Charlie Bentley-Astor

Charlie Bentley-Astor is a freelance writer studying at Cambridge. She tweets at @astor_charlie

Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions

How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?

On the commodification of the nation state

We should not underestimate the deep seriousness of sex

Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views

Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity

In pantomime, we know that people are pretending

An intellectual Robin Hood reclaims British history for those most underserved by elite narratives

Prospects for today’s students look bleak