Opinion: Why Halloween Isn’t for Me
I can remember going trick or treating when I was a child, dressed up in my witches costume with my pumpkin basket - I did the same every year and when I got to the age of ten or eleven, things started...
View ArticleFilm Review: Spectre
With the threat of the ‘00’ program being scrapped, and MI6 in danger from new surveillance methods from an untrustworthy official, James Bond defies orders to uncover clues from an international...
View ArticleTen Top Tips for Surviving Your First Year at University
The first year at university is always the most difficult. You are thrust into an unknown world where you have to make friends, budget for the first time, and clean – the dreaded cleaning. At times it...
View ArticleTop 10 Guilty Pleasure Halloween Films
While having a good scare is standard for this ghoulish holiday, having a bit of a snigger at the cringeworthy, guilty pleasure horror films that are so bad, they're actually quite good, is another...
View ArticleHorror Movies: The Terrifying True Stories
I've always loved horror movies, but those which truly scare me are based on reality. That little disclaimer just before the end credits sends a shiver down my spine. Every. Single. Time. Before I know...
View ArticleIs Barbie Challenging Gender Stereotypes?
Gender stereotyping is a large concern in the world today. From a young age, children are told to adhere to their gender roles and the expectations of what they should look like and how they should...
View Article10 Movies to Give You the Scare of Your Life This Halloween
We are nearing the end of October, which, among other things, means that we are closer to Halloween. Halloween has been associated with ghouls, frights and monsters since as long as stories have...
View ArticleWomen Who Love Serial Killers: A Deadly Attraction
In the last forty years, serial killers have become modern celebrities. They make headlines, their names become notorious, and most remarkably, they have fans. This bizarre phenomenon first came to my...
View Article8 Reasons Why Halloween is for Adults
Most think that Halloween is just for kids, but we adults know better. Whether it be dressing up as our favourite TV character or dressing it down as we strip to our bare essentials (yes, people really...
View ArticleDoctor Who: The Zygon Invasion
The Zygon Invasion has been the episode of series 9 that I have been looking forward to the most. From the return of some of my favourite recurring characters (Kate Stewart and Osgood) as well as its...
View Article10 Things Guys Want You to Know About Sex
Sex is an important topic. And let's be honest, it's everywhere we look these days: in magazines, ad campaigns, television, but surprisingly, one thing we don't see enough of is what guys actually...
View ArticleTo The One Who Loves A Writer
Since you love a writer, you need to know that you have fallen in love with a beautiful heart and an even more beautiful mind. Your writer will make you see the world in ways that you have never seen...
View ArticleSong Review: ‘Brothers’ by Affairs
The band Affairs met at Hull university where Liam and Dan had written together, as had Jack and Dan to create a new sound with angular riffs. James was found at an open mic night singing ‘Daniel’ by...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Dog Stars’ by Peter Heller
Hig is not alone. True, he outlived his family and friends during an unusual flu-like outbreak that took the lives of many people. However, he has Jasper, his dog and faithful companion, as well as...
View ArticleSteroid Abuse: The Unspoken Danger of Gym Culture
A recent UK study, which was supported by the Crime Survey for England and Wales, states that at least 60,000 people per year take harmful anabolic steroids. Image-obsessed young men are turning to...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Nightmare, a Frightening Portrayal of Sleep Paralysis
Sleep paralysis is a terrifying disorder affecting 6.2% of the population, where sufferers have vivid and horrifying hallucinations on the edge of sleep. As a sufferer myself, I was intrigued when I...
View ArticleWhy the Phrase ‘Man Up’ Can Make a Man Feel Down
BY SOPHIE DISHMAN | November 4, 2015 A few months ago, CultNoise Editor Matt Sloan wrote an about how the media treats men. Ideas of manliness and masculinity have long been prevalent within society,...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage Blocked in Northern Ireland by DUP
Instead, we sit in the middle of the UK and Republic of Ireland, like a little piece of the past, forever stuck in the mud. 'Our wee country' is reaping all the benefits of modernism but still...
View ArticleSong Review: ‘Ghost Shirt’ by All This Noise
The West London band All This Noise are about to finish their debut album and have now released their second single ‘Ghost Shirt’. The band formed in late 2014 and their first single, ‘Seven Billion...
View ArticleWanderlust: The Need to Keep Exploring
The world is a big place. Sometimes it is easy to forget how big, and so many of us get wrapped up in our own town life. Whether it be work issues, family or spouse commitments, it is easy to settle....
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