South Africans have just lost the father of their nation. Yet it is the whole world that mourns this loss.

We all know that students work hard but play harder, running to lectures, racing against assessment deadlines and living that party life can become pretty hectic work. With all this going on, it’s too easy to skip the odd lecture and have a hangover day in bed whilst promising yourself to be […]

Since 1995 kids and adults alike have enjoyed the interactive pleasure that can be found in owning a PlayStation. I remember, back in the early days, owning a PlayStation one. I had a couple of games I really enjoyed, one of them being Tekan. I used to play the character […]

The popular adage goes that the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. As I sat there being offered a position that entrusted me with the education of adults and children a lingering feeling struck me that Lucifer didn’t roam alone in the act […]

“The arts are an even better barometer for what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress…” Henrik Wilem Von Loon I was speaking with an acquaintance of mine a few days ago (I was also wracked with nerves as I was about to […]

Poor, cold and grumpy. Those three words about sum up my current experience as a young adult living in a student house with two of my friends. This time last year I was excited. Excited about the prospect of venturing out of halls, sorting out my own bills and not […]

Very few of us are lucky enough to claim that we have not been personally affected by cancer or knowing someone close to us who has had it. New statistics suggest that as much as 40% of UK inhabitants will get some form of cancer within their life time making […]

Every year when the festival of Eid comes around, I am constantly asked what is Eid? To which I reply it’s the Islamic Christmas. Well to be honest it’s not but it’s an easy way to explain to my non-Muslim friends, who are curious to find out about this “Eid” […]