Through working for Concrete over the past two years, I have grown to love and enjoy graphic design, working with Adobe and spending hours fighting over the placement of an author’s name on the Travel section spread. I am keen to use my rather expensive subscription for more personal uses over the coming year (which…
Film
The Prom: Great Message, Far From Great Execution
I love musical theatre more than I can say, so the announcement of another film adaptation of a stage musical excited me. However, I unfortunately don’t have entirely positive things to say about Netflix’s The Prom. Let’s start with one of the positives: the music. ‘It’s Not About Me’ performed by Streep provides the perfect…
Travel
Edinburgh should be on your travel bucket list: here’s why
Until I moved to Norwich, I never appreciated the amazing city I was born in. It was normal to stroll through the cobbled streets and gothic alleyways, blissfully unaware of how lucky I am to call this place home. But having now left and not been into the city centre in almost a year now…
TV
A rewatch of… Wentworth Prison
‘Wentworth Prison’ is an Australian prison drama following the women inside, a loose remake of the TV classic ‘Prisoner: Cell Block H’. I have been re-watching the show on Amazon Prime (mainly to dodge university essays like the plague) and ashamedly I had forgotten how good it is. Despite my glowing recommendation, there are huge…
Arts
Subverting beauty: African anti-aesthetics
Although only a temporary exhibition, the Baltimore Museum of Art’s ‘Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics’ series of work has left a lasting impact on the art world. Originally held between July 2018 and June 2019, the exhibition has challenged what consumers of art consider to be ‘beautiful’, especially in a Western context. Featuring around two dozen…
Main Stories, News
UEA cancels January enrolment onto 5 Masters courses
UEA have cancelled the January 2021 enrolment for select Masters programmes. The decision is mainly a result of low demand for the intake window. A total of four Master of Science programmes and one Master of Arts programme have had the January intake cancelled. These courses include MA Media, Culture and Society, MSc Global Media…
Global
Unrest in Peru following Presidential impeachment
Unrest and clashes have taken place recently in the capital of Peru, Lima, as a result of the impeachment of President Martin Vizcarra and the ascendancy of Manuel Merino as the interim President. Clashes have been between mostly young civilian protestors and local security forces, in which two protestors, both students, have been killed. Many…
News
Intu Chapelfield renamed Chantry Place
Norwich city centre’s Intu Chapelfield is now named Chantry Place, following a large rebrand in October. The centre has been called Intu Chapelfield since its opening in 2005, but Intu’s recent fall into administration amid the COVID-19 pandemic has forced all former Intu centres to adapt. The name derives from the heritage of the site,…
Books, Venue
The toxicity of the online book community: has reading become competitive?
The Internet is great for many things, notably connecting us to other like-minded people from all over the world. Throughout my teenage years, as the one guy at school who wasn’t shallow enough to think books “weren’t cool” and because being friends with girls was a cardinal sin at the time (still makes no sense…
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