Prague’s central position makes it easily accessible from almost everywhere in Europe and more than 5 million tourists a year take advantage of this fact. Founded in the Medieval times, gathering influences from the Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Empire and Communism, its architecture and history allow for a unique and […]

I read an article recently about the Queen’s English Society having closed. (Hands up, I co-opted the clever title from that article for this blog post, and therefore the copyright remains with the author; however, as no one actually cared enough to read the source material, I should be fine.) Whoa-whoa-WHOA! Closed?  Now […]

Recently I traveled up to the north of England to meet my boyfriend’s family for the first time—a nerve-racking and terrifying experience for anyone. However, I have to say, the experience turned out to be an eye opener; a real catalyst for self-evaluation. I was consistently asked, What do you do?, […]

London is a great place to shoot your film school feature, but you already knew that. With the likes of the post-apocalyptic 28 Days Later, James Bond’s Skyfall, and the political/royal landscape at bay for films like The King’s Speech, it seems everyone is keen to shoot in the city that […]

This year’s Oxford and Cambridge interviews are going on as we speak. Thousands of nervous teenagers will be chatting away, hundreds of dons will be nodding sagely. And guess what? Most of those kids will be rejected. It’s simple maths. There are far more applicants than there are places. This […]

Before the NUS demo in London on the 21st of November, across the internet, people popped up on basically every media outlet, describing why they wouldn’t march/didn’t think we should. Among the most wide-spread of these was the parody twitter hashtag #Deluded2012 (as supposed to the NUS official hashtag #demo2012). […]

“Experience required : minimum of 1 or 2 years”. That’s how it is now for college graduates in France. Complete nonsense. Well, that’s how I see it anyway. My parents used to tell me their time wasn’t much easier either but I have started to doubt it. How do people […]

I feel I should state straight away that I am a student in my third year at University, so I have had two years experience of living and getting on next door to various families. I have accepted that there are certain rules in ‘keeping the peace’.  I also understand […]