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Is the dancefloor really dead?

Tongue-in-cheek as it may be, Charli xcx’s ‘Rock Music’ speaks to the structural issues actively decimating nightlife across the world, issues she addresses candidly on its follow-up, ‘SS26’, even if her motivations may be more aesthetic than political.

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Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

Necessarily navigating the difference between ‘side effects’ and reality, the play strikes a fine balance between what one thinks and what one feels.

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‘The Harrowing of Hell.26’ reviewed

Fundamentally, The Harrowing of Hell.26 is a finely acted, well-produced play which was enjoyable enough to watch, but its conclusion is unsatisfying.

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Circadian Renaissance

Clara Leonard Davies writes about the beauty of summer light and the memories that we associate it with.

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Is the dancefloor really dead?

Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

‘The Harrowing of Hell.26’ reviewed

Circadian Renaissance

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