Adrienne’s Annals

Books at the centre of the universe

In conversation with the Casual Readers Book Club founder and Children's Editor, India Chambers

Dec 11 • Adrienne

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November 2025

“Stop doing boy drugs, be a lady.”

An exploration into why lean consumption is more taboo for women than men

Nov 13 • Adrienne

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October 2025

Eugene, Obiora and Jaja

How Chimamanda N. Adichie illustrates patriarchy as a double-edged sword in Purple Hibiscus (2003).

Oct 9 • Adrienne

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August 2025

Skepta's Bullet from a Gun (2019)

Five lines that changed my life

Aug 11 • Adrienne

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July 2025

"black british music (2025)"

Linguistics, South London and the appeal to memory in the construction of the Black-British Identity by the UK Underground scene

Jul 26 • Adrienne

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June 2025

Miss Myrtle's Garden as an Ode to my Grandmother

I went to watch Miss Myrtle’s Garden, a play in which ‘life and death coexist’, with a friend and it was fantastic.

Jun 23 • Adrienne

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My ambitions regarding young people in poverty and mental health in the U.K.

As candid as I've ever been

Jun 12 • Adrienne

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May 2025

'Til Shiloh' 30 Years On

What do we owe the Rastafari?

May 9 • Adrienne

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March 2025

For Old Times Sake

On Familiarity and Nostalgia

Mar 25 • Adrienne

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Sunday League, Challengers, and the Intimacy of Sport

How Challengers (2024) made me rethink my love for Football

Mar 2 • Adrienne

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February 2025

Awkward, Black and Queer

Parallels of Innocence and Alienation in Moonlight (2016), Real Life (2020) and Boarders (2024).

Feb 9 • Adrienne

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January 2025

"YOU went to Oxford?"

Who gets to be deemed as 'intelligent'

Jan 21 • Adrienne

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