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Emma | Culture, books & nostalgia in glossy second takes.
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Culture
Nostalgia
The Yesteryear Performance
It Started With Grimes
Helium Review: The Woman Who Floated Should Have Been the Story
Preview Review: Baku by Ronin Hart
How to Become an ARC Reader: A Beginner’s Guide with Advice from Indie Authors
The Kikiloa Chronicles Review: Time Travel, Surfing and Big Moral Questions
We solved this already… didn’t we?
Cast Off ARC Review: a culture clashing, slow burn romance with soul
My Chemical Romance at Bellahouston Park: Long Live The Black Parade Review (Glasgow 2026)
the grand couvert Review: historical fiction gold with an evil cat
Tiny Bookshop Is a Cosy Game Made for Book Lovers
It’s Because of Her Review: Indie Ghost Pulp Done Right
The Coffee Shop Has Entered the House
Veiled Court Review: The Grown-Up Romantasy I’ve Been Waiting For
Gravitido ARC Review: Genius, Stupid, and Completely Brilliant
Death on a Dinner Cruise Review: A Cosy Mystery Worth a Weekend
Why Is It So Hard to Find a Standalone Fantasy Book?
A Bargain with a Darkseer Review: Predictable, but Easy to Enjoy
A Deceitful Fate Review: Strong Ideas, Familiar Execution
Moleskine Went Full AI on LOTR and I’m Not ok
YouTube in 2012: The Golden Era of Internet Fame
I Started Posting on social media Again (And It Wasn’t As Deep As I Thought)
Sea Blooms Review: The Cosy Fantasy That Actually Feels Real
The Most Masculine Man in the Manosphere Is Louis Theroux
Five Songs That Instantly Take Me Back to 2014
Why Women Have to Justify Their Guilty Pleasures
The Girls Were Starving: Growing Up With Diet Culture and ANTM (Part 2)
America’s Next Top Model: The Netflix Documentary That Exposes Tyra Banks’ Accountability Problem
I Watched Citizen kane so I wouldn’t look Stupid
My favourite Superbowl performances (biased and not always about the music)
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