Brand New Netflix Original: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Last week, the highly anticipated TV adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events came to Netflix. This season focuses on the first four books, such as The Bad…
ITV One’s The Halcyon : A Review
Set in a glitzy London hotel in 1940, ITV’s new period drama has all the scandals of a British wartime Gossip Girl under the backdrop of an Agatha Christie novel.…
Netflix Pick: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
It is perhaps worth putting in a slight disclaimer about this uber-black comedy: it is not for everyone. While the title and theme music might give off the impression of…
Books to look forward to in 2017
In an unpredictable and divided world, we often turn to books and films to understand (and often escape) the goings-on around us. The past year has dramatically altered our understanding…
We must not sanitise Barack Obama’s legacy on mass deportation
Amongst the maelstrom of hatred that President Trump describes as his ‘policy’, his approach to immigration and his pledge to ‘build a wall’ stand out as being decisively xenophobic. In…
The Jill Todd Award
The Jill Todd Award is an annual competition intended to support early career talent in photography, open to recent graduates. Described by Roberta McGrath (Stills board member) to nurture graduates…
This Week in History: Colonisation of Australia begins, 1788
This Thursday marks Australia Day – 229 years since the first fleet of British ships arrived in Port Jackson in New South Wales, and the beginning of British sovereignty in…
Iberian odyssey: an educational experience
If you’re anything like me then one of the reasons you wanted to go to university was to reap the benefits of the legendary Erasmus year. If so, then you…