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Latest Articles

Opinion | Peace in the time of notifications: Is it really that bad to be left on read?

By Anna Johnson, Fourth Year, English and French In an era of instant messaging, Anna Johnson discusses the roles of ghosting, boundaries and communication in maintaining meaningful friendships.In the words of the poet Andrea Cohen - ‘how cavalier people are with language and with silence.’ According to the Thriving Center …

By Anna Johnson
8th December 2024 • Epigram

InFilm Premiere: The Cannes of Student Filmmaking

By Max Bradley-Cole, Film and TV editor

By Max Bradley-Cole
3rd December 2024 • Epigram

Donald Trump is back in power: how will Bristol students react?

By Anna Johnson, Fourth Year English and French The results of the American presidential election were announced in the early hours of this morning. At the time of writing, Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, holds 223 votes, while Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, leads with 294, having secured swing-state victories.Though …

By Anna Johnson
11th November 2024 • Epigram

The graduate market: Is it all doom and despair?

Given that the UK is currently experiencing a financial recession, the graduate job market could be more challenging. While it is undeniably competitive, there is still room for optimism. On average, employers received 86 applications per vacancy for graduate schemes last year – this may seem daunting, but should not …

By Anna Johnson
23rd October 2024 • Epigram

‘I just felt really overwhelmed’: Understanding the psychology behind procrastination and how to tackle it

The art of procrastination amongst students is one that is heavily relatable, no matter what level of academic prowess a person is perceived to have. Many will find themselves aggressively scrubbing a toilet to avoid their next set of readings or completing tasks they have been meaning to tick off …

By Isabelle Lepine
17th October 2024 • Epigram

Age of the Rave: Psychedelic Art at Tribe of Frog

Gone are the times when art is confined to the restriction of gallery walls. You find it while walking along roadsides, staring at you from neighbouring street walls. But the artistic habitat that has cultivated the growth of a specific, potentially overlooked, art genre is that of raves and clubs. …

By Roberta Carsley
3rd October 2024 • Epigram

A Rundown of UoB's Film & TV Societies

By Max Bradley-Cole, Film and TV editor

By Max Bradley-Cole
8th September 2024 • Epigram

Six things we learned in conversation with Laura Trevelyan

Not many of us will witness firsthand a world-changing event. Laura Trevelyan has reported on several, and she has great hair. Here are 6 things we learned when we chatted to her last Tuesday.

By Annie McNamee
27th July 2024 • Epigram

'A play of firsts': Eightball Production's 'Flytrap' at the Pegg Theatre

By Bobbi Carsley, First Year English LiteratureFlytrap is a play full of firsts.It is the debut play from Eightball Productions, a new theatre company set up by University of Bristol students, and it is also writer Emma Morgan’s first full length theatre piece. It tackles sex in an equally fresh …

By Roberta Carsley
24th June 2024 • Epigram

The Teacher's Lounge: A drama of theft, tension, and teaching

By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and Television Student

By Max Bradley-Cole
7th May 2024 • Epigram

Book nook: three women, three incredible true stories

By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and Television Student

By Max Bradley-Cole
9th April 2024 • Epigram

Perfect Days: beauty in a toilet

By Max Bradley-Cole, Second Year, Film and Television Student

By Max Bradley-Cole
19th March 2024 • Epigram

Finding artistic inspiration at home

University is time-consuming. Keeping up with seminars, readings, essays, and lectures whilst attempting to eat some food and maybe shower every day is a more impressive balancing act than tight-roping above New York City.

By Annie McNamee
27th January 2024 • Epigram

What is your degree worth? | Scrutinising Sunak's crackdown on 'Rip-off degrees'

Rishi Sunak is a tough Prime Minister. At least, that’s how he’d like to come across. He’s tough on migration, tough on crime, and now, tough on education. In July, the PM announced that he and his government planned to crack down on ‘rip-off’ degrees, imposing caps on how many …

By Annie McNamee
23rd October 2023 • Epigram

Does having a job as a student put you at a disadvantage?

As a result of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, having a job while at university has become increasingly common. Given the stagnation of maintenance loans — which have failed to keep pace with rising rent prices — and soaring inflation, it comes as no …

By Sofia Webster
16th October 2023 • Epigram

Does having a job as a student put you at a disadvantage?

