Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/11/2009
By Catharine Baldwin
Review: Simon Amstell
Venue: Oxford Playhouse
Rating: ****
Simon Amstell, the hilariously witty former host of Popworld and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, delved deep into his own insecurities and angst during his new stand-up routine to deliver a very touching and personal performance. Coupled with his own memories and philosophical contemplations the performance was not only [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/11/2009
After several planning applications, months of construction work and hundreds of employees, the latest addition to Winchester’s supermarkets has finally been completed: Waitrose at Weeke. A new source of groceries and delicacies, snacks and ingredients should surely delight the neighbourhood; it’s local, it’s quality and it even contains a new medical practice.
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/11/2009
By Michael Goode
Title: Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England
Author: Amanda Vickery
Pages: 368
Price: £11-15 (Amazon UK)
Rating: ***
Behind Closed Doors pulls you into a different world looking at the everyday worries and aspirations of Georgian people, from the landed gentry to the hopelessly poor, it lets you step into someone else’s shoes and walk about [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 04/11/2009
By David Adams
Very few would argue against the view that footballers are paid far too much. In many cases ‘far too much’ is a bit of an understatement. But how did we get into this ludicrous situation?
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 23/10/2009
By Alice Briggs
Recently, everywhere I walk people seem to be in the same panic as me; Stuck, unwillingly to their computer screens, trying desperately to sum up their lives and greatest achievements in 4,000 characters.
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 23/10/2009
By Tim Manton
Don’t let the title fool you. This isn’t at all well-pronounced. I just fancied adding something that’s fun to say (if you say it in a funny voice, anyway), but doesn’t contribute anything at all to the text itself, up in the title. It makes me feel better, in a pathetically goody-goody sort [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 23/10/2009
By Simon England
Has anyone else noticed how Peter Symonds is a really, really crap place to be in the rain? Yes? Well, not much point in me writing the rest of this article then is there! Unfortunately, I do not think the editor will be all that happy with me submitting a two line report [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 21/10/2009
By Frankie Koehler
Your hands are shaking; you look around the classroom trying to identify a single familiar face. Even if it’s not someone you usually talk to, you just want someone you know so you don’t feel totally alone. Remember that feeling when you first started college?
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 21/10/2009
By Kirstie Dyke
Whatever you may call him, Derren Brown has wowed the viewing public through his imaginative and innovative tricks that leave the mind wondering and controversy flowing. This article examines the theories behind his latest television four part series The Events, where Brown attempted what he described as “some of the most incredible feats [...]
UCAS: What a relief?
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/11/2009
By Sam Hilton
Now UCAS is done and dusted, supposedly, but was the rush all worth it? For weeks, everyone has been rushing around to meet the UCAS deadline, checking their personal statements several million times to make sure they fit the word count, and portray what they wanted. Seriously, how many drafts of that personal [...]