Reality or Fiction: Learning science via Star Wars
A short, bite-sized episode on the science of lightsabers. What more could your inner child ask for? Well if you’re here for mind-blowing science at a university thinking level, you…
The Star Wars Special Editions 20 years on: should artists change their art?
In 1997, two events happened that would profoundly inform my later life. Firstly, I was born. This event would come to shape me as a person to a great extent.…
Snubs, statuettes and discrimination: an alternate Oscars
The real point, surely, of any awards ceremony is to provide everyone the opportunity to be utterly irate about how their particular favourite film/ actor/ musician/ type of cumquat has…
Exclusion of women from Star Wars toys is unfair
In a galaxy far, far away, sexism remains. Developers for much of Star Wars: The Force Awaken’s toys and games have recently come under fire after much of their merchandise…