As an avid music lover, when MoonProject asked me to have a look at the new music-streaming service from O2, O2 tracks, I was excited about what I’d be met with. Admittedly, it’s a crowded marketplace, but O2 tracks is, in my opinion, a rather brilliant new service to add […]

On Monday, The Observer published an opinion piece by the notoriously controversial writer Julie Burchill. In it, Burchill engages in an extended rant defending her friend and fellow writer, Suzanne Moore, who was forced to leave Twitter last week, following widespread abuse regarding comments she had made in an article […]

At a time of great austerity, you’d be forgiven for looking for ways to cut our national expenditure. Yet, of all the suggestions made since the current worldwide economic downturn began to unleash its vicious grip, the suggestion made by Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke is probably the most ludicrous. In […]

Olympic fever has hit Britain. You cannot switch on your television, listen to the radio or look into the paper before being bombarded with the latest news regarding our great Olympic events. Yes, with the eyes of the world firmly fixed on our capital city for the next fortnight or […]

In the coming weeks and months, the government will begin to look into the different options it has in relation to the regulation of internet pornography. This move comes after pressure from some national news publications and activist groups to adopt an ‘opt-in’ system whereby internet customers who wish to […]

I’m just going to come right out and say it. The current state of jubilation and excitement in the UK is making me feel rather giddy and sick. Like a cheesecake with slightly too much cheese, or the chocolate fudge cake that’s slightly too rich, I am feeling emotionally bloated by the […]

Today, I’ve spent my free time revising for my impending end of year exam at university on Media and Ethics. I often find revision a rather boring and tedious exercise, but current developments in this specific area have made this a rather interesting time to be studying the ethics of […]

Today has been an odd day. My Mother fell ill this morning so we had to make the mad rush to our local A&E department to get her treated. Of course, being the NHS, on a Sunday, the waiting times were astronomical and as a result we had plenty of […]