By A music professor at City has co-edited a book about BBC Radio 4’s long running and much beloved series, Desert Island Discs. The book, Defining the Discographic Self: Desert Island Discs in Context, was co-edited by Professor of Music, Stephen Cottrell, and looks at the role that music has played
By Quiz: How addicted to social media are you?
Is social media your bread and butter or the bane of your existence? It’s taken over most of the world, but how much has it consumed your daily life? Take this quiz to find out just how addicted to social media you are.
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By City journalism’s favourite pub goes vegan
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viN5tsU6ZO8] The Blacksmith & Toffeemaker, a favourite watering hole of City’s journalism students for many years, has gone vegan, reports Arielle Witter.
By Reporting at the World Cup: An interview with Henry Winter
Henry Winter is the chief football writer at The Times and a five-time winner at the Sports Journalists’ Association awards. He loves the England national team with a passion and has covered every one of their games – from Wembley to Beijing, and from Chicago to Rio – over the past 22
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By Welcome to the Zine Scene: a surprising success story of DIY publications
On the top floor of Edinburgh’s Central Library, an ornate building first opened in 1890, is a nondescript metal filing cabinet. Its top drawer is full of makeshift magazines, photocopied and stapled together. Across the pages are handwritten texts and drawings that cover the poetry of Bruce Springsteen, radical transfeminism
By Then vs. now: Photos of City’s retiring journalism lecturers
This year, four much-loved City Journalism MA lecturers are retiring. To celebrate their time here, XCity Plus has put together a selection of photographs from both their early years as lecturers and the present day. Professor Lis Howell Before joining City in 2002, Prof Lis Howell was a TV producer
By 10 women under 30 changing the face of journalism
It’s no secret that journalism lacks diversity, a survey by City in 2016 revealed that the industry was 94% white, 86% university-educated, and 55% male. But these 10 women are shaking things up, hopefully representing the beginnings of a much needed change in the industry. Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, 24, I newspaper, @CharlieBCuff Having graduated from
By The XCity Award long list has been announced
Investigations into the Grenfell Tower scandal, an expose of child abuse in Australia, and a bestselling lifestyle book, are among the work by City alumni celebrated in this year’s XCity Award for outstanding journalism. Nominations for the award, established in 2011 to mark the 25th anniversary of XCity magazine, have
By Nine photojournalists talk us through the story behind their favourite photo
The best photojournalism captures a moment that expresses something much bigger. It asks us to pause and consider these moments, and yet we rarely have the full story. How were these photos taken, and why? As the photographers talk us through their most powerful images, we are given a rare
