It may feel as though you don’t get a spare second to yourself as a student, but when you have finished your lectures for the week, and all of your shifts at wo...
Let’s look back at the Next-Gen launch a few years ago. Among the many themes, social gaming was chief and we were ready for it. Sure, we had headsets on the ol...
We all heard Jeremy Clarkson's name in the newspapers and the news for weeks over the "fracas" with the Top Gear producer in March 2015 when he launched a seemi...
Whether it is 1 week, 2 weeks or just 3 days, your break up from university for Christmas is just around the corner. If you are just starting to feel the urge ...
Tina Fey's autobiography Bossypants is a very self-deprecating extremely funny book. What sets Bossypants apart from other autobiographies is the humo...
“Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism. Where modernism was about objectivity, postmodernism was about subjectivity. Where modernism sought a singular truth...
On the day of writing this, it is Sunday 9th November 2014; Remembrance Sunday. In other words, a day where we remember those who have lost their lives serving ...
Anyone who is, or was once a student, will agree that university life comes with no set routine. You are free to wander around wherever you want, whenever you w...
A few months back, a close friend of mine put a gun to my head (metaphorically) and made me put myself on an online dating site. I won’t say which one, but it s...
You know when you’ve had one of those days that’s engulfed by stupidity, nonsense and a complete lack of logic being applied to almost every situation? Well I’v...
Even with e-books on the rise, plenty of high streets still have a bookshop. Whether it’s a tiny independent one or a well-known brand like Waterstones, it seem...
We all grow up hearing about "The Greats", these men and women who wrote stunning, beautiful pieces of art, or said things that were so profound that you need t...
THE BAND WHO CRIED WOLF
Last month I went up to Manchester to meet one of the industry’s most talked about emerging bands, Demons Of Ruby Mae. DORM are already...
It's the end! The Office closes its doors after eight years. The US mockumentary warmed our Wednesday nights and found colour in the grey abyss of the office ...
As a teenager I left school twice, once at 16 to go Sixth Form College, and once at 18 to go to university, and I encountered many different teachers who asked ...
If you aren't afraid of some good old fashioned sentimentality then this is the story for you. Mitch Albom, the super talented writer who gave us the bestsellin...
I wish I could tell you that it is going to be an easy ride. Something that won't test you in any way, something that you won't grow frustrated with at times.
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We go through our lives so busy with work, assignments, friends, that we forget to take care of ourselves. Not just physically, but mentally as well.
I learn...
Handing in my dissertation was one of the happiest feelings and also, one of the saddest. Saying goodbye to Uni didn’t feel like a proper goodbye and yet, for t...
Recently, an opportunity to write for a online student magazine was sent to me via one of my university lecturers, something any English student with ...
In preparation for my first ever article for this site, I may have hit a brick wall in my first few attempts at trying to get some interesting ideas to talk abo...
It has probably dawned on you once or twice throughout studying your English degree, and if you’re anything like me you will have likely banished that thought t...
Why is it that I am most productive at stupid o clock in the morning? I hope you’re not here looking for an answer because I haven’t got one. All I know is life...
You are sat at your computer, it’s 3am and you’ve been staring at a blank screen for the past five hours, switching between Facebook and shopping sites.
Writ...
It's nearly time to start uni, you're all prepared for the start of term and you've read every article going on what university life's like, right? Now a postgr...
No fuss, minimalistic dressing has never been more in fashion – perfect for those of us who like to roll straight out of bed and go go go!
For those of you w...
So, we’ve all been there, right? All your friends are immersed in critical readings of Shakespeare and Spenser, or talking about the merits of Socrates’ philoso...
I didn’t play Naughty Dogs The Last Of Us first time around on Playstation 3 because horror games had never really been my thing. When I was using the PS3 I was...