Four contributors make their case for the best coming-of-age films over the last four decades.
Review: Footlights’ ‘Oklahoma’
This year’s Footlights Northcott offering is a production of the one and only Oklahoma. With music and libretto by the ineffable Rodgers and Hammerstein, for years the show has been a complete critical and commercial success. Footlights’ offering is certainly a success, even if it is so with some hesitation. The tale is old as […]
Review: EUTCo’s ‘Lord of The Flies’ @ The Northcott
“There is a beast. Because I saw it”. I saw the beast of a show that is EUTCO’s latest Northcott offering, a contemporary retelling of William Golding’s ‘Lord of The Flies’. Casting aside any harrowing memories of GCSE English Literature, the production charges into the 21st century. It’ll make you laugh, it’ll make you cry, […]
Hungover Seminar Hacks
As I sit here, a weary and wrinkled soon-to-be third year student, it’s apt that I impart some of my top tips for making that 8:30 seminar and concealing the fact that you’re majorly hanging out of your arse. Fortunately for you, this is an area in which I am a certified pro. Having […]
The Lemmy’s Renaissance
Saturday May 26th marked the rebirth of a legend. Like a phoenix from the ashes, Saturday Lemmy has returned. Kind of. “Lost Saturdays” as it is now affectionately titled, promised a “huge, naughty affair with an extra side of fun”. It was definitely huge, in as much as the queue stretched back to the business school […]
Mind your language
University is a diverse, multi-cultural hub and can offer so many opportunities to experience new languages, customs, and cultures. However, in those first few weeks, this can be slightly overwhelming at times whether you’re an international student or from just across the border (be it physical or the north/south divide). When you’re feeling like hopping on […]
Spuddy love
There’s nothing better than receiving an unexpected delivery, especially when it turns out to be a message from a loved one. A new business venture is now allowing people to have a message inscribed on a humble potato and send it to a friend or relative. Forget the rise of the technological age, the postmen are […]
The maintenance loan rush
Student loan day. The most sacred date in every student’s calendar by a mile. You’ve already spent half of it before it arrives thanks to the somewhat misguided opinion that university students are mature enough to pay bills. Having to pay said bills is a great life lesson, mummy and daddy can’t bail us out […]
Deal or no deal – A look at Brexit
The stock market is an integral part of our infrastructure as a society which, thanks to The Wolf of Wall Street, most of us are aware of. However, what actually goes on inside it is usually of little interest except when it goes wrong. 30 years ago, on 19th October 1987, the financial markets went […]
Bake Off on Channel 4: No soggy bottoms here
Undeniably the jewel in the crown of British TV, The Great British Bake Off is back with a vengeance. After its move to Channel 4 and the loss of Mel, Sue, and Mary Berry, most of us sat with baited breath to see what would remain of the star show. Well, in all honesty, everything […]