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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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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