The week started with the realisation (not uncommon with Mitch’s) that a week is far too short to settle in to an internship. The time frame is simply too narrow to properly familiarise yourself with the publication’s style, etiquette and methodology. After the first week, which was ensconced firmly in naivety and awkwardness, I managed(…)

I’d been consciously trying to stave off the dreaded ‘lurgy’ for about a week or so but unfortunately decided to succumb to its incapacitating ways a bit sooner (the flight in was Virgin’s equivalent of slamming a hammer repeatedly into my sinuses for an hour and a half). And it was feeling like this that(…)

The trite and infuriating cliché that ‘less is more’ would probably be a suitable description of modern cuisine. Conventional wisdom suggests that where food is concerned, the finished product is going to look sufficiently elegant and delicious to the diner if only under the caveat that the meal has been reduced to something with the(…)

The morning of my first internship consisted of me giving myself a completely self effacing evaluation, despite my father’s attempts to convince me otherwise. “You’re going to do fine,” he said. “I’m not going to be able to live up to their expectations, they’ll see through the act and realise I’ve no idea what I’m(…)

When you saw the trailer for the Hangover in 2008, you probably thought the same thing I did; “Oh look, here’s another lame hollywood by-the-numbers comedy that will almost certainly be laden with fart jokes and people getting punched in the crotch. IT’S ALWAYS A WINNER”. As western comedy films have consistently adhered to the(…)

Jon Stewart is a funny guy. According to many people he’s touted as ‘The Most Trusted Man in America’. Haven’t you heard?! Seriously, ask anyone. Or better yet, ask the 250, 000 or so people who swamped the National Mall in Washington D.C. on October 30’th last year for his ‘Rally to Restore Sanity and/or(…)