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Category: Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture showcases the creative life of St John’s and the wider Durham community. From student writing, music, theatre, and visual arts to reviews, exhibitions, and cultural moments on and off campus, this section celebrates the ideas and imagination that thrive at John’s. It’s where Johnians share what inspires them and what they’re making, watching, reading, and thinking about.

  • Arts and Culture

Lebaneat: a deep dive into the Middle East

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 27 Nov 201927 Nov 2019

By Nick Searle-Donoso. In a review of Durham’s Lebeneat, Nick provides a tour of some of the delicacies on offer.

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  • Arts and Culture

James Acaster: Brexit, Bake Off and Breakdowns

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 20 Nov 2019

By Eleanor Dye and Jemima D’Souza. A review of James Acaster’s Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 – 31st October 2019 in the Gala Theatre, Durham.

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  • Arts and Culture

Two For One (2019) – A Prasanna Sellathurai Film

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 13 Nov 201920 May 2022

By Lucy Mainwaring-Parr. A review of Prasanna Sellathurai’s new short film ‘Two For One’, shot within St. John’s College.

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‘Death comes to Pemberley’: A Jane Austen-inspired murder mystery

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 6 Nov 201911 Dec 2019

By Eleanor Dye. In this review of ‘Death comes to Pemberly’, Eleanor discusses what happens when the world of an Agatha Christie ‘whodunnit’ murder mystery is brought to Darcy and Elizabeth’s Pemberley.

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr ⁠— A Review

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 15 Jun 201917 Jun 2019

By Beth Loveless. Described by Michael Morpurgo as “the most life-enhancing book you could ever wish to read”, “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit” remains continually relevant to the world we live in now.

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David Černý: Artistic Rebellion

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 13 May 201911 Nov 2019

By Freya Thomas. David Černý is an artist you cannot escape in Prague, for his sculptures are found everywhere. Yet his work is extremely controversial.

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How Electronic Pop Gained My Respect

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 1 May 2019

By Sherlock Shi. The great thing about music is that there is something for everybody. Sherlock talks about how he discovered and fell in love with electronic pop music.

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  • Arts and Culture

‘I Want to be a Machine’: The Mechanic Art of Eduardo Paolozzi

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 9 Apr 20199 Apr 2019

By Freya Thomas. You may have heard of Andy Warhol, but have you heard of Eduardo Paolozzi? The incredible artist combines modern machinary and popular culture in his artwork and had a big part in inspiring the Pop Art movement.

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  • Arts and Culture

The Horses of Edward Muir: An Ecological Perspective

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 1 Apr 2019

By Eleanor Dye. Edward Muir wrote poetry at the beginning of the 20th Century, but his works contain powerful visions of ecological disaster that are almost prophetic of our situation today.

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  • Arts and Culture

Sanditon: the Austen Novel You Don’t Know About

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 25 Mar 2019

By Eleanor Dye. Sanditon is Austen’s unfinished novel from 1817. Now that the overlooked novel is making its way to our screens we take a look at why it deserves more credit.

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