Rebecca Claxton reviews the new John Lewis advert and the angry hype surrounding it Climate change, Brexit and terrorist attacks are consuming our thoughts this Christmas. So why in the midst of all this negative news are we condemning Edgar the dragon and labelling him as a capitalist trap. The bottom line is the John […]
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Let’s get quizzical
Danielle Darrah weighs in on the reliability of personality quizzes and their growing popularity Personality tests are everywhere – in job interviews, franchises and even entire books have been written on them, with the likes of Gretchen Rubin, a critically acclaimed author, writing The Four Tendencies. They date back to pre-Socratic Greece, with Hippocrates discovering […]
How the Grinch Saved the Planet
Lauren Haughey analyses our consumerist mindsets over the holiday period
“What We Said”: A Podcast Recommendation
Sophie Stoakes sings the praises of her favourite lifestyle podcast I cannot recommend the “What We Said” podcast enough. It is the first podcast I started listening to and the only one that I am sure to tune into each week. It is hosted by Jaci Marie Smith and Chelsey Jade Curtis, two best friends […]
“Stay sexy and don’t get murdered”
Sophie Goschen sings the praises of her favourite podcast, My Favourite Murder “Stay sexy and don’t get murdered” is the tag-line of the hit true crime podcast My Favourite Murder, and just one of the reasons you should listen to it right now. MFM is hosted by comic personalities Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, whose whip-smart wit, […]
Buy now, Pay Later
Yudy Wu interrogates the loan service Klarna and worries of its student appeal
Coupling up in Cuffing season
Georgia Shepherd explores the relationship trend of coupling up in the colder months
When does Christmas start?
Bryn Seltzer discusses whether it is okay to start celebrating Christmas now When the clock strikes midnight on October 31st, and as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” starts playing in the distance, we know that it is time. Christmas time. Yes, Halloween has barely finished and yes the beginning of those […]
Halloween Fights Plastic
Paige Insalaco advises us on how to have a sustainable Halloween I think we can all agree that Halloween is one of the most entertaining holidays we partake in, however, the sustainability of the tradition is being called into question given the current climate crisis we’re in. One of the most iconic elements of Halloween, […]
‘Coming out’ as sapiosexual?
Catherine Lloyd interrogates the notion of sapiosexuality, a “sexual attraction” founded upon intellect Mark Ronson, renowned producer for the likes of Amy Winehouse and ‘Uptown Funk’ maestro, roused a media frenzy last month with his supposed “coming-out” as sapiosexual. In reality what Ronson said was misconstrued and vilified. Whilst interviewed on Good Morning Britain – […]