An Alternative Christmas Playlist!
Tired of the usual stodgy musical fare that Christmas has to offer? Sick to the back teeth of Band Aid and bloody Slade everywhere you go? I know I am. Even my old favourite, The Pogues’ wonderful ‘A Fairytale Of New York’ has become overplayed at this time of year. To provide some relief, here [...]
How to survive the next ice age
DO Get the Met office daily reports, we all love to complain about the weather forecast always being wrong but it is the best meteorological service in the world, right on our door step. Wear clean dry clothing to minimise skin exposure especially areas of low fat insulation such as the face, neck and ankles. [...]
How to survive a zombie apocalypse
Science tells us that zombies aren’t real. Dead people don’t suddenly rise from their graves and they certainly don’t develop an insatiable hunger for human flesh. However, with the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world on the 21st December 2012, and the recent incident in Miami involving a zombie-like man carrying out a [...]
How to survive a meteor strike
The year is 2012, and the apocalypse is now. (December 21st) Thousands of bits of space come to Earth everyday, the size of dust, grains and pebbles, but burn up in our atmosphere before they ever get a chance to reach the ground. Larger objects, cascade toward us and burn up in the night sky [...]
Festival Review // Split Festival 2012
A cricket ground may well be the last place you’d imagine seeing musical legend John Lydon, but with Split festival in its 4th year at Ashbrooke Sports Ground, perhaps, in reality it’s nowhere near as surprising as originally thought. With headlining slots taken by legends Public Image Ltd. And local heroes (as well as festival [...]
Get Your Game On! Shop Our Great Britannia Round Up
Jumping the hurdles that come with online-shopping, we’ve picked out the best of the reds, the whites and the blues, for you to look the part for the team.
Preview: Evolution Festival 2012
Evolution festival is back! Boasting an impressive line-up, this year’s festival is bound to entertain you this Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend. Having confirmed artists such as Noah & The Whale, Miles Kane and Rizzle Kicks as well as headliners Dizzee Rascal (Sunday) and Deadmau5 (Monday), Evolution will be showcasing the best acts across two [...]
Feature: Olympic Art
I can’t be the only one who finds the “London together for 2012” vibe faintly nauseating Like everything else bearing the London 2012 logo, the posters for this summer’s Olympic games were popularly poo-poo’ed before the paint had time to dry and the cheques were cashed. With contributions by the likes of Tracey Emin, [...]