Impracticality – 1/5 Unsightliness – 4/5 Suitablility – 2/5 Look, I love a bright neon shade as much as the next girl, but I much prefer it when that neon shade is not assaulting my eyes with how bright it is. Neon green is apparently this season’s go-to shade, and I am not here for […]
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Trends I Hate – Super Chunky Trainers
Impracticality – 3/5 Unsightliness – 4/5 Suitablility – 1/5 Look, I’m girl who likes heels. A boost to their height is always welcome, and I’m not much of a stiletto girl either – show me a chunky platform heel and I will show you a shoe I am in love with. However, with fashion, as […]
Trends I Hate – Vinyl Makeup
Impracticality – 5/5 Unsightliness – 3/5 Suitablility – 2/5 So-called ‘vinyl’ makeup hit the runways this year, with models displaying their glossy eyelids, super-sheen cheekbones and high-shine lips, and there have been multiple different beauty articles detailing how exactly one should style these trends. Well, I’m saying it – one should never style these trends. […]
Trends I Hate : Shaggy Faux Fur Coats
Impracticality – 3.5/5 Unsightliness – 2/5 Suitablility – 4/5 Look, I get it. It’s winter, it’s cold, and all you want to do is wrap up nice and warm in a blanket away from the icy winds and freezing rain. However, that is no excuse to parade around in a coat that makes you look […]
Trends I Hate – Low Rise Jeans
I was having a lovely winter break. Seeing my family, friends, feeling very festive and very much in the spirit of good will to all. I even wondered how on earth I’d come up with a trend to hate, considering my glowy outlook on the world at the moment. Then, what should I find whilst […]
Everyday Ideology: Jordan Peterson and the Crisis of Anxious Masculinity
We should not pretend otherwise: it is not a coincidence that the recent upsurge in popularity of the Toronto-based clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson comes at a time of tremendous existential pressure for masculine identity. Despite having been excoriated in the liberal press as a political reactionary who betrays an unprofessional academic status with his […]
Iran’s Presidential Elections – a key moment in the country’s post-revolutionary history
On the 19th of May, Iranians will have the chance to vote for their country’s most senior elected politician in the 12th Presidential Elections to be held since the Revolution of 1979. The Islamic Republic of Iran is run by a combination of elected politicians and appointed figures from among the country’s most senior religious […]
The Rugby Review: Champions Cup Quarter-Finals
English clubs represented 2 of the final 8 in the Champions Cup Quarter Finals, with Wasps travelling to Ireland to play Leinster and Saracens welcoming Glasgow Warriors to London. Leinster and Wasps kicked off the weekend’s Champions cup action in a hotly anticipated contest at the Aviva Stadium. Wasps’ attack has been on red-hot form […]
The shadow of Andrew Jackson looms heavy over the Trump presidency
“We are living in an unprecedented time in politics” has become a bastardised phrase in the post-2016 zeitgeist. Overused by pundits since Trump’s inauguration to feed an already-weary public, it is false because it is not informed by history. One populist president, Andrew Jackson, ruled from Washington in the nation’s infancy with both longevity and […]
The Rugby Review: Aviva Premiership Round 15
There were upsets throughout the fixture list this weekend as we take a look at the action in round 15 of the Aviva Premiership. Saracens suffered their second defeat in a row on Friday under the lights at Kingsholm. Although Sarries took an early 3-7 lead, it was Gloucester who were the better side on […]