Haven’t yet figured out how you’re going to celebrate the Bard’s 400th death anniversary, or (more likely) haven’t thought about it whatsoever? Not to worry, here are a few ways you can commemorate the greatest man in English Literature (look out for coined Shakespeare phrases along the way!). Go full-on...
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Paris est une fête, truly. Breaking through the dense Parisian accents filling the smoggy air is difficult, but the reward is ample: expect to hear conversations on matters ranging from Matisse to Montaigne, Marine Le Pen to movements in money markets. The café culture is alive, and so too is...
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The remake of Ghostbusters – a film full of nostalgia and loved by all – has invited its fair share of criticism, attacking its cast, lazy humour and sheer pointlessness, but it certainly can’t fall down on its scientific credentials. Director Paul Feig is a self-confessed tech-nut, and he was eager...
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Today the Queen turned 90. Amongst the celebration of our longest reigning monarch are some comments and remarks of a more negative tone.
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Today (23 April) marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. He is considered by many to be the best English playwright ever and most of his plays are still regularly performed around the world every year. But how has his work stood the test of time? Why is he still such...
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‘Oy with the poodles already’, Gilmore Girls is back! Yes, it’s true, our favourite fast-talking, coffee-drinking, binge-eating mother and daughter duo are headed back to our screens! Thanks to Entertainment Weekly (EW), we know that we will once again be able to escape to the quirky, yet comforting world of Stars...
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The Brontë novel which influenced my life the most was Jane Eyre. As the first novel I had to study for my GCSEs, I immediately disliked the text. However, after deciding to re-read Jane Eyre in my final year of A-Levels, I finally got it. I think the best thing about reading Jane...
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Slacktivism defines our generation’s way of protest. We like Facebook posts and we sign petitions. But many say our generation’s activism is lazy.
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Thanks to Leicester City and Danny Willett, 2016 is becoming the year of the underdog. We look back at five of the greatest sporting shocks
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Tucked behind King’s Cross Station is a rather unassuming, easily passable building. It does not dominate the area where it sits like many London theatres, but it exists quite happily as the King’s Cross Theatre, home to the current production of In The Heights. In The Heights is a musical...
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There was no possibility of taking a walk that day – the Midlands drizzle meant that all the freshers were stuck inside. Meanwhile, 3 had left his bolognaise all over the stove, 8 had used Jane’s Nutriblend without washing it up, and there was no escaping the smell of the ‘cocktail’...
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With Stratford Upon-Avon just over the road, you must have been living under a rock if you haven’t noticed the inundation of all things Shakespeare to mark the four hundred year anniversary of his death. But as 23 April comes around, make sure you’re not so busy appreciating the Bard that you miss the...
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At the National Union of Students (NUS) conference held in Brighton, Malia Bouattia was elected as the NUS president for the upcoming academic year, becoming the first female black Muslim to do so. Ms Bouattia won with a total of 372 votes, 44 more than competitor and current president Megan...
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