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The naked body: reclaimed or re-marketed?

by Rosie McCrum• 25th March 2019

For centuries, the naked body has been depicted in visual art, carrying on its shoulders the weight of various meanings. Fundamentally, the body is a blank canvas of intimate...

Celebrating World Poetry Day!

by Rosie McCrum• 21st March 2019

Your Arts Editors showcase a collection of poetry submissions by students. So from us to you, Happy World Poetry Day, reader. INTERMOST by Leanne Francis A framework of limb and...

The Female Body is not to be Censored: Interview with Artist Louise Brown

by Rosie McCrum• 20th March 2019

Louise Brown’s (@goodstrangevibes on Instagram) empowering illustrations of the female body were censored by Newcastle University last week during a charity feminist art...

LGBT History of Art

by Rosie McCrum• 19th March 2019

Your Arts sub-editors give a timeline of LGBT artists throughout history for LGBT History Month Michelangelo (1475 – 1564) “The greater danger for most of us lies not...

Francis Bacon and Ellen Gallagher @ The Hatton Gallery

by Rosie McCrum• 19th March 2019

The exhibition at the Hatton Gallery is centred on the parallels between Francis Bacon’s luminous portraits of twisted, grimacing faces, and Ellen Gallagher’s modernist-style...

A drugs trial or a love story? An Interview with NUTS’s ‘The Effect’ Director

by Rosie McCrum• 6th March 2019

The Effect is the latest Newcastle University Theatre Society play written, directed and performed by students at Northern Stage. Written by Lucy Prebble, and directed by Chloe...