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The Cavemen: Keeping Highlife Alive
How two brothers are modernising highlife for a new generation by fusing it with Afrobeats, according to Toheeb…
Teens Behaving Nicely: Heartstopper’s Radical Sincerity
Natalie considers a new era of teen rebellion heralded by the viral Netflix show, Heartstopper: nice is the new cool…
Masculinity, As Seen Onscreen
Katie dives deeper into TOMES exploration of onscreen representation with this analysis of masculinity in the Lord of the Rings franchise…
It’s All That: Black Orpheus (1959)
See out Black History Month (and Halloween) with TOMES writer Megan as she unpacks the 1959 Black-led Portuguese-Brazilian cinematic delight that is Black Orpheus
Glee & Me
Mnna pens a poem in response to the Royal Exchange Theatre’s debut presentation of Glee & Me on their 45th birthday
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