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Embracing Neurodivergence Onscreen and Off with 'The Birth of a Mall Goth'
FILM & TV, Uncategorized June 4, 2026

Embracing Neurodivergence Onscreen and Off with 'The Birth of a Mall Goth'

Read The Room Magazine First Birthday. Hand with red painted nails holding 1st birthday card featuring a robot in front of a bridge and river.
Categories EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL: One Year of Read The Room: Growth and Learning

  Alfie Whitby - Founder and Co-Editor of Read The Room. Hey everyone, it’s magazine founder and co-editor Alfie here! I started writing this editorial last month to coincide with our first birthday but external life stuff plopped itself into my lap, or rather, slapped me repeatedly around the face and…

by EditorDecember 13, 2024July 9, 2025
Joshua Idehen sitting with his arm out stretched. He is wearing a light coloured suit. Behind him is equipment from a launderette.
Categories MUSIC

All You Can Do Is Try: An Interview with Joshua Idehen

Joshua Idehen is a spoken word artist and musician. A British-born Nigerian, Joshua lives in Stockholm, Sweden where he collaborates with producer Ludvig Parment. Together...

December 2, 2024February 27, 2025
The Holmwood Foundation podcast artwork. Credit: Georgia Cook
Categories LIFE & CULTURE

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...

October 17, 2024December 2, 2024
Kneecap (BFI/Coimisiún Na Meán)
Categories LIFE & CULTURE

'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”...

September 23, 2024October 17, 2024
Sex Change - Shock! Horror! Probe! Credit: Spot On Productions
Categories FILM & TV

Sex Change - Shock! Horror! Probe!: An Interview with Director Kristiene Clarke

Nowhere is queer cinema more prevalent than at film festivals, especially those specifically designed to showcase the talents of our community. Such is the case...

September 22, 2024October 17, 2024
6 of Wands Tarot Card design by K. Briggs.
Categories ART

Profile: An interview with award-winning artist K. Briggs

I was first introduced to the wonderful artwork of award-winning graphic novelist and art educator K. Briggs via my wife. She had backed an interesting...

September 21, 2024September 23, 2024
Aaricia Lemaire on set of Ici Tout Commence.
Categories FILM & TV

“Carla has taken up a lot of space in my life with a lot of happiness”: A conversation with Aaricia Lemaire

++ This article is also written in French. To read that version, click here. ++ Aaricia Lemaire is a Belgian actress whose career is constantly developing. Since...

September 17, 2024September 21, 2024
Talina Boyaci, Bérénice Tannenberg and Aaricia Lemaire taking a photo on set
Categories FILM & TV

“Carla prend beaucoup de place dans ma vie, avec beaucoup de bonheur”: Entretien avec Aaricia Lemaire.

++ Cet article est aussi écrit en anglais. Cliquez ici pour lire l’article en anglais. ++ Aaricia Lemaire est une comédienne belge dont la carrière...

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
Photograph by Rachel O'Leary of students at a pro-Palestine protest at Leeds University.
Categories LIFE & CULTURE

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...

August 27, 2024September 17, 2024
A still from The Queen of My Dreams by Fawzia Mirza.
Categories LIFE & CULTURE

'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: ...

August 7, 2024September 23, 2024

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