26th November 2023
Wes Anderson continues to evolve his style and push the boundaries of cinema in his new short movies on Netflix On the vast Netflix platform, we have the uniqueness of Wes Anderson’s latest offering to his by now, huge audience. It is a trip into the world of Roald Dahl’s short stories, combined with Anderson’s ...
24th November 2023
Millie Bobby Brown joins the cast of celebrities vilified for their use of ghost writers with her debut Nineteen Steps. Another victim of the ‘actor turned author’ pandemic has been named. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown released her debut novel Nineteen Steps this September, joining the ever-expanding list of celebrities who have developed an ...
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 ...
27th March 2023
The University of Oxford has become amongst the first UK higher education institutions to ban intimate relationships between staff and students – and Niamh Flanagan argues the University of Glasgow should follow suit. The University of Oxford has this month announced a ban on intimate relationships between staff members and students, following examples set by ...
27th March 2023
So far, 2023 has been dominated by violence against women, and shameful press coverage of these crimes. Why are women not respected by the press, even in death? Throughout the first two months of 2023, the news has been dominated by stories of violent and unspeakable crimes against women. From the disappearance of Nicola Bulley, ...
27th March 2023
Harmful stereotypes obscure the real issues faced by many students whose mental health is suffering as they attempt to cope with multiple competing obligations at university. In a culture that continually perpetuates narratives of university students as living lives of hedonism and alcohol fuelled inertia, attempting to initiate conversations around the necessity of rest for ...
27th March 2023
Using trigger warnings is necessary and helpful when presenting potentially disturbing content. But does their increased use in higher education settings make a mockery of the idea as a whole? Trigger warnings are exactly as the name suggests. They warn of potentially triggering content: things that some audiences might find uncomfortable or disturbing. For the ...
27th March 2023
Writer Alexandra Agar explores the growing and changing world of leftist groups and movements. Leftist politics and youth collectives have gone hand-in-hand for decades. The origins of these groups, as we see them today, began around the 1960’s following the US invasion of Vietnam in 1965, the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and civil ...
22nd March 2023
The clunky and thoughtless edits to the novels of Road Dahl show exactly why we shouldn’t change literature to conform to modern cultural standards. ‘Bowdlerization’ refers to the expunging of offensive or unsavoury material from an artistic work, particularly for the alleged benefit of children. The term originates from Thomas Bowdler who, in 1807, published ...
22nd March 2023
Presenter Gary Lineker was allegedly instructed to apologise for his “partial” comments about Suella Braverman’s immigration policy, but has the BBC ever truly been impartial? “There will be no loyalty, except loyalty toward the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother…”wrote George Orwell in 1949, about a fictional reality, under ...
