• TV Review: The Little Drummer Girl

    The six-part adaptation struggles somewhat to convey the intricacies of the tight plot, but more than makes up for it with gripping performances. “A tense and subtle thriller” The Little Drummer Girl, a recent BBC/AMC mini-series based on the 1983 John le Carré spy novel, is a tense and subtle...
  • Erasmus +: Opportunities you didn’t know you had

    In the UK we have a tendency to associate ‘Erasmus’ solely with courses that offer a year abroad and as an ambiguously-defined institution that awards language students free money to galavant around Europe. In reality, it is much more than this and is in fact a very serious scheme...
  • Film Review: Back to Berlin

    Poignant and purposeful, Back to Berlin is at once both a fascinating and hugely moving work, that quite literally uses its travelling lens to trace and reflect on some of the most chilling moments of Europe’s darkest century. “In spite of everything, we are here” These are the words of a...
  • Style Icon: Young Donna in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

    After watching Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again I think it is safe to say nearly the entire population either wanted to date, or be, Lily James (who plays young Donna). “Donna’s style is much more than just a timepiece” Something I find particularly interesting about Donna is how...
  • Film Sans Frontiers: Lending a Helping Hand

    At a time when borders are becoming increasingly more talked about than unison, The Nottingham Alternative Film Network put together an evening dedicated to the understanding and celebration of immigration. On March the 19th, at The White Lion Bar and Kitchen pub in Beeston, the Nottingham Alternative Network put...
  • Some Egg-citing Alternatives This Easter

    As Easter slowly creeps up on us, I think it’s safe to say that everyone has chocolate on the brain (thanks Tesco with your annoyingly tempting and reasonably priced £1.50 Easter eggs). If the idea of eating another chocolate Easter egg makes you sigh with resignation instead of filling...
  • Recession in the West Looms Large

    “Folks, we’re going to have a global economic collapse…because that’s precisely what we deserve for our ignorance. We deserve pain.” Those are the words of Jesse Colombo, economic analyst and contributor at Forbes magazine. Growing domestic bubbles and buckling emerging markets are the makings of an economic firestorm for...