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Features
Sam Brown on the problematic primitivism and performative sexuality of the ‘couple-up or be kicked-out’ television genre
Music
Sam Brown sits down with national treasure, James Blunt, to discuss Elton John, Twitter zingers, and hungover Lebanese gigs after his visit to the Union
Theatre
Sam Brown chats to the student writer and team behind this quirky Corpus Playroom show
Features
Sam Brown argues that spiritual tendencies are more deep-rooted than the institutions that represent them
News
Students made a mock ‘tax haven’ beach on the Sidgwick Site
Features
From Stranger Things to Halloween, the supernatural is embedded in our culture. Sam Brown asks how this curious phenomenon realises itself in modern media
Features
Sam Brown argues that following the advice of Instagram dieticians can do us more harm than good
Features
Our obsession with sport may lie in social Darwinism. Sam Brown asks whether the beautiful game just boils down to an elaborate mating ritual.
Features
A new push to understand the cognitive science of mental illness is needed to achieve any breakthrough, writes columnist Sam Brown
Features
With its ability to powerfully change our mood and emotions, Sam Brown argues music possesses an untapped potential for mental health treatment
Theatre
‘Magnify tenfold the existential crises and “broken dreams” of a VK-fueled night in Cindies and you’re probably close to the nihilistic atmosphere of this play’, writes Sam Brown
Features
Tthe selfie has dramatically altered our notion of identity and has forever changed our sexual politics, writes columnist Sam Brown
Features
It has become the norm to judge the advancement of developing nations by their so called ‘Western-ness’. Such cultural relativism needs to be challenged, writes columnist Sam Brown
Features
Recent terrorist atrocities have reignited the debate surrounding government internet surveillance and whether it impinges on our human rights. Sam Brown asks if ‘snooping’ is ever justified.
Features
Is the uncertain political future an opportunity for productive debate, or burgeoning disillusionment?
Music
Sam Brown speaks to Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Europe’s first professional orchestra of black and minority ethnic musicians
Theatre
Sam Brown sits down with director, Zoe Black to talk Wilde, costume and grunge minimalism.
Features
Columnist Sam Brown explores how a constant preoccupation with being ‘happy’ oversimplifies our notion of wellbeing and can be damaging to our psychologies
Features
A toxic mixture of gym culture, unattainable Hollywood body ideals, and a shifting conception of the ‘perfect’ male physique is causing male anxiety over body-image, writes columnist Sam Brown
