It’s no secret that when it comes to the topic of anatomy, Leonardo Da Vinci was way ahead of his time. More than 500 years after his passing and after the artist, polymath, inventor, and Renaissance genius was able to catch the attention of many scientists and researchers, he’s been making news due to the huge societal impact of his legacy.

I never cared much about the art I consumed. I enjoyed it, I wanted the shows and films and games to be good, I was invested enough to want to know what happened next, but I never cared, never had much of an emotional connection to any of them. I don’t think it was just an age thing, either; you’d be hard-pressed to argue that a lot of teenagers don’t care deeply about the things they like. I had a ...

Sitting on the overground this morning I came across a warning ad of cyber sexual harassment or in more commonly known terms, unsolicited dick pics. It reminded readers that it’s a crime and will not be tolerated. However, what one can do after receiving such an image (apart from involving the police) was left unsaid. 

Many would disagree that London falls short of being an aesthetically pleasing city. It reproduces what can only be described as repetitive advertisement. It is evident that East London for instance, has a style of its own, juxtaposing it from the other boroughs. However, one must admit that London’s gentrified and impoverished segments look identical to those on the other side of the city. Beyond minor differences, Londoners mostly chance upon kitsch whenever they feel the urge to stroll or ...

The last few weeks of the year are always so weird, aren’t they?  You have no idea what day it is or what you’re supposed to be doing with your life but one thing is for sure; it’s never too early for an alcoholic drink and there’s no such thing as too much food.  All your bad habits are out in full swing because you might as well wait until the New Year to sort your life out (again). 

This holiday season has got me thinking more about the conscious buying for the festive gifting. And I am not going to spend your moment of read convincing to go vegan, recycle all your gift wrappers and hand make all your gifts – we all know not everyone is able to jump on that train right away. Instead, let me start with this: we often hear the phrase “I used to like Christmas as a child but now it just ...

I wouldn’t know where to begin, just like my identity – contrived and without origination. Almost like our thoughts, it seems as if they just appear out of nowhere, yet they do not. Like the frames and thoughts that inundate our minds, identity does have its origins and systems that reproduce it, change and reform it.

Autumn is here and Adele is officially back. After dropping the single ‘Easy on Me’ on 15th October, her long awaited comeback is well and truly underway, with her song soaring to number 1 almost straight away across the music charts. The song comes from a highly anticipated album titled ‘30’ which has promised to be the most emotional yet; Adele has hinted that it will address her inner turmoil and vulnerability after going through several big life changes since ...

If there’s one thing I’ve never completely understood, it’s being “boring”. This isn’t to say that I don’t understand people whom some would term “boring”. Rather, I don’t completely understand what boring is. No one has ever defined it, although people bandy the word around with alarming alacrity.

This is the summer when I will be turning twenty. I didn’t expect to be spending yet another birthday under pandemic restrictions, but here we are. As I spend my final days of my teenage years in my family home in Indonesia – which is where I’m from – my mind keeps turning towards memories of my childhood and the realisation that I’m currently at the age that I was fantasising about when I was a kid. I am currently ...