Horror music gets an unfair maligning, but horror films haven’t done much to help their cause – loud jump scare music is about the sum of it, and that’s such a shame. Horror films have some of the best soundtracks in cinema so, with Halloween just around the corner, what...
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It’s hour 19 of my flight from London to Sydney. The reality is that sleep is unlikely at hour 13 of the flight; a baby is crying two rows down and my legs are numb from being seated for so long. Three hours still remain before landing and then I...
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Recent fiction seems to be fed up with the classic pattern of beginning-middle-end, where characters develop and solutions emerge. Anyone who has spent any considerable amount of time living as a human being knows that this structure by no means applies to real life. Not everything happens ‘for a reason’:...
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Tenikah Beveney tells us to stop freaking out about exercise and start losing ourselves to the music.
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Joel Rothwell is a Mancunian singer-songwriter who grew up writing and playing music alongside his Rebecca and who together took influence from Eminem, Maroon 5 and P!nk. He may be tiptoeing around the music industry at moment, but for a 20-year-old, he can at least say he has performed alongside...
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The commute to university or work can seem like such a drag and truthfully, such a waste of time. There are various ways the journey can be made a useful one, so make your time productive and start your day off right. With many students making the commute from Leamington...
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In this increasingly digital age, it’s not so surprising that we consider the addition of less traditional tasks on our ‘reading’ list, for example, the introduction of documentaries, or some form of video learning. Some of us may already use YouTube for explanations of complex concepts that you don’t understand,...
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When I thought about novels that made me uncomfortable, it didn’t take me long to come up with a list of the highest contenders: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind, in which an 18th century Frenchman with incredible olfactory faculties creates perfume from the corpses of virgins;...
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Matthew Dale explores the origins of chocolate.
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Cecil Rhodes, a 19th century mining magnate and the man after whom Rhodesia was named, for all his deplorably racist views was right about only one thing: that we have gotten lucky by the virtue of being British – English to Rhodes (because you know… 19th century). His reasons for this...
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Mischa Alexander gives advice on what to do when you are in the difficult situation of not liking your friend's performance.
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Chess – the brutal mental sport rivalled by no other intellectual battle. This month, the greatest clash of chess minds is taking place in the heart of London through the coming days. The prize, a 60/40 split of 1 million Euros to the winner, and even more valuable to the...
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Grad schemes can be a time of confusion and self-doubt. Kiera Thomas uncovers the best ways to get organised, stay optimistic and confident during this process.
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