Film & TV
Classics of the Week: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) & Suspiria (1977)
For Halloween, Film Editor Oliver Weir recommends some of the finest features horror can boast
Film & TV
Classic Film of the Week: The Shining
To mark the 40th anniversary of 'The Shining', Film Editor Oliver Weir looks back at why it is perhaps the greatest horror film of all time, and also the turbulent journey it took to finally earn that title.
Horoscopes
Horoscopes 16/10/2020
Wonder what the celestial orbs have in shop for us for these 7 days.
Catnip
Flipbooks fix persistent Panopto problems
College has responded to criticism of expecting all students have WiFi at home by sending out flipbooks and sheet music to reconstruct lectures.
Catnip
Sharing the Knowledge
In response to budget shortages College has decided to replace all academic teaching staff with black-cab drivers, saying academics are “jumped up, spoiled wastes of space”.
Film & TV
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Thought of as “the first true horror film” by Roger Ebert, Caligari was a visual and thematic turn of pace for cinema at the time.
Film & TV
Saint Maud Review ★★★★☆
Until Saint Maud, I had not been aware as to just how unsettling a movie can be when religious possession is entirely ideological, self-driven, and delusional.
Film & TV
Hubie Halloween ★☆☆☆☆
I think everyone has a soft spot for silly movies. Adam Sandler’s career-long monopoly on this subgenre would make you think he’d be good at them now.
Business
A take on active vs passive equities
Investment contributor Marios Papadopoulos explains the difference between active and passive equities and the different returns that can be expected from them
Environment
Should we really be picking wild mushrooms?
Read about Senior Sustainability Editor Flora Dickie's boundary breaking mushroom experience
Film & TV
Classic of the Week: Dead Man's Letters
Film editor Oliver Weir discusses the little-known classic 'Dead Man's Letters', by Konstantin Lopushansky.
Books
The Booker Prize 2020 Shortlist
The shortlist includes Real Life by Brandon Taylor; Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi; Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart; This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga; The New Wilderness by Diane Cook; and The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste