With women’s participation in sport the hot topic of the week, The Gryphon’s Adam LeRoux caught up with Emily Scarratt and Tamara Taylor of England’s Women’s Rugby World Cup winning side during Varsity last week. […]
Rugby Union: Aviva Premiership starts to take shape after early rounds
The Aviva Premiership is now five rounds in and the early matches have certainly thrown up plenty of exciting rugby and many shocks. There has been some predictably strong performances from the pre-season favourites and some […]
TV | Is it time The Simpsons left our screens?
On December 17th 1989, The Simpsons first aired. Margaret Thatcher was still Prime Minister and the Berlin Wall had fallen only a few weeks earlier – the world was a different place. Weathering comments from […]
Should Alan Pardew stay or go?
The case for the prosecution A lot can happen in four years, just ask Alan Pardew. From winning Premier League Manager of the Year in 2011/12, to having your very own website called www.sackpardew.com is […]
Music | In The Middle review Iceage ‘Plowing Into the Field of Love’
Iceage don’t strike as an ordinary post-punk group; over just a couple of years this Danish team has managed to become the flagman of the narrow subgenre of raw, almost warrior-like in its aggression Scandinavian […]
England confident ahead of Estonia test
So far for England, the road to Euro 2016 has been smooth. The Three Lions are currently sitting at the top of Group E after victories over Switzerland and San Marino, and success against international […]
Music | In The Middle review Ex Hex ‘Rips’
The Washington trio of Ex Hex, have a thing for sixties garage rock. Every stomping second of Rips is a loving tribute to guitar slingers past and present. The album opens with the ray-gun guitar […]
Music | SBTRKT @ O2 Academy 26/09
Ahead of his forthcoming album Wonder Where We Land, producer Aaron Jerome, more commonly known as SBTRKT, graced the O2 academy with the first night of his UK tour. Scuttling onto the stage in a […]
TV | Transparent a success for Amazon
Transparent, set in Los Angeles, focuses on a divorced transgendered father’s transition from Mort to Moira, and the lives of her three emerging adult children. We’re introduced to the oldest child, Sarah’s mundane family life, […]
The Lib Dems have got it right with mental health plans
On Wednesday, the coalition announced concrete plans to improve mental health treatment and end long-standing inequalities between physical and mental health by 2020. Announced by Nick Clegg during the annual Lib Dem party conference, this 5-year […]
Campus Watch – 12/10/14
News from campuses around the country LSE Rugby Team disbanded London School of Economics has disbanded its men’s rugby club after a leaflet it distributed ‘brought shame’ on the University. The Freshers’ week leaflet referred […]
Murray in a hurry
Andy Murray is up against it in his bid to make the ATP World Tour Finals, lying 9th in the ‘Race to London’ standings. The Scot has had an indifferent year by his standards, with […]