Grammar Schools: Do the grades matter more than the personality?
Grammar schools have been around for a long time and have always been the middle ground between comprehensive (Academy) schools and private schools. You have always had to pass a test to join these schools this test is commonly known as the 11+. This test normally involves a lot of Continue Reading
Avatar: ‘The Way of Water’ Review
This long-awaited sequel delves deeper into the fantastical world that James Cameron constructed for the original. Featuring a more elaborate story, on top of improved visuals, which come together to build a massive and awe-inspiring experience. ‘The Way of Water’ takes the Pandora we know and love and fills it Continue Reading
Red: The Importance of Colour in Cinema
Red is the colour that we have the strongest psychological reaction to. Due to it having a long wavelength, it is the second most visible colour, making it actively noticeable. It has connotations of danger, due to people’s inherited instinctual fear of blood and behavioural characteristics learnt in everyday life. Continue Reading
Smile – Film Review
4 out of 5 STARS Starring: Sosie Bacon, Caitlin Stasey, Kyle Gallner Smile follows all the rules of a good supernatural horror movie: jump scares, creepy characters and total immersion for the audience. With some of the most inventive jump scares and creepy smiles seen in horror, Smile certainly keeps Continue Reading
Vaping, is it any better than nicotine?
Vaping is what people think is the healthiest product instead of using cigarettes which are full of nicotine. This is a chemical in tabaco which makes you addicted to smoking/vaping. Once had a puff of nicotine, this increases the release of the brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that will affect your mood Continue Reading
Jermaine Cools: One Year On
How would you feel if your son’s murderer was prosecuted over a year after you lost him? Julius Cools, father of Jermaine Cools, said that his son was everything to him and his wife and that he was murdered for no reason. According to the Independent, Cools was one of Continue Reading
Andrew Tate: Should We Care?
Controversial streamer Andrew Tate has recently been arrested but who is he and why should we care? Emory Andrew Tate III was born on the 1st of December 1986 in US State of Washington D.C. Andrew also had a younger brother called Tristan born on the 15th of July 1988. Continue Reading
UK Space: Is it all for nothing?
On January 9th, the UK Space Agency launched its first rocket from UK soil ever. They achieved this with Virgin Orbit. It was destined to be a monumental feat in UK engineering. But what went so wrong? On the night of the launch, Cosmic Girl (the Boeing 747 carrying the Continue Reading
Kaleidoscope- ‘A unique viewing experience’: Is it worth the hype?
Netflix have had a rather controversial run of releases (in terms of their own series) amidst this haze, a new and unique series was released. Kaleidoscope is a series that can be watched in any order. But does this new style of viewing really portray the story, how does this Continue Reading
Camila Georgi COVID controversy
Former tennis star and world number 26, Camila Georgi has been alleged to have forged her Covid-19 documents. In order to gain access to Australia’s tennis season including the most prestigious Australian open grand slam that ‘alleligible travellers should be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations as of 2022’ Continue Reading