The University Dilemma
As an eager first year, I have experienced so many new things since heading to University last September. Such as the feeling of regret after vomiting in my own...
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage – Haruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami
Harvill Secker
Release Date: 12th August 2014 Childhood friends don't often stick aro...
The end of community spirit?
We have all probably been there. Our mothers and fathers, and most likely our grandparents and other relatives have told us about "when it was our day" and this...
Maps to the Stars: Review
Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia and Nymphomania Parts I and II have brought him commercial success, David Fincher’s Gone Girl is just over the horizon and Christop...
From Russia with Love?
It has been quite a heart breaking week (and I am not talking about the Scottish remaining in the UK!), since my most recent flame has now been distinguished, t...
Oh My Doodle-God!: Review
Ever heard of playing God? Well you can! Albeit a tiny bit reversed. From Apple to Android this nifty little game allows you to be godly in your own living room...
Sex and Freshers
Yes, this is about sex, and sex talks can be awkward, but it's on a LOT of people's minds during the kick-off to uni. So, I'm going to help give you some advice...
Glue: The new skins?
Last Monday (15th of September) was the first installment of new E4 drama Glue. Based around a group of teenagers looking for fun, freedom and adventure in the ...
Inbetweeners 2: Review
As the sequel to the highly popular TV series come box office hit ‘The Inbetweeners’, The Inbetweeners Two had a lot to live up to. However with some fans unsat...
Cebu Shaboo; 24 hours with mind altering locals and teenage prostitutes.
Jesus Christ is looking down upon the scene with that sanguine, reassuring look so many brushes have etched onto his remarkably white face. A black spider is sl...
Out and Proud vs Out and Loud
As you may have figured from my other articles, I’m a gay man. Not ‘flamboyantly’ so, but nor am I a man’s-man either. I’m allergic to the gym, and I own skinny...
Don Jon: Review
Here we have the brilliant and talented Joesph Gordon Levitt with his directorial and writing debut but if thats not enough to wet your appetite then he also st...
The Best Episodes for an American Dad Marathon
If you like caustic humour and shameless jokes, you obviously love American Dad. With countless witty jokes and pop culture references per minute, this show is ...
Playing dress-up?
Guess who’s been learning some interesting things about early modern cross-dressing recently? That’s right, it’s me! I have to say that my current essay has bee...
Marriage Debate in the USA
The movement of same sex partnership emerged as a social phenomenon in the United States in the 1970s. However, it was not until 1993 that this became more infl...
LGBT Rights in the 2012 US Elections
The issue of same-sex marriage became a US election focus in 2012 giving the radical opposite views of both candidates. Barack Obama , who won the elections for...
Drink, dance, die.
My name is SarahLily.
Hi SarahLily
I have a drinking problem. Two of my closest friends have recently committed themselves to staying sober - very admirab...
Who do you think you are?
It's that time of year. Back to University and time to make a fresh start; a new impression. Whatever you were before you will no longer be and that long awaite...
James Fyfe: Fifty Shades of confusion, hilarity and inevitable disappointment
I've done it. I've jumped on the bandwagon, albeit slightly too late, and purchased a copy of what is now the best selling book in British history. When I say p...
Antichrist (2009) – Review
So I did it. I finally plucked up the courage to sit down and watch Antichrist; the film that enraged audiences all over the world. Three years after its releas...
Review: Friends With Kids (2012, dir. Jennifer Westfeldt)
From the pre-credits scene of the movie, it is fairly clear where Friends With Kids is headed in regards to the two characters we are first introduced to. Julie...
Fifty Shades of Grey…women’s porn or women’s lib?
In the week of June 4th – June 10th 2012 the Fifty Shades of Grey “x-rated trilogy”, to quote The Daily Mail, took the top three spots of the ten best-selling a...
Review: Cosmopolis (2012, dir. David Cronenberg)
It is always interesting watching a film at the cinema which provokes a response of mainly restlessness, murmurings, sighs and a few walk-outs from its audience...
Dark Shadows: Review
Based on a 1960’s gothic horror soap opera, it is little wonder that Burton’s latest creation, Dark Shadows lived up to the expectation of being weird. Weird...
A film for Paul Potts, a play for Susan Boyle – what will be next?
It seems 2012 will not be going down as the year that defined casting. You may have seen recently that Lindsay Lohan was set to take on the role of...
Just because I have a cleavage, doesn’t mean I want a drink.
We are bombarded with rom-coms enlisting the baby face of Leonardo Di Caprio, the gentleman, Colin Firth and the 'bad-boy' Hugh Grant. In films where the 'bad' ...
Twilight And 8 Romantic Movie Moments That Would Be Crap In Real Life
Men have it tough: you've been sold a romantic ideal by Hollywood that no woman actually wants. In fact, most of these romantic moments would see you kicked in ...
Dance for your money.
I could name, I'm not going to but I could, two people who I used to be at university with, who have turned to the stripping industry to help fund there way th...
HBO’s ‘Girls’ review
We’ve seen countless comedy shows that centre on a group of young adult friends, from school age in The Inbetweeners, university age in Fresh Meat, to the numer...
Myface and Spacebook
As I’m writing this I am working my way through what must be the worst hangover in the world. This bad boy needs international aid and a UN resolution to even b...