If you know me, you probably know that I’m a pianist. I’m also a student at Warwick, and the two identities do not come together well. With no music degree and limited facilities for practice and rehearsal, Warwick offers little for its student musicians. But far and away the greatest...
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One of the big questions surrounding Toy Story 4 was always where it could go – the first three films are masterfully made, a perfectly wrapped trilogy with a story that had seemingly reached its conclusion, so what could a fourth Toy Story film possibly add? Well, based on the...
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The cases of the ISIS brides Shamima Begum (in the UK) and Hodia Muthana (in the US) and discussions about whether they should be allowed to return to their home countries or not have been hitting the headlines as of late. Respective government reactions (Home Secretary Sajid Javid has revoked...
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Have you ever noticed the thing with film comedies nowadays? That they’ll put the best jokes in the trailer, implying that there’s more humour to come when the watch the film, and then it’s almost invariably not very funny. Well, I want to get something out of the way now...
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Nearly 50 people have been charged in a massive college entrance exam cheating and bribery scheme in the USA, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
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Reece Goodall reviews the second episode in the new series of Midsomer Murders, Death of the Small Coppers
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What does it mean to be moral? It’s a big question, and one that has challenged philosophers and thinkers for centuries, but we may finally have an answer. Anthropologists from the University of Oxford have found a number of “moral rules” which appear to exist in all societies, but are...
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Finding corrupt politicians isn’t a particularly tricky challenge but, for so long, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was thought to be a different breed. Friendly, conscientious and liberal, Trudeau has long been heralded as an example of how to do politics conscientiously and positively. But now, times have changed, and Trudeau...
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Reece Goodall explains supersymmetry and recent attempts by ATLAS to find the sparticle, a hypothesized class of elementary particle.
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Reece Goodall reviews the first episode in the new series of Midsummer Murders, The Ghosts of Causton Abbey
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TV used to be considered to be a tool to inform as well as entertain, although it appears to have shifted away from that mission in recent years. And even when it tries, it is a source of controversy – the Society of Authors (SoA) has seen a rise in complaints...
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If you’re a games developer, you probably live in fear of the glitch – a slight or sudden malfunction that, although normally temporary, can impact a game’s playability to an insurmountable degree. However, although bugs can be a nuisance, they’re not always game-breakers. No, on the contrary, some glitches were...
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Are you familiar with Mischief Theatre? They’re a troupe of incredibly funny comic actors who first came to my attention in some of their brilliant ‘pantomimes gone wrong’ on the BBC. So, when I learned they were coming to the Belgrade, I couldn’t past up the opportunity to go and...
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