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(1) I’ll start with a film that inspired my dissertation. It has its problems but the fact that it uses 10 languages (including 4 indigenous ones) and indigenous actors makes it a must see. A story about colonialism/exploration in the Amazon: Embrace of the Serpent!

(2) The Ambassadors is a painting that is very special to me because I remember spending 2 days with my dad when I was 8 exploring the National Gallery and this painting (it’s size and beauty) stayed with me forever and probably inspired me to go into history/art history!

(3) I struggled relating to my Latin American roots and when I decided to do Spanish Alevel I was told I wouldn’t get a good grade because native speakers never do. Laura Esquivel’s Como Agua Para Chocolate was the first book I read in Spanish and it filled me with joy and pride!

(4) Could this thread really go on without my main gal Jane Austen? No. I read Pride and Prejudice when I was 14. I remember being in WHSmith having won £20 worth of vouchers at school and decided to buy my first copy of Pride and Prejudice, that’s where my love for her started!

(5) yes it has to be Green Day. This was the first band I saw live and my first musical obsession. It gave my a “culture” when I thought I didn’t fit in and led to my other loves (my Chem/paramore). I don’t listen to them much now but I was meant to see them in June with my bf https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">