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Thoughts on Goya’s Black Paintings
Francisco Goya; a Spanish Romantic painter and printmaker, portraitist to the Spanish nobility. Later, after a period of personal suffering, he is the painter of the dark collection: the ‘Black Paintings’, which has stemmed controversial opinion. While some find his surreal ‘Black Paintings’ subjects intriguing and revelatory, others deem them too grotesque to be placed […]
Is too much pressure placed on the modern day sportsman?
As British athletes decorate the back pages on a daily basis and sometimes even the front, in the case of Wayne Rooney and his exploits in recent years, surely a responsibility exists for the modern day sportsman to fulfil the “role model” status. In regards to gamesmanship, the phenomenon of diving in the Premier […]
To print or not to print?
Honestly, the main reason I’m at Exeter isn’t because my career plans relate directly to my degree; I’ve no burning desire to become the next Plato, or enter into politics. If I didn’t participate in societies and intern, I’m pretty sure there’s no way I’d get a job after university – and to be honest, […]
Sabb Debate – VP Postgraduate
Online Editors Natalie Keffler and Harry Bunting report on the first Sabb Election of the week, for the role of VP Postgraduate The first debate of the week took place on Monday 25th February at 7pm, with Sunday Blake running unopposed for the position of VP Postgraduate after Tom Allars dropped out of the running, […]
Don’t Fear The Smear
If you haven’t heard, Smear For Smear was a campaign at the end of January this year, aiming to encourage women to go to their smear tests in light of the shocking statistic from charity ‘Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust’ that at least 1/4 of women miss their smear test and at a 21 year low […]
Review: Ebdons Refreshments
Two writers, James Garbett and Rowan Keith, were invited to brunch last Sunday at Ebdons Refreshments. Here’s what they made of it! Rowan: When Ebdons Refreshments opened on Sidwell Street last October, I couldn’t wait to try it out. Owned by Exeter-born Nigel and Poppy, the cafe has a beautiful traditional and vintage aesthetic […]
2020 Presidential Hopefuls: Joe Biden
Although he hasn’t given any official statement regarding his presidential run, this former vice president and right-hand man to former President Barack Obama would definitely prove to be a formidable opponent against his strong candidates. Having been in office for two terms, gives him an edge from the rest as he is already familiar with […]
A Case Against: Political Correctness
The purpose of this article is to rebut some views that have appeared in Exeposé over the past few weeks. A highly abridged version of these views goes, ‘as political correctness is about protecting minorities from white/straight/male-dominated society and language, it is in fact, inclusive and not censorious’. An even more abridged version is that […]
Exeposé Music’s Top Albums of 2018: 19-11
19 Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves The last few years have seen various pop artists look to country, folk and Americana music as sources of inspiration in order to achieve a more ‘authentic’ sound. But all it took was Kacey Musgraves releasing her third album Golden Hour to prove just how blended country and pop […]