‘The Time It Takes’ review
Reece Goodall reviews the BBC's new game show for Saturday nights, 'The Time it Takes'. Is it a fun new hit or an excruciating waste of time?
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Note-Worthy Scientists: why Sir Frank Whittle should be the face of the new £50 note
Reece Goodall explains why Sir Frank Whittle is the perfect candidate for the face of the new £50 banknote.
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The catch-em-all approach to making a Pokémon game
I’ve owned my Switch since the day it came out, but there’s never really been that much I fancied playing on it. Mario Kart and Mario Odyssey were a must, of course, and I eventually found a cheap copy of the Crash trilogy that was too good not to buy,...
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Why I miss my time on exec
Do you ever read something and find it really resonates with you? In a recent Lifestyle piece for this very paper, the writer looked at some of the trials and tribulations of being on a society exec, as well as the high notes that come with it. And it really...
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“An unadulterated delight”: a review of ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Reece Goodall reviews the Belgrade Theatre's Christmas panto, 'Sleeping Beauty'.
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Olivette Otele announced as first black female history professor in the UK
Recently, Oliviette Otele was awarded a professorship and a chair in history by Bath Spa University last month, which has made the Cameroonian the first black history professor and personal chair in the UK.
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The Best Horror Themes in Film
Horror music gets an unfair maligning, but horror films haven’t done much to help their cause – loud jump scare music is about the sum of it, and that’s such a shame. Horror films have some of the best soundtracks in cinema so, with Halloween just around the corner, what...
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Player disconnected? A look at ludonarrative dissonance in gaming
Have you ever been playing a game, only to realise that the story has suggested that your character is capable of far more than you, the player, are able to do? Then congratulations – you’ve just experienced ludonarrative dissonance. This complicated-sounding term looks at the interaction between narrative and gameplay,...
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An Entertainment Blackout over ‘Gosnell’
There’s a film that’s running under the radar in America at the moment, and yet everyone seems to be talking about it. Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Killer looks at, surprisingly, the 2013 trial of former backstreet abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who was charged with many counts of murder and...
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Ghostwatch – TV’s scariest moment
If you’re searching for something novel and scary this year, why not try a TV broadcast that was so terrifying and controversial, it has never been repeated? Here’s the story of one of British TV’s most famous broadcasts, Ghostwatch. Ghostwatch was a drama that aired on Halloween 1992, although it took...
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Ronnie O’Sullivan wins 2018 Champion of Champions
Ronnie O’Sullivan has won the 2018 Champion of Champions, beating Kyren Wilson 10-9 in a close-fought final. It is the third time that O’Sullivan has captured the title, having previously won in both 2013 and 2014, and it continues his form of at least reaching the final every time he...
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The Left need to realise their role in the rise of the Right
In Brazil, right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro was recently elected president. I’d be lying if I said I had followed the Brazilian elections at all, but I did take interest in the news and social media coverage afterwards. All the news outlets referred to Bolsanaro as “far-right”, a “fascist”, a “populist”,...
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The science of super-ice
Reece Goodall investigates the science behind super-ice and its potential applications.
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