Sam Joyce, Author at Cherwell

Celebrity Children Restored my Faith in Humanity

Sam Joyce argues that we should leave procreation to those with DNA worth passing on.

I Tried Burger King’s Black Burger

Sam Joyce goes to town on a Whopper

Milestones: Rokudenashiko’s ‘Pussy Boat’

This week, Sam Joyce expresses his admiration for Rokudenashiko’s headline-making vessel

Milestones: East Side Gallery

This week, Sam Joyce looks at Berlin’s East Side Gallery, a symbol of the reunification of Germany and a milestone in world political history

Yayoi Kusama: repetition and restfulness

Sam Joyce on the purpose and process behind the avant-garde’s high priestess of polka dots

Satanic Panic: Pentagrams and Pent-up Angst

Sam Joyce goes on an occult odyssey back to the 1980s to revisit a ludicrous moment in popular culture

Live Review: The Japanese House

Sam Joyce shares his thoughts on the group's first ever show.

New frontiers: cashing in your microchips

Sam Joyce wonders how technological advances are changing the ways we consume media

Milestones: silicon implants and modern beauty

This week, Sam Joyce discusses Esmeralda the Dog’s pioneering silicon implants and the implications for modern conceptions of beauty

Milestones: Psychocandy

This week, Sam Joyce discusses The Jesus and Mary Chain’s seminal album Psychocandy, which birthed the Shoegaze scene

Shutter speeds and the passage of time

Sam Joyce goes in search of the past and the self in the works of several famous photographers

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Review: Halsey – Badlands

'moving in the sense that your eyes will roll right out of your head'

The Art of the 140 Character Breakdown

Sam Joyce went down the rabbit hole of 'Existential Twitter,' and needs to give his therapist a call

Gladiator II: A lack-lustre return to Rome

Review: Moth – ‘An unabashed, piercing piece of theatre’

Review: The Outrun

Blackfriars Fellow created a Cardinal by Pope Francis

Sam Joyce