27th March 2023
The COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in several pubs being on the verge of closure. Now, in their aftermath, the growing cost of living crisis and rising energy bills pose the biggest threat. Tucked away in the shadow of the railway bridge, my local pub has, for decades, been a fixture of the neighbourhood. It has an ...
8th January 2023
2022 has seen the Queen of Crime return from the dead. Martin Mullaney explores Agatha Christie mania. 2022 has, thus far, seen the release of both Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded Poirot adaptation, and See How They Run, a satirical send-up of the whodunnit centred around Agatha Christie’s famously unfilmable play, The Mousetrap. ...
20th September 2022
Is it worth venturing out of the West End bubble for a wee culture trip? Martin Mullaney investigates… I was in my first year of secondary school when the Burrell Collection closed. Now, after six years and many protracted renovations, the famed Southside museum is back in business. It would be wrong to describe the ...
9th May 2022
Martin Mullaney discusses how the Amazing Spider-Man comic series represents many of the authentic struggles of university life. I must confess that I don’t think I have ever read a novel that truly captured my student experience. I haven’t read one recently, and I certainly didn’t read one in school. What I did read were ...
29th November 2021
Martin Mullaney explores the idea of political neutrality within the judiciary system, highlighting the ways in which the system needs to work to separate political parties from law interpretation. Having your phone go off in a lecture, library, church, or just about anywhere where your offbeat ringtone will incur annoyed glances rather than laughs, is ...
