I love Christmas films. In my first year at uni, I had a ‘Christmas Countdown’, where I planned to watch a Christmas movie every day of December until Christmas. This year, I’m determined to complete it. Last year, I watched more Christmas movies in the two weeks before Christmas than I ever had before, thanks…
Science
Bizarre Science: The Misleading Mistletoe
As Christmas Day closes in, festive lights, glittering ornaments, and a variety of decorations fill your home. However, did you know the mistletoe hanging above your front door or by your fireplace is far from merriment — and is indeed a hemiparasite? There are a total of 1,300 mistletoe species worldwide, originating from plant families…
Features
Singlehood in the Holiday Season
So here it is. You’ve just come out of a long-term relationship. Maybe you were having problems for a while, or maybe the breakup came completely out of the blue. Either way, you’re heartbroken, and even a little bit soul broken. To put it simply, you feel lost. You know you’re ready to move on,…
Books
Christmas Shopping – Bookshop Edition
As the holiday season grows closer, many people are starting to worry about buying the perfect gift for their loved ones. Well, you can’t go wrong with a good book, and for that Norwich is the perfect place to be. From hidden gems to the more mainstream, here are the best places to shop for…
Creative Writing
What A Wonderful Winter World
Even before you open your eyes, you know it’s brighter than usual. That something has happened overnight. Something magical. Your eyes flutter open, darting towards your bedroom window, where a sliver of light peeks through. A small smile flashes onto your face as you sit up, noticing the cold, crisp air for the first time….
Creative Writing
A Divorce from Tradition
2012. Christmas with Mum. You’ve been told to act normal, so you’re singing while you bring the coal but now you’re singing solo. There’s still just as much food, just as much drink, but no matter how full you stock the cupboards, something in the kitchen is missing. The tree is up, the lights are…
Gaming
Christmas Gift Guide – Gaming Edition
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not really ‘in the know’ about most games. I think the last time I played a computer game was in my childhood Friv days, and I’m pretty limited in terms of console games to Buzz! although I used to love trying my hand at Call of Duty and…
Fashion
Reflecting on ‘flexing’: Christmas, Covid and influencer culture
For as long as I can remember, I’ve watched influencers share their ‘What I got for Christmas’ videos. I loved seeing the beautiful things these older women had received, and I dreamed that one day I would be able to receive things like that too. Nowadays, I still watch these videos, but this year, especially,…
Creative Writing
Between Christmas and the New Year
(CW: Mentions of death) the please-come-home-for-christmas radio, the fairytale-of-new-york radio, the ave-maria radio is a time machine is a corpse is just static in the air like damp pine needles and frost. a stag is not a god. a god is not an animal staggering away from a festive-music-radio-corpse. a stag is a deer…
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