Culture Focus: Madrid
By Hanushka Karnani – Last weekend whilst walking around the old Madrid, or as the Spanish call it, ‘El Viejo Madrid’, I noticed those little details in the town that make this vivacious…
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‘Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution’ (2017) – Documentary Review
By Bethany Mattocks – It’s the centenary of the Russian Revolution this year and so it’s a good time to learn about this important event in history…
Nintendo Switch Console Review
By Kiana Rad – So although the Nintendo Switch came out all the way back in March 2017, I have only just managed to get my hands on one; and do I have a lot to say about it…
‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ (1993) – Film Review
By Bethany Mattocks – November is a prime time to watch this movie because of the is it a Halloween film or Christmas film debate. Therefore, if you watch it in-between the two…
Cambridge Live’s Fireworks and Bonfire Night
By Hollie Luck – The 4th of November saw the return of the annual fireworks and bonfire night at Midsummer Common thanks to Cambridge Live, a not-for-profit charity…
Settling Into Student Life
By Laura Vogel – As an international student or a fresher, November is all about getting settled. Not in the sense of buying new furniture or home goods, no that is what you already…
‘The Battle of the Sexes’ (2017) – Film Review
By Ben Jones – The modern political climate is an interesting one, to say the least. On the one hand, our current society is the most advanced and progressive it’s ever been…
Expanding Your Horizons and Long-term Employability Planning
By Elle Haywood – For many of us, January will mark the halfway point of the academic year, with a few deadlines and exams chucked in for good measure. But you are also…
Meditative Media
By Ben Jones – As Week 4 of the Semester dawns on many of us at University: some of you reading this may already be feeling stressed. Stress will be a familiar emotion to many…
The Dark Reality of Technology
By Beth Clark – We live in a world where technology is quite literally taking over our lives. On average we spend 2 hours a day on social media, which over our lifetime equates…
ARU Student Films at the Arts Picturehouse
By Kiana Rad – First of all I’d like to start by saying a massive congratulations to all the Anglia Ruskin Film and Media students for their great efforts in their final projects last year…
Moving in to Student Housing – What to do and Knowing Your Rights!
By Hollie Luck – It’s that time of year again where you have to fork out a load of money on a deposit and haul all of your things into your new place. Now going into my final year of university…
Calling All ARU Filmmakers! Submissions For the Annual Watersprite Film Festival Are Now Open
By Elle Haywood – Are you a budding student filmmaker and believe that your work is award-worthy? The Cambridge-based Watersprite Film Festival is calling for students across the globe…
Maximo Park (Cambridge Junction, 2017) – Concert Review
By Elle Haywood – Maximo Park stormed the stage in Cambridge on Monday 15th May ’17 with a sold-out venue for the launch of their new album: Risk to Exist…
Has Student Apathy Towards Politics Started to Decrease?
By Elle Haywood – It has been evident for many years now that there is a certain level of apathy within the UK’s youngest eligible voting group: and there are many factors as to why this is…
