journalist & writer
By Sara Valle-MartÃnez Being a fan is hard. As Caitlin Moran puts it in her book, How To Be Famous, there’s something incredibly intimate about consuming someone else’s art. And the connection is even stronger when you’re a teenager exposed to any kind of stimuli. It’s especially hard if you’re a girl. Inevitably, being a teenager means feeling …
By Sara Valle-MartÃnez Green Day Greeen Day's Dookie marked a shift in many teenagers' lives years after it was released. But it was the band's American Idiot that made them accessible to teens with smeared eyeliner and Converse shoes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ee_uujKuJMI It doesn't matter if you were alive or not when Basket Case was released, it …
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By Sara Valle-MartÃnez (top image courtesy of Deva Fernández) Back in the beginning of 2010, people moved from MySpace to Tumblr, a social media platform in the form of a blog that allowed users to post and reblog photos and texts of all kinds. With the death of MySpace, emo kids were left with nowhere to showcase their music …
By Sara Valle-MartÃnez Apart from teaching us about our ancestors, art is a means of communication to express our feelings, thoughts, and even beliefs without words. In fact, it can help us inadvertently understand someone better. Sometimes that is especially helpful with children. You may think children are simple and you know what they need …
By Sara Valle A couple of self-employed artists who were facing financial ruin because of the pandemic are planning to expand. Lianne and Jean Le Roux, owners of Good Fortune Studio in 123 King’s Cross Road, are hoping to move to Blackfriars by 2022. They opened their business after working in the permanent make-up and …
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By Sara Valle A senior foreign correspondent for ABC News highlights the lack of diversity in British journalism. Ian Pannell, who prior to joining ABC worked for BBC for over twenty years, said: “There’s been a lot about diversity in the media, which is a huge issue about race, and about sex and sexuality, who’s actually …
By Sara Valle. Main illustration by Miguel Arévalo I was scrolling through a mattress company’s website this week and it made me feel quite lonely. You may ask yourself why. Well, truth is that I’m single and this company was clearly targeting couples. “The roll-over effect doesn’t happen with our range of organic mattresses. You …
By Sara Valle When you move into the country, the cultural shock includes food, weather, and language amongst many others. Going out with the friends you make in your brand-new life can increase the feeling of living in a different reality if you can’t communicate. It is estimated that 1.5 billion people speak English worldwide, but …
By: Sara Valle Tesco is installing X-ray scanners to avoid staff pilfering. The British company Tesco lost over £1.2 million during 2020. The retailers found that, for every £5 profit the staff stole £1. Tesco installed security scanners at staff entrances of 6,000 of their major stores to prevent staff pilfering. Photo by Erik Scheel on …
By: Sara Valle New Scientist Chief Editor Photographer spoke to London Metropolitan’s Journalism students about the basics of photography. Last 5th of November, Journalism students had the opportunity to meet with Adam Goff, who has been working for New Scientist magazine for 27 years, to discuss the relevance of photography in journalism. Photo by ATC Comm …
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