We love a good interview profile here at Read The Room. As it’s been a bit quiet on these pages in recent months, we decided...
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'Read The Room' Recommends, Vol. 8
For our final RTR Recommends of 2024, regular contributor Amber shares some of her film, TV and book highlights including the magazine's first ever video...
The Holmwood Foundation: a Dracula podcast with a queer modern bite
“A Secretive organization. Two antagonistic colleagues. Dracula's severed head.” Since his beheading at the end of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic novel Dracula, the titular character’s...
'Read The Room' Recommends, Vol. 7: Liam Knights Takeover Edition
Co-editor Alfie here! We’ve started reaching out to some of our favourite people and asking if they’d like to do a “Read The Room Recommends”...
The Power of Social Documentary Photography: Capturing Community Activism For Palestine
Since the invention of the camera during the early 1800s, photographers have documented everyday human life. Initially, documentary photography was used as a way to...
'Read The Room' Recommends, Vol. 6: Our Faves for August
This month, co-editor Helena shares some of her favourite books, music, films, TV, LGBTQ+ moments, and more for our 'Read The Room Recommends' feature... Movies: ...
Profile: First Age Comics - An Interview with Lucy Braithwaite
As part of our quest to amplify women, LGBTQIA+ and marginalised voices within arts and culture, we’re starting a brand new series of interview profiles...
Love’s Labour’s Found - Eastthorpe Hall: A Story of Restoration, Community and Healing
Discovering Mirfield I’m not sure what to expect as I exit the train in Mirfield, a small Yorkshire town sandwiched between Huddersfield and Dewsbury and...
Youth Mental Health Support: Insights from Northorpe Hall's Justine Haworth
Northorpe Hall Child & Family Trust is a small mental health charity based in West Yorkshire. Founded in 1963, the Trust initially provided residential support...
The Artist, The Imposter & Me: Navigating Mental Illness as a Freelance Creative
// ARTICLE INCLUDES MENTIONS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS, C-PTSD AND SUICIDE IDEATION // May is worldwide Mental Health Awareness Month. The occasion was first...