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High fashion is a funny old concept, isn't it? While I understand that certain labels produce higher quality clothing and therefore cost more money, sometimes it can get slightly absurd. Whether it's Prada selling a paper clip for $185, or Raf Simons selling duct tape for $200, there's a lot of…
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There's a reason why the most effective addition to a hallway in The Shining's Overlook Hotel was a pair of twin girls, and why The Omen featured a five-year-old rather than a teenage Damien. While children offer us the chance to see the wonders of the world again through their…
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Family photos are a stalwart of society as we know it. Whenever we head back to visit our parents with our new/current partner, they will whip out the family photo album and set out on a mission to cause mass embarrassment. Whether it's the photos of your spotty, brace-faced teenage…
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Ah, where would we be without modern photographic technology? Think of all those cute selfies we'd miss out on taking, all those great evenings out with friends we'd fail to capture, and all those thousands of snaps of our pets that would never see the light of Instagram. Oh, and…
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In a world full of crazy, pizza seems to be the only constant. Bad day at work? Pizza for dinner. Having friends round? Pizzas for everyone, so you can mix and match slices. A person breaks up with you? Pizza. Get sent a scheduled promotional email with very little off…
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Holidays are a time to sit back, relax, and just be yourself. Maybe spend a week in the sun with a good book or a group of friends, or hang by the pool, or - if the fancy takes you - simply kick back with a few cocktails. However, even…
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Earlier this month, everyone with more than two minutes to kill on the internet found themselves getting dragged into the great Yanny/Laurel debate of 2018. An audio clip was posted to Twitter with the caption, "What do you hear?" and - within a matter of hours - the world went…
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What would you do if you won the lottery? I don't know about you, but I've asked myself that question before, and had the same conversation with friends. It's fun to imagine what luxuries you could afford with that much money, where you would draw the line, and figure out…
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Out of all the things that we have to go through in this thing called life, breakups are right up there with the worst. In the beginning, it always feels as if you'll never get over the person whose quirks you grew to appreciate, and whose complex past you got…
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Despite the trappings of fame and fortune; it could not be said that it is easy to be a movie star. Though the rewards are perhaps more extravagant and obvious than those of toiling away in an office job for years and years, it is also true that being a…
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It's got to that part of the year again when school is coming to an end for seniors, and that can only mean one thing: it's yearbook time! Well, and exam time. And worrying-about-college time. And considering-dropping-out-and-just-living-in-the-basement-forever time. But yay, yearbooks! While, to some, they might seem like a cheap…
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If you asked me which fictional character's life I would like to adopt for the rest of my time on this Earth (let's not go into why you'd ask me that), I'd probably respond by saying "Homer Simpson". Why not, really? He's got a loving wife, precocious offspring, a whole litany…
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