She kissed a girl and I liked it: finding representation on screen
I was thirteen when I first had feelings for a girl. The butterflies battering in my chest both confused me and excited me. That first crush was the start of…
Poem of the Week: Wendy Cope’s ‘The Orange’
There is a certain beauty to the everyday. It is a beauty that we often forget; we focus on the extraordinary, as those events are more unique and exciting. In…
Investigating University of Edinburgh mental health: Review of EUTV’s first documentary
5 Stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ CW: mental health issues Whilst preserving our physical health is being broadcasted everywhere from radio stations to bus-stops right now, there is another…
Death to 2020 review- a crap film to end a crap year
2 stars The highlight of the festive TV watching in my house was never The Queen’s Speech, or Doctor Who, or The Big Fat Quiz of the Year. For my…
Save Our Souls, Save Our Cinemas
The latest entry in the James Bond franchise is titled with a defiant claim: No Time To Die. But sadly for cinemas, there is, and apparently that time is 2020.…
No Knead to Worry- GBBO is Back
Summer has officially come to an end. The few blissful “days” of Scottish sunshine and temperatures above fifteen degrees are behind us and the nights are getting longer once more.…
Cult Column: Tales of Silver City
Art films. They don’t divide public opinion: they often pass the public by altogether. Many don’t even make it to our national galleries but are instead limited to some contemporary…
The Isolation Series: working through the pandemic
Alone behind my desk, the clock reads 4am, half-way into my eight-hour long shift as a receptionist at a psychiatric hospital. When I first started at the hospital, during the…