The 91st Academy Awards are happening in just under a month’s time and all eyes are on whether Black Panther will become the first superhero film to win Best Picture, or whether Glenn Close will finally win the award for Best Actress after 7 previous nominations. As a result, the Best Foreign Language Film category […]
Words for the bin: ‘Inclusivity’
First of all, I’d like to state that I absolutely love the fact that the beauty and fashion industry is being redefined – it’s been a long time coming and finally more and more clothing stores have a plus-size range and the make-up industry is producing foundations for every skin tone. The fashion and beauty […]
Apostasy: Review
What must it be like to renunciate your religion? This topic is explored in Daniel Kokotajlo’s harrowing and tragic debut feature ‘Apostasy’, a film based on his own personal experience of leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect in which he was brought up. The story is centered around a mother and her two daughters living in […]
Review of the Australia Open
The Australian Open tournament 2017 symbolised the comeback of the over-30’s, who took centre stage and dominated proceedings. Roger Federer, at the age of 35, won his 18th Grand Slam title against 30-year old Rafael Nadal in a scintillating 5-set thriller. Venus Williams, at the age of 36, became the oldest woman to reach the […]
The controversial rise of RB Leipzig
As I watched my hometown club RB Leipzig triumphantly beat FC Saarbrücken in the Red Bull Arena on the last day of the season in 2014 and thus ensure their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, I had no idea that they would become the success story that they are now. Winning four promotions in seven […]
The revolution will be televised
In just 3 months since Manchester City’s first Premier League game against Sunderland, Pep Guardiola has transformed the way that City play football, with both his 4-3-3 tactical formation, that has lead him to so much success at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but also the way in which he has revitalised the players, most notably […]