Review: Severance (Apple TV+)

By Catarina Vicente We spend too much time at work. As a fact accepted by blue and white-collar workers alike (and yet barely acknowledged or acted upon by companies), spending so much of our lives working feels like an inevitable nightmare for many. ItÔÇÖs no wonder campaigns for better work-life balance have become more common over recent years.  Ben StillerÔÇÖs new series, Severance, explores this … Continue reading Review: Severance (Apple TV+)

Our Goodbyes: the Final Recommendation List from the 2021/2022 Literature Editors

To continue a trend that last year’s editors started, this year’s Literature Editors, Catarina Vicente and Shivika Singh, wanted to write a final article on our recommendations. Catarina Vicente on The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Three years of university, three years of books. I always find endings sad, and finishing uni is no different, but I can confidently say that my time at Quench … Continue reading Our Goodbyes: the Final Recommendation List from the 2021/2022 Literature Editors

Is the Book Community an Echo Chamber?

by Catarina Vicente In online book communities, it is usual for creators, in their quest to reach wider audiences and become more popular, to replicate certain ideas or trends that more famous creators have done previously. This is fine and well ÔÇô unless itÔÇÖs done on a major scale. Suddenly, the community is consumed by the same few creators, who promote the same few books, … Continue reading Is the Book Community an Echo Chamber?

Succession: A Shakespearean Tragedy or a Sitcom?

By Catarina Vicente For all the ways 2021 sucked, Succession was one of its best parts. Nothing really compared to going home after a Monday full of lectures, to tune in and lose yourself in a new hour-long episode, after which you could browse social media to witness a whole fandom analyzing ÔÇô or just making memes ÔÇô of the latest developments in the series.    … Continue reading Succession: A Shakespearean Tragedy or a Sitcom?