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Growing up Desi in the UK

In the 60s, a surge of South-Asians migrated to the UK for a better life. This included people from Desi countries such as Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. According to Gov.uk, approximately 6.9% of the population of England and Wales belong to South-Asian ethnicities. Although many families migrate to the UK for a better life, there […]

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UziLina, is social media killing creativity? 

Lina Guemar, publicly known as UziLina, is a 19-year-old musician living in London. She has released a handful of songs but is currently focusing on studying Music Production at BIMM university, as well as cultivating a social media portfolio for her work. As a social media persona who creates content for self-promotion alongside personal use, […]

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Female villainy in film and why it’s important now more than ever

“It’s a version of being a woman that isn’t contained in any way.” This comes from Rosamund Pike in an interview with Collider on her performance in Gone Girl, and there is no better way to describe the phenomena that is female rage in film. Audiences consistently appear to find endearing and even sympathetic features […]

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Top five Nigerian artists you should be listening to in 2023

Over the years, Afrobeats, Nigeria’s beloved genre has conquered the world. A music genre that is now an integral part of the contemporary rap landscape. We are talking about pop melodies on instrumentals inspired by traditional African music with lyrics often combining both English and Yoruba, a language spoken in Nigeria. It encompasses notes of […]

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K-pop: a billion pound industry funded on racism?

On March 21st, Twice member Chaeyoung posted to Instagram a photo of her wearing a t-shirt with a swastika. This was followed by her wearing a t-shirt with a Qanon logo on their promotions for their third number one album Ready To Be. This incident has led to a discussion of racism, cultural appropriation and […]

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The Next Big Thing: Multi-instrumentalist Isaac Stuart

Isaac Stuart is a 23-year-old up-and-coming singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Oxfordshire. Since launching his first single Do You Like It When We Lay Like This in 2020, Isaac has gained over 10,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. His music has been played multiple times on BBC Radio One and he sold out his first ever headline […]

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Ten must know British songs for international students 

10) Peter Andre – Mysterious Girl Released in August 1995, initially, the song peaked at number 53; however, a remix released in 1996 caused the song to skyrocket to number one. The cheesy one-hit wonder made Peter Andre a staple of British TV and now the West End as he stares in Grease.   9) Gracious […]

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Five red flags of dating apps

With the rise of the internet, dating apps have become the normalised way to find love in today’s society. In the last 20 years, young adults have moved away from tradition and started to use the internet to build platonic and romantic relationships. However, there are many dangers to this. Here are five red flags […]

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FLO, the new face of R&B

FLO’s The Lead is a testament to the trio’s chemistry as friends and musicians and to their love of R&B. On the 24th of March 2022, FLO released their now infamous debut single, ‘Cardboard Box’, which instantly gripped young audiences. The songs homages to late–nineties and early-noughties R&B with their sound and essence of Y2K […]