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HARD Mag @ Aesthetica Film Festival!
Spend a day with Deputy Editor, Unique Gray, at the Aesthetica Film Festival and fall similarly in love with the art of the short film.
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Nov 165 min read
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On Getting Crafty & Carried Away
Co-Editor, Kalypso Isaidou, talks us through the loss of practicing craft and the need to re-embrace this skill as a society.
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Nov 143 min read
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Girl So Confusing: Do Female Artists Always Have to Fight?
Rose Ridley explores the rivalry of current day female artists, Charli XCX and Taylor Swift, through dwelling upon the paralleled past of authors, Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield: does history always repeat itself?
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Nov 122 min read
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Aesthetica Film Festival Returns to York: Here’s What To Expect
Deputy Editor Unique Gray outlines her excitement for the upcoming Aesthetica Film Festival, and gives us an insight into what to expect.
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Oct 202 min read
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Sonic Youth, Skaters, and the Silver Screen: Why Chloe Sevigny is my Ultimate It-GirlÂ
Molly Hewston delves into the question of what exactly makes an 'It-Girl'? For her, it's icon Chloe Sevigny, and here's why.
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Sep 224 min read
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Madonna in a Fur Coat: On Yearning, Love and Lust
Suhayla Bint-Ahmed explores the dying art of old-school romance; are we slowly losing our ability to yearn?
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Sep 102 min read
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Social Media & the Capitalisation of Photography
Isabella Greenaway discusses the aestheticization of media photography over the years; are we blindly consuming cameras for a trend?
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Aug 313 min read
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Deborah Levy’s Hot Milk: From Book to Screen
Deputy Editor, Unique Gray, dives into the on-screen adaptation of Deborah Levy's Hot Milk & whether it truly is a modern masterpiece.
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Aug 203 min read
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Hard Launching 2025 Tutto Passa Summer
Co-Editor, Kalypso Isaidou, reveals the true ways of enjoying a much needed Tutto Passa or "this too shall pass" summer.
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Aug 85 min read
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Is Bo-Ho Anti-Culture After All?
Co-Editor Kalypso Isaidou opens up the debate of what Bo-Ho really is in a world of modern gentrification.
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Jul 214 min read
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Don’t Judge an Album by Its Cover – Especially Not in 2025
Geneva O'Hara shines a new, innovative light upon today's question of what ultimately makes an album cover “good"?
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Jul 176 min read
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Why I Love Anthony Bourdain
Editorial Assistant, Kalypso Isaidou, shares her love for chef Anthony Bourdain and the desperate need to desert 'chefluencers.'
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May 164 min read
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Britpop, Ladcore, Brexit?
Editorial Assistant, Kalypso Isaidou, unpacks the britpop aesthetic in a post-Brexit age and the crossover between these two British realms.
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Apr 183 min read
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Where’s the Creativity in the Age of Overwhelm?
"Creativity, Burnout and AI: Finding Time to be Creative this Spring" says Co-Editor, Isabella Dewson, as she talks us through the shifting meaning in creativity and how to find it in this digital age.
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Apr 183 min read
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York Needs a One Day Music Festival
Head of Events, Shona Mills shares her experience at 'Live at Leeds In the City' and draws inspiration on how and why York could be one of the next best venues for a one day music festival.
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Apr 105 min read
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Pinterest: Are We Killing Individuality?
Co-Editor Isabella Dewson investigates whether the digital escape and inspiration that Pinterest offers has threatened true individuality.
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Apr 72 min read
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'Hangxiety': Unpacking the Science of the Morning After
Culture Deputy, Unique Gray, gives us the debrief of the morning after - except this time it's the science behind the infamous 'hangxiety'.
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Mar 262 min read
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Closed Conversations - Latrinalia
Editorial assistant, Kalypso Isaidou, investigates the artistic phenomenon of latrinalia -or bathroom graffiti, & its true cultural impact.
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Mar 114 min read
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Oscar's at My House
No need to fear if you missed the Oscars as Scarlet Somerville shares the scoop of her highlights of the 97th Academy Awards night.
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Mar 93 min read
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Going Analog: A Case for Film Photography
Editorial Assistant, Kalypso Isaidou, runs through the nature of film photography and why in 2025 we should all be going analog.
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Feb 74 min read
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