Edinburgh Hare & Hounds taste success at BUCS
At the turn of the month, teams from all four corners of the UK descended on the vibrant seaside town of Brighton to battle it out over a challenging course…
Lance could offer strong insight into cycling’s doping past
Standing atop the Tour De France podium on the Champs Élysées in 2005, Lance Armstrong publicly addressed his critics, saying he felt sorry that cynics of the sport could not…
Champions of America and Nowhere Else?
This week in Off The Ball, Sports writer Charles Nurick pokes fun at the self-absorbed nature of the NFL and its illogical decision to crown the Super Bowl winners with…
Rise of non-league players shows power of football
It is something deeply embedded within our human nature that makes us automatically love a good story. Tales, particularly those in the sporting world, where individuals overcome personal problems or…
Stokes’ solid style could add fire and heat to lukewarm England
In the build up to the Cricket 50-Over World Cup, Durham, and former England captain Paul Collingwood has described the ECB selectors decision to omit Ben Stokes from the England…
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar OST
Heavily influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which Stanley Kubrick used Strauss’ ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’ to underline the film’s crescendos, Zimmer’s soundtrack provokes deep emotions throughout Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi…
SCO: Piano Concerto
My scepticism is swept away in the first chord of Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande Suite (1898) that opens the four piece concert at Usher Hall. First written for Maeterlinck’s play…
University proposes refund for failed fee-paying students
Professor Craig Mahoney, principal and vice-chancellor of The University of the West of Scotland (UWS), has announced the possible introduction of a rebate system for fee-paying students who fail to…