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Previous Easter Days When Something Actually Happened!

For obvious reasons Easter has been a non-event this year. But it hasn't always been like this. Here are five Easters which made history...including...

Disney Plus: Was It Worth The Wait?

The long-awaited arrival of Disney Plus has allowed me to binge watch my way back into the past. For £5.99 a month or a...

Posts From The Pandemic No 28: Everyone’s Joining The House Party!

Houseparty, the social networking service that Epic Games launched less than a year ago, has now become the go-to application for millennials on lockdown. It...

Posts From The Pandemic No. 14: Did ‘Contagion’ Predict COVID-19?

Warning: SPOILER ALERT!! At a time like this - when being afraid of Coronavirus has become the new “normal” - the 2011 thriller Contagion has never felt...

Posts From The Pandemic No 12: Norway Rolls On

When COVID-19 reached Norway a few weeks ago, people started lining up at grocery stores to get their hands on essentials in case of...

The Reality of Reality TV

Following The Bachelor's recent two-part season finale, fans were outraged by the shocking reaction of pilot Pete's mother to the last woman standing, and took to...

Posts From The Pandemic No 7: Esfahan, Iran

Iran is currently the sixth most coronavirus-infected country in the world, with 21,638 confirmed cases and 1,685 deaths. On the day of the spring equinox -...

What’s The Difference Between Trolling and Criticising Someone….And Who Decides?

Following the tragic death of former Love Island host Caroline Flack, a potential law against online trolls is being talked about. Would a law...

Ragnarok: You Might Even Change Your Mind About Sci-fi

Science fiction and fantasy are not the genres I watch Netflix for. In fact I have tried to avoid them as best as I...

Not So Pretty Little Ad?

Popular online store Pretty Little Thing has had an advertisement banned by the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) for being over sexualised and for objectifying...

Time For 2020 Vision When It Comes To Relationships

We have just emerged from the sparkly Christmas season during which romance is presented even more er… romantically… than usual. But Santa and Cinderella...

Five Horror Movies To Have Seen This Halloween

There are several ways to celebrate Halloween, which is one of my favourite holidays. Some people throw parties, others go trick or treating with...

Instascam?

If you spend as much time on social media as I do, then you have probably come across plenty of Instagram-worthy locations in London....

What’s So Special About….Netflix?

With many of us reportedly spending two hours per day watching Netflix, we have to ask whether it's worth it. This summer I experimented with...

Imperfect Perfect Date

Teenage heartthrob Noah Centineo, famously known for his role as Peter Kavinsky in Netlfix original movie, To All the Boys I’ve loved Before, returns...

Rebels Without Enough Of A Cause?

On the day I visit the Extinction Rebellion protest in Marble Arch, several tents are blocking the roads, making it impossible for cars to drive...

There’s Nothing Holding Him Back!

For our first ever UK concert we chose East London’s O2 Arena, and Sean Mendes. Thousands of fans were queuing up to get inside the...

Dumbo Vs. Dumbo

2019 is the year of three high profile releases of Disney cartoon classics. The Lion King - first released in 1994 - will come...

Introducing Norouz

You are all familiar with January 1st as New Year's Day. Some of you may also be familiar with Chinese New Year, which falls...

Sir Philip Green Controversy: But What Even Are NDAs?

The owner of Topshop, Sir Philip Green controversially issued a sheaf of NDAs over accusations of racist and sexist bullying, but signatories to these...

Brexit: What Do East London MPs Think?

On Tuesday 15 January Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement was rejected by British MPs with 432 votes against 202 votes in favour. The majority of...

Wedding Winner?

Many think that Princess Eugenie's recent wedding was completely overshadowed by that of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but was that the case? Princess Eugenie...

A Day As An Extra In The Film ’22 July’

Shahrzad Arfa, was an extra in the recently released Netflix Original movie 22 July by American director Paul Greengrass. The film has attracted generally...

Kaz Foncette: Life After Breast Cancer

Francesca Battaglia and Ava Rogha sat down with Kaz Foncette, breast cancer survivor and founder of Wigs for Heroes Kaz Foncette is a 32-year-old breast cancer...