“It is foolish to run the risk of going mad for vanity’s sake.” After watching the TV show three times back-to-back during the 2020 lockdown, I was elated to find that ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ had been based on a book of the same name by Walter Tevis. Originally published...
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Some finance related new year resolutions for you to take inspiration from!
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I was born on November 17 2003 at 4:44pm. My sister was born on November 17 2003 at 4:45pm. That makes us twins: fraternal twins to be more specific. For those of you who may not know, fraternal twins result from the fertilisation of two separate eggs, whereas identical twins...
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“I am haunted by humans.” Who would’ve thought that a book narrated by Death would be so good? This book was so cleverly written – I’ve never read anything quite like it. Despite being a period of history which many writers have written about, I found The Book Thief, to...
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Going into this book, I was actually quite worried that it was going to be more of a childish fantasy novel considering it involves talking animals, flying witches, and an 11-year-old protagonist. However, upon finishing the book, I was actually rather impressed at how detailed the world-building was and how...
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Some of you may already know Eva Mozes Kor’s story from a viral Buzzfeed video posted in 2018 titled ‘I Survived The Holocaust Twin Experiments’, which now has over twenty three million views. However, I am here today to praise her emotional, heart-breaking yet extremely informative book, The Twins of...
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“You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. You like it. But there is a printer’s error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a replacement. But the replacement seems to be a totally different story....
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Game of Thrones is most commonly known as a show full of shocking moments. With major character deaths, betrayals, unexpected plot twists and outstanding cinematic quality, it is possibly one of the greatest TV shows of all time. On top of all of this, The Game of Thrones franchise has...
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Hannah Colechin recounts her Coldplay concert experience and discusses their promising environmental pledges.
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Goodreads is a social cataloguing website which contains over 3.5 billion books and is used by 125 million members worldwide. Launched in January 2007 by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler, it is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations, where members can leave reviews, create their own...
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From the 10-12th November 2023, Warwick’s Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Society set out on their annual trip to Snowdonia National Park to climb the busiest mountain in the UK and the third most visited attraction in Wales. Our journey started in a car park where we were faced with the...
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I can’t really remember why my friends and I decided to create a book club. I think it was a combination of wanting to stay in touch whilst at university and the fact that none of us had read Pride and Prejudice before. And, just like that, our book club...
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Hannah Colechin takes a look at Youtube Channel Smosh Games, and praises many of their video ideas that twist the rules on many classic and timeless board games and video games.
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