My rant (*cough cough* sorry, Review) on Unchartered – the 2022 thriller adventure movie

25th February 2022

When I read the name “Tom Holland”, my brain automictically switches to full blown Spider-Man mode – the incredible stunts, the gripping cliff-hangers and the edgy villains. So, my inner Holland-Fan coaxed me to spend two hours of my Saturday watching Unchartered. My gullible self was excited to see Holland’s brand-new film consisting of elements supposedly inspired by… Indiana Jones…?! Well, long story short, the only things that really kept me going were the failed yet amusing attempts of making Holland into a suave cool guy with serious abs and the pretty sights of Spain and the Philippines. Mark Wahlberg had his funny moments, of course – and generally the cast had appreciable chemistry…so I do apologize for the sarcastic and maybe harsh review you’re about to read.

My rant (*cough cough* sorry, Review) on Unchartered – the 2022 thriller adventure movie

Déjà Vu

25th February 2022

This week’s topical cartoon, illustrated by Sasha Burina-Ling

Déjà Vu

Just Drive

28th January 2022

It always seems to be the winter months which are the hardest. The sky is painted a forever shade of grey that dims the light in peoples’ eyes, trees cast crooked shadows on the cracked pavement and all the streetlights apparently die along with the sunset. In the winter too many words are uttered from chapped lips, sweaters feel constricting rather than comforting and it’s unclear whether the shivers felt in the night are from the cold or from hollowness. The sounds I hear refuse to drift from my head like they do in the summer, they rattle around in there like old keys on a chain and play on a loop on and on and on and on.

Just Drive

A Brief History Of Gender Non-conformity

28th January 2022

A common defence of those who abstain from using they/them pronouns is that they are part of some new-fangled ‘trend’ and are far too sudden and transient for anyone other than ‘The Youths’ to use, along with the argument that using ‘they’ in the singular form is grammatically incorrect. However often these claims are used, both are wrong. ‘They’ in the singular form has been in use since the 14th century by prolific writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales, 1386), William Shakespeare (Hamlet, 1599) and Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice, 1813); and the concept of gender-nonconformity has been around a far longer (ancient Mesopotamia, to be precise).

A Brief History Of Gender Non-conformity

The US 2nd Amendment is outdated

28th January 2022

The 2nd Amendment in the US Constitution has often been a topic of divided debate, often regarding the moral question around arms and weaponry. However, regardless of moral implications behind guns, there is a strong argument to be made that this Amendment is quite simply outdated in modern society.

The US 2nd Amendment is outdated