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Off The Beaten Track: Aviemore
Conversations with fellow freshers around DRA during reading week were, like many conversations at the moment, mostly hypothetical. “We would have gone” or “we were planning to go” were common phrases. The main destination for many of these conversations was either Skye or Aviemore. Whilst Skye is more internationally renowned, Aviemore is arguably Scotland’s optimal […]
Review: My Bubble Tea
A love potion, two handsome young men, and the woman who gets caught in between. These are the main elements of a chaotic love triangle portrayed by My Bubble Tea – the recent Thai rom-com series. “My Bubble Tea” brews an extraordinary love story through its very first episode which aired on May 22, 2020. […]
Five Cosy Films to Add to Your November Watchlist
At this point in 2020, all we want to do is go into hibernation for the winter and hope things will magically work themselves out. The number of articles on comfort movies, comfort books, and comfort foods has almost surpassed the number of articles on how to prepare for a global apocalypse, and I’m here […]
Review: Love Life
There’s truly nothing better to do in these cold, blustery nights than to curl up on the sofa and watch a good tale of tear-jerking romance. Love Life, a HBO series created by Sam Boyd, is the perfect binge watch, the perfect romcom, the perfect mix of tough life realisations, funny mishaps, overbearing mothers and […]
Review: WHY R U?
Imagine waking up one day in a drama world written by your sister in which everything has become the complete opposite of reality; your best friend is in love with his archenemy… and your lover is your nemesis. Aired from January to April 2020, WHY R U? is a Thai BL/gay television series that follows […]
My Comfort Books for an Uncertain World
It has been a difficult year – especially for us university students, having been catapulted into productivity after months of lost motivation. It’s extremely hard sometimes to extricate yourself from the mindset of the constant urge to be working, especially when your workplace is intermingled with your relaxation space. I just want to stress how […]
Exploring Edinburgh
Birthplace of the fried Mars Bar, home to the winding alleyways that inspired Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley, and an underground labyrinthine city, Edinburgh boasts an old-worldy feel yet has all the contemporary delights of a cosmopolitan capital. Old Reekie – as Edinburgh was affectionately nicknamed during the Victorian era – is steeped in fascinating history […]
Mrs America: Women for Women?
The BBC recently released (or not so recently, I’m really bad at getting through shows) Mrs America, a programme that follows the journey of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment in the US) and the key figures involved in the fight for women’s rights. While the show does contain fictional characters and events, they all help […]
Artist of the Month: Chihota
In this, the spookiest of months, it seems only fitting that our artist is equally ghostly. In a time where you can enter Tesco’s in broad daylight yet leave in pitch dark, where the best nights are spent cosied up with a hot beverage and a horror film, we must turn our thoughts to artists […]
Why the Real Villain of “Emily in Paris” is Emily Herself
It is probably safe to assume that by now almost everyone has at least heard of “Emily in Paris”, the new Netflix Original show starring Lily Collins. If you haven’t, please saddle in, because I feel like this one needs to be discussed. I’m the kind of person that will watch (read: binge) any TV show that […]