Spring 2008
There Will Be Blood - Review
Written by Joseph Ganley
I have never particularly liked Daniel Day-Lewis. I wince whenever I hear the painfully cliched 'actor of his generation' tag that seems to follow him like a shadow and feel a twinge in my stomach whenever I recall the overwrought, torso-intensive The Last of the Mohicans. Therefore it was with some trepidation that I absorbed the overwhelmingly eulogistic critical praise that has been heaped upon his latest tour de force. For despite the laudatory wonder that accompanies each twist and contortion of Day-Lewis' world-weary face, I see him as a somewhat showy actor, one that always plays theZero Tolerance
Written by Stella Georghiou
I sit at my desk miserably staring down at my once flat stomach that, now due to my lazy junk food eating lifestyle has more spare tyres than my local garage. I constantly tell myself that I will go to the gym tomorrow and cut out the crappy food but that day never comes. I decide that I like myself with a bit of a jelly belly over hang and men can basically like it or lump it. With celebs however and now worryingly more and more everyday women and teenage girls each day, weight is no longer a problem but an obsession that has took over their lives. Over the past five years size number zero hasReading For Pleasure
Written by George Georghiou
In this essay George Georghiou looks at the different types of readers and in particular the pleasure reader who is frequently taken for granted. He is asking a relevant and a very important question, where would writers be without readers?Unlike writers who trough their writing can rise to fame and make a fortune, readers never seem to get the recognition they deserve. The only benefits for readers seem to be confined to the offerings of the print and its content; educational or simple pleasure from light hearted novels.