The English Student

Recession be damned, I finally have a job interview. I have been searching for a few weeks and throughout this time have seen various friend...

The hit television series Mad Man returns for a fifth series. I cannot say that I am enthused. I watched most of the first four series of th...

I gave up listening to the radio a few years ago. As a child it was fantastic. I got to hear all sorts of different music, listen to people...

I spend little time in any one country these days. Today I opted for a ferry journey rather than the usual flight. It was quite inexpensive ...

I jumped the waiting-gun yesterday. I went overboard, and my imagination got away from me. I have told myself not to be so stupid in the pas...

Unfortunately, we naturally take a lot of things for granted. Often it takes a big event to show us the error of our ways. This is especiall...

The Simpsons are running their 23rd series. Of course and predictably, it is terrible. The Guardian recently ran an article with the ten mos...