What better way to celebrate end of exams than a break which doesn’t break the bank… If you are thinking about gallivanting away to some exotic, or not so exotic, location this summer, then why […]
Thorium: War and peace in the Atomic Age
‘Atomic’ is an ominous phrase and has precluded a paranoid age. North Korean nuclear weaponry is threated to point America’s way. Iran’s ‘peaceful’ production is hinged under an unstable theocracy. The events of Chernobyl and […]
Library tensions
We have our desired seats in the library. Perhaps in the corner, a Herculean desk, a stairway to heaven equidistant from the water cooler and photocopier, 2 symmetrical sockets longing to be plugged in and […]
“Lies, damn lies and statistics”: How to pick apart science headlines
The writer Mark Twain once wrote: “there are just three types of lies: ‘lies, damn lies, and statistics“. I couldn’t have put it better myself. For a number of reasons, rubbish appears in our newspapers; […]
Nothing but a bad memory
Ridding yourself of hurtful or embarrassing memories may seem ideal. Equally, finding a way of legally enhancing your memory skills would be desirable when having to recall information in those end of year exams. Recent […]
Street Style: Campus Cuties
Riddled with revision, deadlines and looming exams, some are successfully managing to balance style with stress.
The Interview: Caitlin Moran: “And that’s why I’m running for Prime Minister”
Mod-feminist Caitlin Moran speaks exclusively to Lucy Holden about previously unrevealed self-harm, a new sit-com, and why she doesn’t want to do interviews anymore – all at a hundred miles an hour. Caitlin Moran […]
TV: Anna & Katy
Channel 4 owes my housemates an apology. More than once have they been disturbed by a terrifying and prolonged cackling coming from my room. This is usually followed by a form of coughing fit trailing […]
Comedy | Mum, Dad… It’s the Tealights
4/5 stars Following a critically acclaimed summer run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Tealights sketch comedy group returned again to The Library pub to tantalise their home audience with a plethora of weirdly wonderful […]
Theatre | The Last Five Years
4/5 stars A musical with only two characters, no dialogue, focussing on the traumatic relationship of a young american couple. Not exactly my cup of tea, but after MT’s glorious production of The Last 5 […]
‘Do we really need another one?’ – The Hollywood Franchise
Cover your eyes and plug your ears, a new Scary Movie is out in cinemas. The fifth instalment of this godforsaken franchise is now upon us, released like a plague of has-been D-list locusts. Here’s […]
Film | Evil Dead
4/5 stars Even for a remake of a beloved cult classic, Evil Dead has a pretty tough gig; it has to live up to both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s inimitable 1981 original and last […]