Amy Butterworth reminisces upon My Chemical Romance following their return “If life ain’t just a joke / then why am I dead?” Life may still be a joke, but our four beloved New Jersey-born ‘emo’ superstars are dead no more; that’s right, My Chemical Romance have risen from the ashes. It’s time to smudge on […]
Digital Neologisms
Amy Butterworth explores the world of emojis and their potential engulfing of the literary world as we know it The ever-iconic Gina Linetti from ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ made an attempt at incorporating emoji-speak into her verbal lexicon: “the English language cannot capture the depth and complexity of my thoughts”, she says. Thus, a ‘winky-face’ 😉 here […]
The Slow Fashion Show review
Anna Romanovska and Amy Butterworth, Lifestyle Editors, review the eagerly-anticipated Slow Fashion Show The stately, history-laden walls of Exeter Cathedral housed the second annual Slow Fashion Show on the 21st September, an endeavour to inspire a future sans Fast Fashion. As part of Exeter Fashion and Beauty Week (which knocked LFW out the park), this […]
Spring your Wardrobe from Summer into Autumn
Amy Butterworth, Online Lifestyle Editor, offers fashion advice for transitioning between the warmer and colder months Autumn. Fall. L’automne. It doesn’t matter what you call it, you haven’t the faintest idea how to dress for the incumbent season. As the trees shed their leaves while we don layer upon layer, let’s also rework the narrative […]
Album Review: BROCKHAMPTON – GINGER
Lifestyle editor Amy Butterworth reviews the latest BROCKHAMPTON album.
Vintage Fashion Show Review
Amy Butterworth, Online Lifestyle Editor, applauds the Vintage Fashion Show, an evening of championing independent brands and celebrating decade-inspired pieces.
Do we put too much faith in predicted grades?
Online Lifestyle Editor Amy Butterworth reflects upon the anxieties students face over results.
An Interview with an Exeter University Climate Striker
Amy Butterworth, Online Lifestyle Editor, talks to Jessica Bains-Lovering about balancing student life with striking for Fridays for Future Exeter Meet Exeter University’s Jessica Bains-Lovering: Human Geography student by day, climate striker by night. As Fresher’s Week rolls around, she isn’t worrying about which sport club to join or where the biggest club night will […]
An Interview with Frocks in Swing Time #EBFW
Amy Butterworth, Online Lifestyle Editor, speaks to the founder of the Vintage brand in anticipation of their Vintage Fashion Show.
Drunk me is still me
Online Lifestyle Editor, Amy Butterworth, explores her relationship with alcohol and muses on drinking in moderation My relationship with alcohol has been an awfully long and winding passage, much comparable to the swirly straw you always hope to get with your piña colada (just me?) However, my alcohol experience now leaves me with a bitter […]