Books
Felix recommends – reading for summer days
Jingjie Cheng and Fred Fyles take you through their books for the perfect summer day, as well as brand-new titles for you to check out over the break!
Jingjie Cheng
Arts
Picasso 1932: the man’s pivotal year in paintings
The Tate Modern take us through one of the most important years of Picasso’s life, examining how he reacted to the world around him through his work.
Arts
Summer and Smoke sizzles with spectacular sentiment in stunning revival
Rebecca Frecknall directs a winning revival of one of Tennessee WIlliams’ lesser-known plays
Arts
Deterred by Beckett’s infamous motormouth? Not I.
Tourettes hero Jess Thom gives Beckett’s notoriously difficult motormouth in Not I a personal and political spin.
Arts
Dispatches from the VAULT Festival
London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival takes place in the vaults below Waterloo station. Packed with independent theatre and music, the festival, on until March 18th, is an opportunity to see reasonably priced innovative productions you wouldn’t find anywhere else. Arts editor Jingie Cheng reports on the
Books
Raising the portcullis: uncovering queer literature
As part of the UK’s LGBT History Month, Books Editor Jingjie Cheng introduces her rainbow reading list in the second article of the series.
Arts
Flamenco absent in this Flamenco Festival show
A modern take on 'flamenco' fails to ignite.
Books
Felix recommends Valentine's reads… or the books to help you to forget about romance
Suggestions for books to set the tone for the holiday, or to help you avoid the sentimental nonsense.
Arts
If you could live a beautiful dream, why would you wake up to reality?
Tang Xianzu’s classic Ming dynasty opera ponders this very question, in a new adaptation by the Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre.
Books
Strong contenders for 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize for poetry
Books Editor Jingjie Cheng looks at this year’s T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist, whose winner is announced on Monday
Arts
Clash of Cultures: Phoenix Editors special
In our regular series, we ask the new Phoenix Editors how they manage to balance arts and science at Imperial.
Books
Literature should not just be about ‘dead white men’
Following a Cambridge University English student’s call to ‘decolonise’ the English Literature syllabus to include more BAME writers, Books Editor Jingjie Cheng gives her take on the issue.