As Keir Starmer's Labour moves toward a more patriotic image, Liam Barrett asks whether it's the right thing for the party, or the country as a whole
Goldsmiths' Official Student Magazine
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
Reporting on Goldsmiths University’s decision to cut funding for the Against Sexual Violence project and the Student Union’s statement of response, News editor Tahera Bundhun outlines the college’s consistent lack of commitment to the campaign and echoes the SU’s call for support.
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.
Bye Bye Francis, the campaign to remove the slave pioneer statues from Deptford Town Hall, explains the colonial history of the iconography and why it should be taken down.
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.
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.
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?