As a result of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, having a job while at university has become increasingly common. Given the stagnation of maintenance loans — which have failed to keep pace with rising rent prices — and soaring inflation, it comes as no …

By Sofia Webster
16th October 2023 • Epigram

In conversation: ‘Gaze’ at Edinburgh Fringe

Earlier this year, over 40 Bristol students geared up to strut and fret upon the stage before crowds of strangers as part of the annual Edinburgh Fringe theatre festival. One of the productions representing Bristol University was the show Gaze written and directed by Lilly Camyab, which was quoted by …

By Isabel Williams
10th October 2023 • Epigram

AW23 Fashion Trend Report

By Izzy LepineTHE CROFT // Izzy explores the bi-annual seasonal shift in fashion as we settle into Autumn, and how this influences student style.As September rolls around, signalling the start of another academic year, students always step out with their best foot forward. New stationery promising good grades all around, …

By Isabelle Lepine
10th October 2023 • Epigram

‘Home is where the art is’: The impact of art in forming community

Recently, I got a little drunk and a little philosophical with a friend of mine and we started talking about what it was that attracted us to the arts. As two students of English literature, we both agreed unquestioningly on our gut feeling that art was important but found we …

By Isabel Williams
21st September 2023 • Epigram

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah: an endearing and light-hearted watch starring the whole Sandler clan

In the midst of big budget blockbusters flying into cinemas and streaming platforms left, right and centre - it was a comforting experience to sit and watch the heart warming, surprisingly nostalgic (and a tad cringey at times) coming of age comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat …

By Sofia Webster
18th September 2023 • Epigram

"If you're happy everything else will fall into place" - In conversation with The Undertones

From the release of their first album way back in 1979 to their compilation album of 2022, The Undertones’ music has always been the sound of carefree adolescent recklessness. Their rough-hewn but upbeat track ‘Teenage Kicks’ has long been a favourite with love-struck teens and indie bildungsroman movies alike. I …

By Isabel Williams
15th September 2023 • Epigram

Looking back at ‘Barbenheimer’

Barbie and Oppenheimer, known collectively as ‘Barbenheimer’, were both released on 21st July. They have had a huge impact on the film business as well as the public – one that is unlike anything experienced over the last few years. They are two strikingly different blockbusters going head to head …

By Sofia Webster
12th September 2023 • Epigram

Opinion | Finalists have been treated like sacrificial cash cows

The 2023 'graduating' cohort feels, above all, dehumanised. Our career prospects, financial security and certainty of our futures have been disregarded in the name of profit. It is a disheartening, but enlightening, reality that we are being sacrificed on the altar of greed.

By Lauren Hope Sanderson
19th July 2023 • Epigram

EpiCast: Epigram's Podcast on Spotify ft. Evelyn Heis

Evelyn Heis, Editor of the Film & TV section of Epigram, joins hosts Freya Shaw, Oscar Hunter and Marine Saint in this week's segment of Epicast: Epigram's Podcast, to talk about all things film and tv just in time for The Oscars.

By Evelyn Heis
11th July 2023 • Epigram

Windermere's Wake-Up Call: A Problem Caused By Humans, For Humans

The Croft Magazine // Most Bristol students know of Windermere or have holidayed there, but may be shocked to know that the lake has becoming toxic over the years. With the help of Emily from SciTech and interludes of Wordsworth's poetry, Isobel travels from North-West to South-West to bear the …

By Isobel Edmondson
25th May 2023 • Epigram

Paris: City of Impressions

In a city the world has immortalised, what are the lasting impressions of a local? Madison recalls her time in Paris, and the beauty of the everyday that she found there.

By Madison James
23rd May 2023 • Epigram

Review: Girli @ Thekla

If you asked one of Girli’s fans to describe her image in one word, it would almost certainly be “pink”. The colour is central to the artist’s branding, and rightfully so, as it communicates much about both her music and her persona as an artist: bright, brash, and unapologetically hyper-feminine. …

By Isabel Williams
30th April 2023 • Epigram

Cookbook Review: 'Shelf Love' by Ottolenghi Test Kitchen

The Croft Magazine// Yotam Ottolenghi is one of those chefs that just never fails to disappoint with his recipes. His cookbook is truly the epitome of the idea that taking that extra care and effort when cooking a meal always yields you the most fantastic results. As someone with Mediterranean …

By Sofia Webster
22nd April 2023 • Epigram

What does it take to be a woman in media?

At the first event of Epigram and the Croft’s ‘Women in Media’ careers week, Deputy Editor Marine Saint and Creative Director Freya Shaw sat down with a diverse panel of inspiring women from the media sector. In what promised to be the first insightful discussion of many, a lecture theatre …

By Lauren Hope Sanderson
19th April 2023 • Epigram

Plate X Playlist: Rainy Days

For this Plate X Playlist, Evelyn provides two cozy and warm recipes (Sopa Casera and Lentejas) that reminds her of home and Oscar curates an extra long playlist which perfectly encapsulates the pathetic fallacy of the ever so cumbersome British weather.

By Evelyn Heis
11th April 2023 • Epigram