The first in our series of the best and worst of 2017 comes from James Larner, with highlight PUBG and lowlight Battlefront 2. Highlight The core of PUBG is the uniqueness of each match. You never have two matches feel the same, due to the randomness of the plane’s trajectory...
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Giles Allen-Bowden considers the reasons why Wolff's new novel, Fire and Fury, should not be made into a TV series.
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Cogito ergo sum is probably the most famous philosophical phrase in the world. Perhaps though, had René Descartes been born 400 years later, he’d have coined the Latin translation for “I Snapchat, therefore I do”, because you’d be hard pressed to find someone who misses an opportunity to show off...
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Life doesn’t make narrative sense. It’s a confusing mess in which you are your own main character and simultaneously an extra or supporting role in the lives of others, too. And yet there are films that attempt to present real-lives whilst also making narrative sense. These films are broadly characterised...
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Disturbing, perplexing, and wonderful are all adjectives that spring to mind when it comes to describing Reality Dimmed, an exhibition of the British artist Clare Woods’ work, which debuted at the Mead Gallery in the Warwick Arts Centre this month. The exhibition features eight large-scale paintings, each of which was...
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2017 marked the year that The Internet, one of the most interesting young groups in modern hip-hop, allowed itself to disassemble somewhat, as several of its members began to focus on releasing solo work. While this could have been disappointing news in the wake of the group’s most recent and...
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Academics across the country feel that their research is being hindered due to a growing fear amongst universities of social media backlash.
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Molly’s Game marks Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, an exciting time for any fan of Sorkin’s famous quick-fire dialogue. In fact, not only did he direct the movie, but also wrote the screenplay; adapting it from Molly Blooms’ memoir ‘Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My...
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What’s not to love about a piping hot jacket, stuffed with bacon and cheese? These scrumptious skins from Kate Preston have us drooling.
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2017 was a big year for Hollywood. The industry was shaken by the effect of sexual misconduct in productions, following allegations against a number of big-name industry professionals, including producer Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey. Disney have kept their name firmly in the headlines following buying Fox for $52...
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The Golden Globes have been and gone and the 90th Academy Awards are on the horizon. On March the 4th, Hollywood will descend on the Dolby Theatre in anticipation of picking up one of those coveted golden statuettes. But what exactly makes a movie or performance Oscar worthy? Over the years,...
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Watching the pilot episode of five popular shows of 2017, it seems that sometimes the hype is justified, but not an indication of quality.
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Former Universities Minister Jo Johnson, acting as a belated Father Christmas, brought us all a present this past Boxing Day in the form of a new series of measures to punish universities that participate in “no-platforming”. Bored of getting along with family members at Christmas (he presumably thought), then why...
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