Recently, Ben Wheatley has announced his last project as an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. This comes hot on the heels of the success of A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper’s attempt at the story that has been put into film twice before. So what is so special about stories like these that means […]
Helpful resolutions: Go Outdoors
In order to improve my mental health and work on my relationship with exercise this year, I’ve made a resolution to go outside more. The aim is to do at least one outdoor activity per week and leave my phone at home for that time. I’ve found over the last few years that going on […]
Shaved Head Style: A Close Shave with Misogyny
Recently, Millie Bobby Brown has stated that she wants to shave her head again. This is reflective of a growing trend amongst girls and women in the limelight, from Anne Hathaway to Rose McGowan, forgoing wrestling with long locks and mane-like extensions to give it all up and chop it all off. Worryingly, as with […]
Favourite Exhibitions Of Summer
Kaffe Fassett’s designs have always held sentimental value for me. My mother has always been a huge fan, recreating thousands of his designs through his knitting patterns making jumpers for herself and the rest of our family. Walking into this exhibition was an immediate reminder of why both her and I have such a soft […]
Half measures be damned: Topshop’s continued exclusion of plus size women
Earlier this month, Topshop announced they would be selling jeans in half sizes; rather than the waist size of their jeans increasing in two inch increments, they will now be sold in one inch increments, almost doubling the number of sizes currently available. Women everywhere were delighted, there was celebration all over Twitter and hundreds […]
Why pineapple doesn’t belong on pizza
University is a time for self-discovery. You can have new experiences. It’s a time for learning about who you are, what you like, what you dislike. You can stumble home from unit one, having resisted Sidwell Street’s various takeaway offerings, knowing in the back of your mind that the two for one Dominoes code is […]
To Lent or not to Lent
Lent is one of my favourite times of year. I don’t really know why because it involves self-sacrifice, not something I particularly enjoy, and I’m not at all religious, but something about it gives me a sense of satisfaction that is worth the sacrifice. Like a lot of people (I hope), I fake productivity by […]
Saying “I do” to Valentines Day
There are many reasons to dislike Valentines Day. It glorifies being in a relationship over being happy and single, the price of chocolate rises simply because it is heart shaped, and many claim it is a holiday invented by Hallmark to sell more cards and fill that annoying gap between Christmas and Easter. Even for […]
New Year…Same Me?
I have a long and complex history with New Year’s resolutions, and by long and complex, I mean every year for a month starting January 1st I body shame myself roughly 120% more on a daily basis than I do the rest of the year. For the last eight years, whether I’ve admitted it to […]
Shout out to my Exe
The University of Exeter: probably the best university campus in the world. Well, probably not, but it’s still pretty good. Studying abroad, especially where the ground is covered in snow eight months of the year, has made me appreciate Exeter’s very green campus. We all know about our outstanding tree to student ratio, see our […]