Our eyes fixate on a march to freedom, some sort of practicality Growing up is being taken away from the world’s tactful strategies The...

My wonderful Spark team, readers and viewers. September 2024 will see out my fourth - and last - year of leading a student publication,...

Pole position at The Spark is up for grabs. Do you fancy your chances? Reading University’s homegrown publication (one of the UK’s...

(Written by a former Reading student) The first poem, Hominem Te Esse Memento, is about war. The second one went through a few subjects....

Growth, transformation, exploration, and reflection The calmness and beauty of nature’s imperfections The world is changing all around...

The world is so lonely when no one is awake Me and the window And the words I leave On the sill, Hoping the wind will sneak in and sneak...

It is with great honour and pleasure that I get to write this, after having helped to judge The Spark’s 'Metamorphosis' spring contest...

Laid motionless on the ground, cut from my life source, on the brink of beauty’s end. Where there was once the promise of growth, now...

Come September 18th you’ll have been dead for six years. Six years of silence. A notable absence of your voice in every room I enter. I...

Sitting in the deep pupil of a blue eye Tree branch eyelashes overhanging The eye that turns black at night The puddle in which I sit...

A brilliant run for the folks of Drama Society as their production of ‘Into The Woods’ (originally directed by James Lapine with music...

Best Director Nominees: Jonathan Glazer (The Zone Of Interest), Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Martin...

Not only has Taylor Swift left an extraordinary mark on the music industry, but she is recognised as a prominent figure in discussions of...

Thank you for reading my articles on the Oscar race so far. If you’re a tad lost, then please read the opening of my first article on...

Hello and welcome to the second part of four Oscar Prediction articles. The first two (including this one) are currently available, with...

It’s that time of year, again - the Oscars! Admittedly, these days, no one seems to care enormously about the ceremony, aside from...

‘Pageboy’ is a touching, tender and unflinchingly honest memoir. It’s the kind of writing that reminds me why I write. It’s also messy....

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