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Literature to inspire your travel bucket list

Literature has an amazing way of creating wanderlust with its elaborate descriptions of beautiful places inspiring readers to travel to the places featured in our favourite books. Whether it makes you want to go to Scotland or Thailand, we can definitely take our inspiration from literature. David Nicholls’ One Day...
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By , Feb. 3, 2019

A Korean Odyssey review

A Korean Odyssey (also known as Hwayugi) is a romantic, fantasy drama, starring Lee Seung Gi as Son Oh Gong, an immortal monkey spirit, and Oh Yeon So as Jin Seo Mi, a woman with second sight, who turns out to be no ordinary human but Sam Jong, who is destined to save the world. A Korean Odyssey is a modern, Korean adaption of a classical, Chinese story – Journey to the West – which was published during the 16th century and has been subject to many television and film adaptions.
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By , Feb. 2, 2019

The best books for your gap year

Many students decide to take a gap year between their final year of school and their first year of university education. However, this is also quite a popular way to spend the year between graduating and starting your career. Many use a gap year to travel while others may stay...
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By , Feb. 2, 2019

Why we should embrace standing ovations

As the cast re-entered the stage at the end of Hamilton, the whole crowd – including me – rose to their feet in eager applause. I had waited seven months to see the musical. It had surpassed my (very) high expectations and, in that moment, I was genuinely full of...
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By , Feb. 2, 2019

Hollywood films and US politics

I recently had the opportunity to watch Vice. The film, starring Christian Bale as former US Vice-President ‘Dick Cheney’, recounts key events in the politician’s life that led to his assumption of power. Now, as you may expect, the politics of the film are particularly obvious – director, Adam McKay,...
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By , Feb. 1, 2019