Eventual Ghosts
As we sailed on enthralled in the pursuit of some ardent glory
Shoulder
She leant back and let the blade of his shoulder frame the picture, for that’s how she would replay it in her head.
Day to live, day to love
Today is a Sunday, and today is a beautiful day to be alive
Walking Together
Because I’ll miss you became
The I love you for friends
New Year
Redrafting a life with no object for feeling
Antisocial Media
Between digging the bunker in the back garden and foraging for loo roll, I’ve mostly been scrolling through Oxlove recently, becoming increasingly invested in...
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Dear Lady Pat,
I’ve got a bit of a crush if I’m honest, and I know that they say love is blind, love...
Love and Long-Term Relationships: The Pressure to Commit
As Valentine’s Day is upon us, and advertisements make it
almost impossible not to be constantly reminded of the holiday, many wonder
about their relationship status....
Finding and Losing Love at Uni
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expect it and generally, it messes with your plans. I’d always planned...
Cracking on Love Island
Love Island has returned to our screens for the winter season, bringing back the glossy drama and soft-porn camera shots that have taken over British televisions for the past few summers.
Why Read Poetry?
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A Literary History of the F**kboy
The narrative of resistance and domination in relationships has been the recourse of storytellers since pre-Christian times, with the same lurid, visceral quality evident in Greek myth as in the modern trend of disturbingly violent porn. Yet these primal, animalistic tropes of female subjugation now exist in a ‘civilised’ society, whose vernacular is one of #TimesUp, sex positivity and high-street feminism.
Lady Pat. R. Honising – BJ or BJs?
Dear Agony Aunt,
I’ve come across a bit of a crisis and I don’t know what to do. I’ve recently started seeing a boy and...
Love/Sick: An anthology of romantic adrenaline and hysteria
A production that tackles what is the most enigmatic of all human experiences: love.