Verity Wade
World Book Day - Booktok: The good, the bad and the ugly
Whether you love it or hate it, TikTok has made a huge impact on the way we consume media - affecting what we are listening to, talking...
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Verity Wade
Aug 12, 20232 min read
Book review: Intimations - Zadie Smith
This book of essays is planted completely in the realm of lockdown, still the themes expand and feel relevant not only in a nostalgic...
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Verity Wade
May 28, 20232 min read
Book review: Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart
Rating: 5 / 5 ☆☆☆☆☆ Shuggie Bain is a novel that follows a young Glaswegian boy and his mother as they struggle through poverty and...
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Verity Wade
May 26, 20232 min read
Film review: Beau is Afraid - dir. Ari Aster
Rating: 4.5 / 5 ☆☆☆☆.5 Last night I went to see Ari Aster's surrealist tragicomedy Beau is Afraid. The movie follows Beau, played by...
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Verity Wade
Apr 23, 20236 min read
Book review: To Paradise - Hanya Yanagihara
★★★★☆ The story as a whole intertwines the lives of characters as they live entirely different lives spanning three different centuries,...
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Verity Wade
Apr 10, 20233 min read
Film review - God’s Creatures - dir. Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer.
Rating: 4 / 5 ☆☆☆☆ Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer’s psychological drama, God’s Creatures premiered in Cannes 2022, and released in the...
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Verity Wade
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Film review - Rye Lane (2023) - Dir. Raine Allen Miller
Rating 4.5/5 ☆☆☆☆.5 Rye Lane is a refreshing and exciting new British rom-com, for anyone looking for something uplifting and escapist....
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Verity Wade
Dec 8, 202115 min read
The Final Problems - An analysis of BBC's Sherlock
Given its long time frame between each season, Sherlock seemed to grow up with me, from lonely teen to stressed adult - and found its way...
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Verity Wade
Jul 20, 20212 min read
What I wish my parents knew about university
There are lots of things that students don’t know before they go to university, and even more things that their parents might not know....
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Verity Wade
Feb 28, 20213 min read
Top Money Tips for Students
For a lot of us going to University is the first time we have big financial responsibilities, like paying rent and bills. But it isn’t...
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Verity Wade
Jan 22, 20213 min read
Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid on your Personal Statement
The deadline for your UCAS Application has been extended to the 29th of January, meaning you have a week to make sure your personal...
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Verity Wade
Sep 18, 20204 min read
The Myth of Productivity During a Plague
I lost my job only a few days before full lockdown came into effect back in March. Since then it has become easy to feel as if I have...
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Verity Wade
Sep 10, 20203 min read
What is Slow Fashion and Why is it Important?
Last year I wrote my dissertation on the environmental impact of fast fashion and the growth of sustainable marketing. Since then this...
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Verity Wade
Sep 4, 20203 min read
Zeros (2020) - Declan Mckenna's latest release
Zeros was probably my most anticipated album release this year, mostly due to its ever changing release date, thanks to COVID-19. I had...
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Verity Wade
Aug 28, 20202 min read
I Made the 'Harry Styles' Cardigan
TikTok has captured the attention of millions of users over the boring months of lockdown, and one trend, amongst many, is recreating the...
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Verity Wade
Jun 3, 20202 min read
ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE
Jenny Holzer wrote this in her 1983 in once of her most famous artworks. It is terrible to think that almost 40 years later it still...
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Verity Wade
May 25, 20203 min read
The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro - Review
My rating : 4/5 ☆☆☆☆ For anyone who has read any Kazuo Ishiguro novels before, it is clear that despite the fantasy or science fiction...
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Verity Wade
May 22, 20202 min read
Over The Top - Jonathan Van Ness Review
My rating : 4/5 ☆☆☆☆ Before I read this book I knew Jonathan Van Ness only as the lovable hair stylist from the Netflix reboot of Queer...
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Verity Wade
Apr 29, 20192 min read
GoDaddy Rebranding: Understanding the Audience
When I think of GoDaddy, I think of a woman in a GoDaddy uniform, telling me I can create a domain name and website, in a bland boring...
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Verity Wade
Feb 8, 20192 min read
Top 3 Ethical Marketing Campaigns of 2018
More than ever, consumers are aware of how a corporation impacts the world around them. Many millennials are shown to actively seek out...
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