New year, new me: money tips for students
Some finance related new year resolutions for you to take inspiration from!
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Hannah Colechin
Life as a twin: What’s that like?
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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A story narrated by Death: A review of ‘The Book Thief’
“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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Such a captivating story: a review of ‘Northern Lights’ by Philip Pullman
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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‘Forgiveness is a seed for peace’ – a review of ‘The Twins of Auschwitz’
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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The most experimental book of the 70s: ‘If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller’ by Italo Calvino review
“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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Viva la vida verde: Coldplay’s climate-friendly concerts
Hannah Colechin recounts her Coldplay concert experience and discusses their promising environmental pledges.
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Should we keep using Goodreads?
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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Warwick’s Duke of Edinburgh society climbs Snowdon
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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Why joining a book club made me a better reader
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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Smosh Games: the ultimate YouTube games channel
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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‘This book left me speechless’: a review of Elinor Cleghorn’s Unwell Women
Being chosen as my book club’s September read, this book initially had me feeling quite unenthusiastic. I am an avid reader of fiction books, being particularly drawn to their elaborate worlds, complicated characters, and unexpected plot twists. Though I have read my fair share of non-fiction books too, I can’t...
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TV characters who didn’t deserve to die
You are most definitely lying if you told me that you’ve never felt utter frustration over a character’s death in a TV show. I definitely have. Whether that’s Negan killing Glenn in The Walking Dead or Ned Stark being beheaded in the first season of Game of Thrones, we’ve all been...
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