Captain Alastair Cook and wicket keeper Matt Prior are both rested for Saturday’s tour match against Mumbai A, with Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow given the chance to impress coach Andy Flower. Root, who will be making his England debut at just twenty-one years of age, will lead the batting […]

Based on Stephen Chebosky’s bestselling novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a heart-warming comedy that sees new kid at school, Charlie (Logan Lerman) deal with his traumatic past in this coming of age drama. Nervous and awkward Charlie starts high school after his best friend’s suicide, immediately falling […]

My dream job is to become a screenwriter for cinema, and one aspect of film that I am interested in is strong female roles. We, as an audience, have moved past the idea of depicting women as helpless, waiting for the strong male character to save them. However, there is […]

Four years ago President Obama – or Senator Obama, as he was known then – was helped to national prominence by Iowa. Obama revisited the Midwestern state to wrap up his 2012 campaign and looked extremely overwhelmed by the support from Iowans. Before reaching Des Moines, Iowa, the president visited […]

It is something to admire when an established sitcom actor breaks away from his day job, to create a quirky, indie rom-com that becomes the darling of festival circuits. Liberal Arts is a fun, touching and brilliantly scripted gem about a young man travelling back to his roots, on a venture of […]

With the American elections imminent, and the UK choosing Police Commissioners on November 15, it’s worth investigating the gaping chasms behind the theories underpinning democracy, and the reality of human interaction. Western-style democracy is typically defended according to two principles – either (i) the electorate are best positioned to choose […]

Bond is back! Daniel Craig returns as the world’s greatest secret agent, 007, in his latest adventure Skyfall, from director Sam Mendes. Craig impressed in his Bond debut Casino Royal, bringing a brutal physicality to Ian Fleming’s much-loved super spy, but his second outing, Quantum of Solace, was a disappointment. […]

Not so long ago, in a galaxy quite close to home… The Walt Disney Company yesterday announced that they had agreed a deal to purchase Lucasfilm from its Chairman and Founder, George Lucas, for the hefty price of $4.05 billion. The terms of the deal mean that Disney will be […]