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Members of the #Milifandom all around the country were crying into their cornflakes come Friday morning. They had no words, just James Blunt’s ‘Goodbye My Lover’ on a constant loop. Thousands were left bewil […]

With the highly anticipated Spooks: The Greater Good about to hit cinemas, it follows in the footsteps of many films before it. Starting out on television and now making the jump to the silver screen, it’s one of […]

Suite Française portrays a selfish side of humanity rarely explored within wartime novels. The honesty of this book serves a refreshing view of civilians during World War II, particularly those within the French […]

Greetings dear reader, if you stumbled into the kitchen this morning not from bed, but from the television, with the voice of David Dimbleby ringing in your ears like political tinnitus. Greetings, if you watched […]

Elizabeth is Missing is the debut novel of British writer Emma Healey.

The main character and narrator of the book is an 82-year-old lady called Maud, who is described in the synopsis as being ‘forgetful’. Bef […]

Nick Clegg is an excellent politician. Not only that, but he’s also a pretty decent human being. Five years ago he made the honourable decision to form a coalition government with the Conservative party, and in s […]

Title: Paradise Lost, Book IX.

Author: John Milton.

What I think so far: This isn’t technically a book, but is instead a long poem from the 1600s; it needs to be considered as such. Reading it as an a […]

If the Scottish independence referendum of last year did anything (other than destroy Labour’s voter base in Scotland), it issued a much-needed reminder to the political class that the United Kingdom is made up of […]

I will admit that I only ever read this book for my English Literature coursework. Nevertheless, it doesn’t make a boring read; quite the opposite, really. E. M. Forster’s A Room with a View follows Lucy Hon […]

Dear Ed Miliband, Shabana Mahmood, Gloria de Piero, Louise Magee, Lucy Powell, Patrick Henegan, Ian McNichol, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Ben Nolan and all of the other members of the Labour campaign team who have […]

Ed Miliband is unstoppable. He might have started this election campaign as a man, but he’s ending it as a meme. Ever since he tentatively quivered “Hell yes” to Jeremy Paxman, Miliband’s slow march to cool ha […]

Hailing from Washington D.C, post-punk band Dot Dash do a great impression of the Britpop era in track ‘Rainclouds’, which is as energetic as it is infectious.Taken from their fourth studio album, Earthquakes & Ti […]

During the countdown to this year general election, one party has repeatedly stood out for its controversial policies and leader: charismatic lizard look-alike Nigel Farage. That party is UKIP. The UK Independence […]

“…As for Father, he doesn’t even remember my name. In his mind, I’m nothing. Less than nothing. A piece of garbage to be thrown out…”

If the name ‘Cinderella’ evokes thoughts of a poor girl mistreated by […]

The SNP is the largest political party in Scotland in terms of membership, with over 105,000 members, and they have had a majority in the Scottish parliament since 2010. This is a big deal as – let’s be honest – […]

I’m just going to say this up front: This is a strange book.

The story starts really well, with the introduction of the main protagonist who doesn’t actually have a name, and we only know as ‘K’. This isn’t […]

The most exciting thing about this general election is that the two-party system has essentially been made redundant. This has inevitably given rise to many minority parties who would usually find themselves on […]

Name: El Libero
Hometown: London via Dublin, Aberdeen and Bulgaria
Download: ‘Butterfly’
Described as “buoyant” and “infectious”, it’s an odd mix of characteristics that make up El Libero’s new track. ‘Come a Lit […]

As part of our ‘Why you should vote…” series for the last days of the general election campaign, Lydia explains why the Tories should attract your pen’s cross on the ballot paper.

How can we doubt that there […]

Every now and again an artist comes along who makes you resent your own lack of musical ability. That’s exactly the case when you listen to Olivia Frances’ single ‘Room With A View’. Her narrative is both charmin […]