A fifth of students are ‘poorly prepared for university’
One in five UK students were not unable to study the right subjects to prepare them for a degree, according to a new survey by UCAS.
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Reece Goodall
My biggest travel nightmare
Much of the fun of travel comes from the adventures you have, the places you visit and the people you meet. But these things are not always positive, and travel can also be an experience for all the wrong reasons. I’ve travelled a fair bit in my life, and I’ve had both adventures and misadventures, from being caught up in extreme weather to a bunch of accidental arrests. But my worst travel experience came just below the France-Spain border, and is proof that you should be careful in your choice of travel companions.
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‘Midsomer Murders’: The Sting of Death
After a long wait, Reece Goodall reviews the latest installment of 'Midsomer Murders' citing that despite its promise, it crushes under the weight of a weak script.
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A look at luck
Reece Goodall discusses the deeper meaning of luck, tracing the origins to various places across the world.
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One-fifth of the world’s top universities are now led by women
One-fifth of the world’s top universities are now led by women, according to data from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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UK green bus revolution to begin in Coventry
Local authorities have greenlit plans for Coventry to become the UK’s first all-electric bus city.
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Grade hikes ‘may swamp universities’, warns Office for Students
Universities in England have been warned against admitting too many students this year.
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Reduced capacity expected at Wimbledon 2021
The summer’s Wimbledon is likely to go ahead with reduced capacity and its famous queue will not operate in 2021, the All England Club has confirmed. The Grand Slam is set to start on 28 June, seven days after Covid restrictions are due to end in England. Organisers are working...
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‘McDonald & Dodds’: We Need to Talk about Doreen
Reece Goodall reviews the second installment of 'McDonald & Dodds', believing that despite its charmed from the first installment maintained, the story in this one is more loose, "unfocused", and rife with "dead ends".
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How to start a country
Everyone knows what a country is, but where do they come from? Some countries have a long lineage, existing for thousands of years, but what if you wanted to start a new country today – how would you do it? Despite musician Frank Zappa’s suggestion that countries just need beer and airlines, there’s a whole lot of legal and political wrangling to do – but it does happen, with the country of South Sudan emerging ten years ago. Here’s a quick run-through of the founding of a new country.
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Coronavirus: FA Cup final could feature up to 20,000 spectators
The final of the FA Cup and the World Snooker Championship are among a number of proposed pilot events to trial the full return of spectators at sporting events, theatres and music concerts. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) says it will stage “around a dozen” sporting...
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TIME TRAVEL: Around The World In Eighty Days
Nowadays, it’s possible to circumnavigate the globe in under two days, but could you do it in under 80 days back in the nineteenth century? That’s the challenge at the heart of Jules Verne’s iconic book Around the World in 80 Days, but this gripping adventure was responding to actual advances in travel at the time, and it inspired many travellers in its own right.
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‘McDonald & Dodds’: The Man Who Wasn’t There
Reece Goodall reviews the first instalment of 'McDonald & Dodds' series two, reflecting on the promising step up on the first series, and the episode's mystery which turned out much more engaging than initially suspected.
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