All posts tagged student media
“A show that wants you to sit back, put on the cruise control and listen to endless tales of the vast American highway.” – American Gods Season 1 Spoiler Free Review
“Do you believe in a god?” This question has been central to human existence since our genesis. We have never lived in a time without gods influencing a part of […]
The Return of the Romantic
Think about the Romantic period, and unless you’re midway through your English degree – and honestly even that is no inoculation – you’ll probably think of a figure of the […]
Lamia
Unravelling herself from the Gordian Knot that is sleep, Lamia, who has eyes like a peacock, stared nervously at her reflection in the adjacent mirror. Her vermillion-spotted body felt endless […]
Pink and Blue
She had been letting the sun in through the window since February. In April, she heard the song that they would later refer to as ‘our summer song’. In June, […]
*’Oh Hello, Broadway’ Review – Theatre is the hot new thing… on Netflix
*‘Oh hello’, a phrase exclaimed in greeting when one wishes to convey surprise and a discernible amount of polite hesitancy in their response, more often than not to mask a […]
We Need To Talk About Food
When someone says the word ‘relationships’, it sets off a stream of images of romance, couples, even friendships, but what has recently arrested my attention is people’s relationships with food. Supermarkets are […]
The Mummy Review – The ‘Dark Universe’ Needs a Few Bandages to Bring Itself Back to Life after this Lukewarm, yet Innocently Fun, Start
If there is one trend that has really surged into the blood stream of the film industry, it’s the so-called ‘Cinematic Universe’. Marvel, DC, Fox, they’ve all jumped aboard the […]
Taking Our Country Back
The bright, otherworldly hours of the morning after a sensational night for British democracy have been met, necessarily, by a sober tempering of jubilation; though critically wounded, the Conservatives look […]
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Review – Ahoy, Another Instalment, Treading Tame and Familiar Waters, but with new Crewmates to Keep the Franchise Afloat
With the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, I appear to have a love/hate relationship. The first film, subtitled The Curse of the Black Pearl was a huge success, commercially and […]