On Wednesday 5th of November, I went to see the penultimate performance of People You Know’s Hardpill , written by Loulou Sloss, directed by Sofia Hattiagadi and produced by Olga Blanco. The play was hosted at the Heritage Museum on North Street, in an intimate setting where the audience was facing a very faithful reproduction of the Boots Pharmacy set up. Hard Pill focused on the concept of virginity and the various reasons why people choose to (or not) have sex, for many different reasons...

Romance novels are traditionally linked to the trivial, the mundane, to be made fun of as cheesy, but they are inherently political in the way they deal with love. They portray female self-fulfilment as a reward for longing, rather than giving into their urges, made clear through the achievement of stability through love. In a way, they are written to comfort women by domesticating desire. Where romance ends in resolution, safety, marriage, and tidy arcs, erotica lingers in tension and...

Alix Ramillion reviews the popular independent theatre production. On 24 and 27 March, Eeyore, an independent student-led production, was...