Throughout history the arts have documented and dominated public consciousness, both as a tool of power and of revolution. But if we think about what impacts our lives now, literature, music, and film certainly do, […]
Library Fest 2015: Stamping out the Shhh…
I know what you’re thinking. Library and festival – not two words you would usually put together. For us students libraries are stressful places, dark, dusty, silent, and for some reason always cold. They’re where […]
Reframing Distaster brings people from across the globe to discuss rebuilding of lives
We’ve all done it; watched the news reports, read the stories and shaken our heads – ‘those poor people’ whose lives are ripped apart when disaster strikes. We may all read the news, hold bake […]
Kajaki is a film everyone should see
With the recent centenary, the gravity of the First World War has been impressed on all of us. The poppies at the Tower of London, the war poetry and history lessons have all contributed to […]
The Waiting Room is a well written piece set in Purgatory
There have been many fictional accounts of purgatory, but in The Waiting Room, a play written and directed by second year student Dylan Marsh, it is portrayed as a room full of people from different […]
Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze’s MBE is not the most impressive thing about her
Walking into the alumni room in the school of English, I was greeted by the huge smile of a woman sitting casually on one of the sofa chairs, to which I couldn’t help but smile […]