Academy Brixton.
As I write this, my shoulders are tense and I’m finding it hard to relax. I’ve just returned home from a late night viewing of Robert Eggers’ latest journey into madness and melancholic mayhem, The Lighthouse, and it was, to say the least, a stressful affair. From its opening scene, throughout which a foghorn incessantly…
Emotional trauma in childhood often creates toxic behaviour in adult relationships. Can we ever break this cycle of emotional abuse and create relationships with a happy ending?