Scopolamine or “The Devils Breath” as it has become known, is a part hallucinogenic part delirium inducing drug native to the northern area of South America including Ecuador, Venezuela and of course Columbia. Its effects vary from being mildly euphoric (When mixed with opiates) to causing a zombie-like state that […]

You might want to get a cup of tea and a nice selection of biscuits. This might be a long episode. But whatever you do, don’t fall asleep! In fact, so we can avoid such instances, I have decided to divide this title into two parts. Feast your eyes on […]

The TV channel ‘Challenge’ has stuck entertainment oil with its concept of showing old episodes of games show such as The Crystal Maze and Family Fortunes. Everyone loves being nostalgic from time to time, and if nothing else, turning retro is good for a laugh. Whilst waiting for another show […]

When I first set eyes on Caitlin Moran’s novel ‘How to Be a Woman’, I noticed two things. Firstly, that the title presumes to tell me how to ‘be’ based solely on the fact that I am a woman, and, secondly, that the woman on the front cover has unkempt […]

In this new journalistic era of parsimony, one’s artistry and literary prowess are insufficient. For, whilst spirit and skill are necessary, it is experience that is imperative in the realm of reporting. Aspiring graduates are frequently greeted with three familiar words upon searching for employment: “one year’s experience”. In such […]

I never really thought of one’s weight as that much a feminine issue when I was younger. I was always one of the bouncy kids back in school, though I definitely wasn’t the biggest. But little did we know that the stigma that surrounds a woman and her weight was […]

June 6th 2013 Tao Lin‘s third novel “Taipei” was unleashed upon the world. Left and right reviewers have attempted to make heads or tails of what Lin described early on as his magnum opus – a claim he recently confirmed to Entertainment Weekly: “Yes, in that I didn’t save anything for a […]

BBC announced last Saturday that Matt Smith will leave Doctor Who in the 2013’s Christmas Special after three years in the role. For the record, I’ll state that I haven’t been a big fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor. It’s not to do with his talen:, he’s clearly a very good actor, […]