20 years on, Angel is still better than Buffy
Barnaby Merrill reminds us why 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' spin-off 'Angel' is worth watching, and in many ways, is superior to its parent show.
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Dumbo: Review
Let’s start off on an honest note – the original Dumbo is not a particularly good film. It’s short, unfocused and really forgettable (and that’s before we even mention the tons of racism), but that makes it a perfect choice for a new re-imagining. Put Tim Burton in the director’s...
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Millions spent on marketing by UK universities to attract students
Universities in the UK are spending millions of pounds on marketing to recruit prospective students, Freedom of Information (FoI) requests sent by The Guardian have revealed. Hundreds of thousands were spent on various forms of marketing such as digital advertising and social media, as well as billboards, open days and...
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Cultural appropriation is not something we should be taking so lightly
For Christmas this year, I want people from positions of social power to understand that cultural appropriation is wrong. Sadly, according to a recent article published for Comment with regards to the recent Marks & Spencer (M&S) biryani wrap, it seems I shall never get my wish. The piece titled...
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The gender bias in book marketing
If we think back to the 1800s, a time in which female writers were not viewed with the same credibility as male writers, it is understandable why many female authors wrote under male pseudonyms. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë famously wrote under the pen names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell....
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The mammoth task of bringing species back from the dead
Stephen Jackson reports on recent progress in the use of utilizing frozen remains to clone the long since extinct woolly mammoth
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Young man stabbed near Leamington Train Station
A young man was stabbed and found by police outside Leamington Train Station on Sunday 7 April.
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‘Sick-flicks’ – is it acceptable to profit from sick teenagers?
The recent release of Five Feet Apart has sparked controversy online among sufferers of Cystic Fibrosis, as well with a wider scope of critics and audiences. Adapted from the novel by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis, the story follows two teenage sufferers of Cystic Fibrosis who fall in...
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Everybody’s talking about ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’
Emma Worrall discusses why the diversity seen in 'Everybody's Talking about Jamie' is so important and why its the perfect musical for 2019.
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Harvard University accepts record number of Asian-American students
Harvard university's list of students for the class of 2023 shows that the number of Asian American students is the highest it has been since 1980
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2019 is going to be better
The Interactive Futures Festival in Leamington had lots of highlights but it certainly wanted to go out on a bang. The final talk of the three-day event, by Alysia Judge of IGN fame, looked at the highlights of games coming out in 2019. In her predictions of what was to...
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Students from disadvantaged backgrounds less likely to achieve top grades
Students from disadvantaged areas are more likely to drop out of university and less likely to achieve top grades, a report by the Office for Students (OfS) has revealed.
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Coffee House Sessions: President Street
Naming Prince, Avenged Sevenfold, and Mariah Carey among their musical influences, President Street are an eclectic band headed by songwriter Pete Moses and based in Melbourne, Australia. Sarah Staniforth caught up with Pete, Ruby (lead vocalist), and Gav (guitarist) at Curiositea for an interview following their Coffee House Session on...
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