The Destiny Of The Great Social Gaming Experiment
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...
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Jeremy Clarkson Cancer Scare: A brave man, or an immature one?
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...
How To Tackle All Those Last Minute Assignments Before Chrimbo*
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 ...
Book Review: Tina Fey’s Bossypants
Tina Fey's autobiography Bossypants is a very self-deprecating extremely funny book. What sets Bossypants apart from other autobiographies is the humo...
Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints – It’s All Relative
“Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism. Where modernism was about objectivity, postmodernism was about subjectivity. Where modernism sought a singular truth...
Remembrance Day
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 ...
Students: Pros at Procrastination
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...
Everything you ever wanted to know about Online Dating but were afraid to ask
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...
May I Be Pretentious For A Second?
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...
5 Books That Changed My Life
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...
The Greats
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...
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QuizUp: Review
How was coffee delivered to houses in the US in 1900? This simple question is one of many ...
Interview with the DEMONS
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...
Goodbye The Office
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 ...
Just a Degree or Wild at Heart?
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 ...
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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...
Good writing is like…..
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. ...
Mental Health and Student Life
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...
Transitions
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...
The Student Bubble
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 ...
The Role of Music in the Search for Inspiration
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...
Problems EVERY English Graduate Faces
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...
No Sleep Again
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...
Where will you be when writer’s block strikes?
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...
An English Literature degree – what’s it really like?
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...
“Normcore” is it here to stay? PLEASE.
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...
The Literary Closet
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...
At Last The Last of Us
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...
Must-Know hacks you need to know as a student
With results day just around the corner, here is some tips for when you get to University. Learn how to study effectively. Most college students go through h...