Award season always seems to drive home the same point every year. Our experience of entertainment is mostly very white and very western. Sadly, I’m not talking about any cowboys. For our special issue this year my team and I decided we wanted to correct this and give you, our writers, a taste of a different culture.
To prove that other cultures have provided amazing entertainment throughout pop culture we have a special double page Nostalgic News for you with everything from the familiar, Spirited Away, to the brand new to you, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly on pages 4 and 5.
Our writers have looked at everything foreign language, from films to music to literature, and how it’s not the words that are important but simply the art. If you’re already a massive fan of euro-pop than we’ve got you covered with an ode to the best contest, Eurovision on page 9. Breaching more broadly into Europe and beyond our resident writer, Matt Clarson argues why we need to broaden our literary horizo
