Did the Hong Kong protests overshadow China’s 70th birthday celebrations? Foreign Correspondent in Seoul, Milana Nikolova, discusses the Hong Kong protests and their impact in tandem with the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist state. One, is that this time around, celebrations were even more magnificent than usual, considering this year is the 70th Anniversary […]
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100 Years of Salinger
Online Lifestyle Editor, Emily Pirie, takes a look at how J.D. Slainger’s ‘The Catcher in The Rye’ has affected our society on his 100th anniversary.
100 Years of Bauhaus
The Bauhaus movement, formed in the 20th century, was rooted in concerns over manufacturing and its soullessness; the movement aimed to unite the soul of fine art with more functional creations. It has stimulated rethinking the meaning of art, typically thought of as humanities, by fusing it together with more research-based science. The Bauhaus school […]
An ode to Labyrinth
When you ask many of our peers what their favourite childhood film is, you would expect to hear films like; James and the Giant Peach, The Page Master, The Lion King and so on. However, my clear favourite was the film Labyrinth. For anyone that has seen the 1986 David Bowie classic, you might see […]
Against the rock’n’roll aristocracy: an interview with Frank Turner
“there’s this higher class of rock star, who comes and delivers their songs to the people like breadcrumbs from a carriage and then fucks off again” Sitting in the tiny backroom of the Cavern, Frank Turner seems far too big to be there. Not only is his height dwarfing anyone else in the vicinity, but […]
EXP: A Pokétastic 20th anniversary celebration
EXP this time is brought to you by your host Harry Shepherd and joined by Head of News Jonathan Land, Exeposé Games Correspondent Sam Woolf and Tournaments Officer of Exeter University’s Pokémon Society Michael Griffith-Dixon. This week on EXP, we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise the only way we know how: we’re […]
Playstation: An appreciation
Happy birthday, dear PlayStation! Happy birthday to you!’ I sing, as I place my arm lovingly around my beloved console, ‘Oh PlayStation, my old friend, you’ve grown up so much. Wow, twenty years! Remember all those late night Tekken 3 sessions? Or how about that time I faked being sick so I didn’t have to go […]