It was when I was scrolling through Tumblr the other day that I realised how much fan satisfaction Catching Fire has attracted. It’s usually very difficult to achieve great reception when doing a movie adaptation of a […]
Blogs | Lazy Afternoons w/ Outlaws Yacht Club & Mrs Atha’s
On paper, Outlaws Yacht Club looked like it fitted the bill for a long lunch in some new surroundings and a few celebratory post hand-in drinks. With the promise of mulled wine and scotch eggs […]
Film | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Just not quite long enough to do justice
Image: Videovision Entertainment A film based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom, was always going to be successful in the post-Christmas cinema listings. It was also bound to receive a plethora […]
Fashion | If money weren't an issue we'd be buying…
Jil Sander Riverton cashmere coat, £3,410 at Harrod’s. January. Infamously the most miserable month of the year where the realization dawns on us that it’s another twelve months until Christmas and January exams are only […]
Lifestyle | Brain food to help you through the essay and revision period
Balancing revision and a healthy lifestyle can be difficult, as it’s far too easy to opt for a frozen pizza rather than put the effort into cooking from scratch when the all-important exam period is […]
News | Union card compares women to dogs
A card comparing women to dogs and suggesting that they have chlamydia has been on sale in the Union this week. The card, which featured a picture of a dog and the title ‘Beware of […]
Science | Meditation
Harvard Medical School is currently funding a five year study to investigate the impact of meditation on genes and brain activity in the chronically stressed. The prestige of this study may mean more medical practitioners recommend mediation […]
Features | How healthy eating can improve your grey matter as well as your waist line
As we move into 2014, many of us are starting to battle the bulge generated by all that turkey, pudding, chocolate and general rubbish we’ve inhaled over the Christmas break. None more so than myself. […]
Gielgud Theatre, London | Strangers on a Train – Good, but not Hitchcock
Image: Gielgud Theatre With stage decorations to fill any design student’s wildest dream, Strangers on a Train is not only a tense, emotive and dynamic play but a visual spectacle to remember. Based on Patricia […]
Comment | COP-out for the Warsaw talks
After the revelation that 90 companies have produced 63 per cent of the cumulative global emissions of industrial carbon dioxide and methane between 1751-2010, the role of corporations in the climate change debate was thrown […]
Art | D&AD: a design for life.
Image courtesy of TASCHEN D&AD is an originally British and now wholly international organisation that rewards commercial creativity, the self-titled Nobel Prize of the creative industries. Their yearly annuals bring together the work of those […]
TV | The 7.39 – A surprisingly enjoyable romance without the happy-ever-after cliché ending
For some reason re-reading Starter for Ten whilst at university has become a ritual to me. It’s set at university. It’s an easy read and has a satisfying ending. Thankfully it doesn’t follow the same […]