QUAERE LIVING

In February, academics from the University of Toulouse published a paper about the re-examination of a palaeolithic era conch shell,...

★★★★★ Review: ACO StudioCast online concert, premiere on17 February then on demand until 31 December 2021. Tickets available here....

[Warning: The exhibition and, therefore, this review, contain explicit content.] ★★★★★ Review: The Loneliness of the Soul, The Royal...

★★★★★ Review: Creation Theatre, via live Zoom call, 28 January – 14 February 2021, book here. [Disclosure of Interest: I am thrilled to...

★★★★★ [Spoiler Alert] Review: Elliot Walker, contemporary glass art show, Plenty, as shown via Zoom call hosted by Johnny Messum on...

Dr Anne Lundy is one of the first African American women to conduct a major American symphony orchestra. She has been pushing boundaries...

Helping teams have fun being successful is part of my day job. It seems to me that so many people have had to suppress who they are to...

The idea of mediation has always appealed to me. The reality of meditation has not. When meditation gurus tell me to start meditating by...

The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is a museum about people. It holds over half a million objects used by humans across the ages including...

Veganuary 2021 is here! I’ve read that over half a million people will sign up to do veganuary in 2021. I went vegan just over one year...

Like almost everyone, I’ve read the research on new year’s resolutions – the overwhelming majority fail. So, rather than making a list...

A couple of days and we will be rid of 2020. New Year’s Eve will be another compromised occasion spent in solitude or digital company. ...

You don’t need me to tell you what kind of year this has been. But, I wanted to finish this year on a positive note. If you look hard...

For the past 10 years, I have used the money I would have spent on gym membership to buy exercise equipment that I can use at home. I...

Fashion designer, K. Tyson Perez, recently objected to an Instagram post by American designer, Matthew Williams. Williams posted a...

In England this year, we have needed magic as never before. Until I moved to Oxford, I didn’t believe in magic. As a rational person who...

There is a perception among a certain brand of gentility in England that swearing is not the done thing, particularly for women, whether...

For about 3 months of each year, I become obsessed by reading British spy thrillers. Nothing else will do. During this time, I don’t...

Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) by Charles Pierre Baudelaire is considered one of the greatest examples of modern poetry in any...

Baudelaire's Les Fleurs Du Mal has been Dr Rana Traboulsi's favourite book since she was a teenager....should our favourite books change?