Illustrations by Grace McKenna Artists are probably the luckiest people to exist. They usually have some sort of talent that was just bestowed upon them at birth, and from there on out they found their niche and stuck with it. Musicians, writers, actors, painters, poets - they are the privileged, but also the damaged.  When thinking about the most significant pieces of art ever created, I can almost guarantee that the artists behind them are not always morally sound. Of cours

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Illustrations by Grace McKenna Content warning: contains The White Lotus spoilers and references to sexual assault and eating disorders....

Illustration by Grace McKenna When I arrived at Edinburgh’s Hive stadium for my first Women’s Six Nations match, I couldn’t help but...

Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group, Princess Ida Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group's modern feminist and queer...

Forever Is A Feeling , Lucy Dacus (Spotify, 2025) Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Lucy Dacus’s fourth album is an introvert’s answer to BRAT summer: a...

Down the Hatch , Edinburgh University Footlights Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★.5 Edinburgh University Footlights’ showchoir production, Down the Hatch...