Though the term 'bucket list' has now become completely ubiquitous. Mae Losasso asks what it is about this intangible collection of dreams that has become so popular.


Queueing for Summits? Time to Kick the Bucket List

In anticipation of the Summer Solstice, we dive into mysterious group that links Stonehenge and Star Trek, King Arthur and Babylon 5, Christianity, Paganism, Zen Buddhism, New Age shamanism, Freemasonry, environmentalism, Julius Caesar, William Blake and the cosmos: druidry.


On Druidry: The Ancient Folks of England

It’s children’s fantasy at best, and saccharine and putrid at worst. So why are we still talking about Lewis Carroll?


Frumious Bandersnatch! How Lewis Carroll Changed Language and Logic

The rise of Christian worship in East London has inevitably meant a hipster makeover. What does this new church really say about our changing attitudes towards faith in 2021? And where have all the old parishioners gone? 


The Hipster-fication of the Church of England

Since 2016, a very public feud has been playing out between the artists Anish Kapoor and Stuart Semple. In a quest to find, and own, the blackest shade of black, and now the whitest shade of white, the Kapoor-Semple feud is a battle over pigment – but it’s also an assault on colour.


Cultural Chiaroscuro: How Colour Fell Out Of Fashion

Mae Losasso is a freelance writer who lives and works in the UK and Italy. She has written pieces for whynow about idiots and bad statues. She is interested in film, Italian culture, and social critique. In her other life, as an academic, she works on avant-garde poetry and architecture.

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