Category: WB Column
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These Are the Films I Was Looking For: A Star Wars Experience
Read more: These Are the Films I Was Looking For: A Star Wars ExperienceI saw my first Star Wars movie less than a month ago. That might not make me the best person to discuss The Force Awakens (2015), the seventh episode in the immensely popular science-fiction franchise. After all, I didn’t grow up with these films, didn’t even know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek…
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Take Me to Hozier
Read more: Take Me to HozierWhen a music freak (lover) like me finds out that one of her favourite musicians is coming to her town and that there are still some tickets available, even though they apparently had already been available on the internet for a while, it is time for a party, and of course a new article…
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Reasons to Stay Inside
Read more: Reasons to Stay InsideOn binge-watching and bingeworthy series Winter is here! It’s cold, it’s frosty and we might even be getting snow soon. Countless Christmas flicks and other wintery films have told us that this, of course, is the opportune moment to step outside and frolick in the unpredictable vagaries of nature like the true vikings of…
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Intolerance
Read more: IntoleranceLet’s talk about food. No, not the delicious new hamburger joint around the corner, the fact that your mom makes the best nasi goreng in town, or how much you like that particular chocolate ice cream they sell at that particular supermarket. Let’s talk about what food actually means to us, aside from how it…
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Behind the Classic: Charles Dickens and the Politics of Christmas
Read more: Behind the Classic: Charles Dickens and the Politics of ChristmasIn the new ‘Behind the Classic’ series, editor-in-chief Roselinde takes you on a trip to well-known novels and their less well-known backstories. In this first, seasonally appropriate instalment, she explores the political backdrop of the most famous Christmas story of all: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.