Haaniyah Awale Angus is an essayist, film critic, and culture journalist based in North London. She specialises in writing about film, internet culture, body image, mental health, and hot takes that plague her mind.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Communications, Media and Culture with Film Studies from Oxford Brookes University.
Angus' work has appeared in various online publications such as Gal-Dem, Metro, DAZED, Refinery29, VICE, and PAPERMAG. In 2021, her essay, "Keys to the Kingdom", was published by Penguin Random House in the anthology book Black Joy. In the essay, she examines racism in British cinema and deconstructs the concept of representation.
In addition, Angus publishes personal essays on her Substack called in a panoramic & pens a monthly film column for London-based film magazine A Rabbit’s Foot.
recent work
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How 2025 Killed Body Positivity
On body image, AI, thin is in and all the rest.
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The Summer I 'Quit' Makeup
on knowing the difference between good aesthetics and good politics
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On belonging and ‘Brooklyn’ (2015)
As John Crowley’s 2015 drama turns 10, our columnist Haaniyah Awale Angus pens a personal reflection on Brooklyn and her sense of estrangement from a stable concept of ‘home’.