Select Page

Month: January 2015

 

Film Review: The Theory of Everything

Posted by | Jan 31, 2024 | , |          

Rebecca Fatharly reviews the critically acclaimed Stephen Hawking biopic, which has just finished its run at the Gulbenkian and is currently showing at Curzon Canterbury. The Theory of Everything is a wonderful biopic story about Stephen Hawking and his first wife, Jane Wilde, and how together they weathered the storm of his illness. It reminds me of Russell Crowe’s ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ where the beautiful girl falls in love with the ill genius. It is touching from start to finish, with Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones portraying the journey from falling in love to falling apart. Even when their…

Read More
 

#SmearforSmear Campaign is Raising Awareness for Cervical Cancer

Posted by | Jan 29, 2024 | , |          

  Following social media crazes such as the ice bucket challenge, a new trend is spreading across all platforms, in which women are sharing ‘lipstick smear selfies’ and nominating their friends to do the same. The campaign, entitled #SmearForSmear, is an an attempt to raise the awareness of the importance of women getting smear tests to detect cervical cancer early on or before it even begins. Between 2013 and 2014, more than a million women failed to have their smear test, demonstrating that either people are unaware that this check is available to them, or have heard horror stories…

Read More
 

BBC axes Atlantis

Posted by | Jan 29, 2024 | , |          

Last week, news broke that the BBC cancelled its hugely popular Saturday night drama Atlantis. The show, which is inspired by Greek mythology, was a huge hit pulling in over six million viewers when it launched its second series in November. However, to the dismay of many fans, the BBC have decided to drop the show to make way for new projects. A BBC Spokesperson confirmed this with the Radiotimes.com stating “The final seven episodes of Atlantis will transmit on BBC1 in spring. We would like to thank Urban Myth Films and all the cast and crew but the series will not be…

Read More
 

Is Sci-Fi still sexist?

Posted by | Jan 28, 2024 | |          

Does the genre of Sci-Fi remain an inherently sexist institution? Conor Thompson-Plant offers his opinion… Sci-Fi has often been held as a stalwart of sexism in cinema, literature and video gaming; sexualised and objectified women, damsels in distress and deeply flawed ‘heroines’ (a defective term in itself, implying only the female ‘version’ of a hero), being icons of 20th century entertainment. Has this trope evolved from the days of women being used only as nameless props, prizes or objects to be saved, as seen in classics such as ‘Star Wars’ and ‘King Kong’? This sexism is often said to…

Read More
 

BUCS 2014/15 – Your Exclusive Guide To This Week’s Fixtures

Posted by | Jan 28, 2024 | , , |          

Wednesday 28 January will see the second round of spring-term fixtures for the university’s BUCS sides. Heading into the latter half of the season, many of UKC’s teams are fighting for promotion and some are fighting relegation. The men’s third football side have an important relegation battle, playing fellow South Eastern 5D strugglers London Met. Meanwhile, the men’s rugby first team are vying for promotion with UCL, who are also thus far unbeaten in South Eastern 2B. This week, they face third-placed Canterbury Christchurch in a pre-Varsity clash that will, no doubt, be full of spice. Here are this…

Read More

Recent Tweets

  • RT @KUOfficers: Interested in writing for the student newspaper @inquirelive for Black History Month in October? Send a message through i…
    4 weeks ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
  • To everyone receiving their results and particularly those heading to Kent this September: CONGRATS! We can’t waittwitter.com/i/web/status/1…c81e
    2 months ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
  • RT @Bill_Bowkett: Fantastic article from @inquirelive Newspaper's new Entertainment Editor about his life since moving to Britain. Check it…
    2 months ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
  • Is it coming home? 👁👁�#WorldCup18���󠁮󠁧󠁿 #WorldCup18
    3 months ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
  • Edition 13.12, the last edition of the term is out NOW! Including a news recap of the year, and interview with�twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1o
    4 months ago • Reply • Retweet • Favorite
Follow @inquirelive