Tom Dormer discusses the origin our timekeeping system and attempts made at changing it
Time
The air it breathes of candles burned
The air it breathes of candles burned, Of crimson gold and tinselled dew, Where’er I walk the scent it soothes My crystal flakes like snow unturned. We sit as five and promptly feast On Christmas roast and turkey crisp, And I lay back upon your arm, Suckling the milk of your warm hand. […]
Every minute counts: Maintaining a work-life balance
There’s a certain irony in the fact that I’m writing this article in my pyjamas, having never gotten properly dressed, and only a few hours before the deadline. But haven’t we all been in a similar position? Occasionally for some, perhaps all of the time for others and never for a blessed few, work gets […]
Album Review: Beacon – Escapements
Jacob Gossett and Thomas Mullarney III first met at New York’s Pratt Institute, studying painting and sculpture respectively – and they’ve carried their artistry into the careful moulding of their last two albums. Ever since 2013’s The Ways We Separate, the Brooklyn-based duo working collectively as Beacon have made a name for themselves creating downtempo, […]
Immaculate Misconceptions: Does time speed up as you get older?
2015, where did that year go? It seems only yesterday that I was counting down the hours to the end of 2014, eagerly anticipating the New Year, and now here we are at the start of 2016. The past twelve months moved at breakneck speed with months going by as if they were weeks, at […]
Review: 24 Hour Plays
Theatre with Teeth, one of Exeter’s student run theatre companies, have set themselves the bold challenge of writing, directing and performing a play in the space of 24 hours, a feat most would find daunting if not insurmountable. As I take my seat in the M&D Room the excitement and anticipation of the audience is […]