Reading list for a new year
Keen to make the most of the New Year? Arts Editor Emma Hulse offers some reading recommendations to inspire you this January
In this original poem, Eric Yip traces new year’s celebrations and regrets, both past and future
Tara Panesar reviews the pottery of Kenyan-born Magadelene Odundo, featured in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Margaux Emmanuel experiences the contemporary art gallery’s collection of works from Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși
Arts Editor Famke Veenstra-Ashmore discusses the latest issue of The Cambridge Review of Books with its new Head of Editorial Magdalena Gabrysiak
Arts Editor Famke Veenstra-Ashmore discusses a talk held by St Catharine’s PhD student, poet, performer, and activist Malik Al Nasir on his new memoir ‘Letters to Gil’
Akshata Kapoor previews the latest exhibition at Kettle’s Yard which explores the work of British Indian artist Sutapa Biswas
Anna Piper-Thompson recounts the loss of a childhood literary favourite, considering the impact of its loss on her as a reader
Ellie Wilson examines her relationship with art, and the comfort it can provide in times of stress and anxiety
Arts Editors Famke Veenstra-Ashmore and Emma Hulse detail what they’ve been reading for the last month or so.
Arts Editor Famke Veenstra-Ashmore considers the work of three influential writers, analysing their relationship to each other, as well as their union under a singular fear of losing rurality.
Talia Foster gives a moving account of her experiences with sleep paralysis and how she found comfort in Francis Bacon’s anthropomorphic creatures.
Fiction
Delilah Dennett muses over the difficulty of making choices.
Book Review
Famke Veenstra-Ashmore’s insightful review of Ishiguro’s newest novel.
recommendation
A fool-proof list of history books you will actually find interesting
Vicky Wang describes how the writings of Lao Zi have influenced her father and, in turn, her entire life.
Lily Isaacs recommends short story collections to help rediscover the enjoyment of reading.
In time for Valentine’s Day, Varsity Editor Georgina Buckle hand-picks five texts which muse on love, in all its multitudinous expressions
Phil Tarrant muses on the work of Gertrude Stein in the context of lockdown.
What Macdonald’s novel offers in the context of isolation and missing Cambridge
Caitlin Farrell describes how running a poetry group helped to rediscover the enjoyment of writing poetry.
Interview
Vulture Editor Isabel Sebode talks with Tilda Butterworth about the role of The Cambridge Cult within the zine scene
Review
Anna Piper-Thompson reviews the curiosity of the ‘Alfred Wallis Rediscovered’ exhibition
