Category: News
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Nostalgic News: Allegiant by Veronica Roth Turns 10!
As the finale to a massively popular YA dystopian trilogy (Divergent), Allegiant by Veronica Roth will always hold a special place in my heart. I think we can all agree this book is heart-shattering, frustrating and cruel — but in the best way. The present-tense, first-person narrative makes you feel as though you are right […]
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Nostalgic News: Duran Duran’s ‘Duran Duran’ Turns thirty!
Known as ‘The Wedding Album’ by many fans, both due to its cover featuring the wedding photos of the band members’ parents, and to avoid confusion with their 1981 debut album of the same title, 1993’s Duran Duran was a comeback album for a band that many believed had peaked in the 1980s. Following […]
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The Spiderwick Chronicles was released 15 years ago!
While researching The Spiderwick Chronicles, a beloved childhood film of mine, I came to the conclusion that I must’ve been a very sensitive child, because nowhere is this film described as a horror, yet in 2008, I was absolutely scared out of my skin by this fantasy film. The plot follows twins Jared and Simon […]
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Nostalgic News: House of Cards was released 10 years ago!
“Democracy is so overrated” With not too much due respect to Frank Underwood, I disagree with that statement, but I chose that quote of his to start out this piece because it sums up what made House of Cards so perfectly rated, especially in a world already saturated with searing commentaries on US political culture […]
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Nostalgic News: 27 Dresses Turns 15 Years old!
Have you ever heard the phrase always a bridesmaid and never the bride? Well, this is a film dedicated to these women. 27 Dresses follows social butterfly Jane as she navigates the wedding season. A friend to so many, Jane finds herself as a bridesmaid at wedding after wedding. But the best thing about being […]
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Doctor Who: The Three Doctor’s was released 50 years ago!
In today’s pop culture-dominated landscape where crossovers and role reprisals are part of every fandom’s dreams come true, it is truly hard to comprehend how novel and daring the idea was back in 1973 when the BBC decided to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Doctor Who by bringing together Jon Pertwee’s incumbent with his two […]
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Series One of ‘Derry Girls’ was released five years ago!
Watching Derry Girls feels like a warm hug. It is one of the funniest, most sentimental programmes I’ve ever seen, and when it ended last year, I put off watching the finale episode because I just couldn’t bear the thought of my life without the girls (which includes James of course!) But let’s think instead […]
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Nostalgic News: Miranda (Series 3) was released 10 years ago!
Time flies when you’re having such fun! It’s not hard to believe that Miranda Hart’s eponymous TV show began back in the noughties due to the amount of times I’ve re-watched it! The comedian burst onto our screens with her self-written hit Miranda, and changed comedy forever! Hart created a character who was unapologetically herself, […]
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The Christmas 2022 Adverts Are Here!
It’s the beginning of November, and in the truest Pam Shipman style, we’ve been given 7 weeks to enjoy our holiday offerings from the places where we usually do the big shop! Every year, we look forward to the Christmas adverts, putting our hatred of capitalism to one side and shedding a tear as an […]
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Nostalgic News: 8 Mile turns 20
Esha Sanyal celebrates Eminem’s acting debut!
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Nostalgic News: The Santa Clause 2 was released 20 years ago!
Rosie Spurrier gets into the festive mood whilst celebrating The Santa Clause 2.
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Nostalgic News: ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ – 25 Years On
Grace Eshel reflects on teen horror movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer.
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Nostalgic News: Skyfall was Released 10 Years Ago
With a new Bond on the horizon, Harry Hipperson reflects on one of his favourites in the series.
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Nostalgic News: The Libertines’ ‘Up The Bracket’ is 20 Years Old!
Emma Wheater celebrates the chaotic debut album from The Libertines, ‘Up The Bracket’