Warning: This post contains spoilers for Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 3 Thin Ice. Please come back after watching the episode. Doctor Who has always been at its best when it has been political. Think The Green Death and The Happiness Patrol, two stand-out stories from the classic series. In modern times the most political […]
Doctor Who Recap: Smile
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 2 Smile. Please come back after watching the episode. Continuing straight on from the Pilot the Doctor and Bill (with a brief 30-second interruption from Nardole, who for a main character is hardly getting any screen time) head to the future. They land in […]
Doctor Who Recap: The Pilot
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers about Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 1 The Pilot Oh my giddy aunt. It’s that time of year again. The time to grab some jelly babies, some fish fingers and custard, or in my case just a nice old cup of tea in a Dalek-themed mug, because Doctor Who […]
How to relate to America’s health care system in Australia
It’s days like today I feel lucky to be an Australian. Yes, there is a lot wrong with our country, but we are able to see a doctor and not go bankrupt if something is terribly wrong. What brought on this feeling you might ask? Recently I had some pain on each side of my […]
Why I won’t be using Facebook’s new Story feature
I logged on to the Facebook app on my phone the other day to be presented with the above screen. My first thought was why is there another Snapchat clone by Facebook, but this time within the Facebook app itself. Facebook had launched several versions of a Snapchat clone in the past, including an app back […]
Review: Jasper Jones (Film)
Jasper Jones has become one of the go-to novels for English teachers all around Australia. It explores the themes of racism, sexism and xenophobia all in the confines of a small Western Australian town. It is a brilliant novel and has aptly been referred to as Australia’s answer to To Kill a Mockingbird. Naturally, it […]
Review: Logan
This review probably won’t read much different to many other reviews of Logan out there. That is because simply put, it is the second best superhero movies that has ever been created (after The Dark Knight). From the storyline to the action scenes and the performance from the main cast, everything about this film was […]
Review: Hidden Figures
I knew the Soviet Union were responsible for putting the first man into space. I knew the Americans were responsible with putting Neil Armstrong on the moon. I knew a massive team of people would have had to have been behind those great leaps in technological advancement. I did not know three African American women […]
It’s time for ALL politicians to stand up on Climate Change
AS A young person, I’ve got to live with the decisions our politicians make for a long time. That is why seeing inaction on climate change is quite a worry to me. With each new year seemingly being labeled the hottest on record, it is hard not to trust the consensus view of scientists that […]
Who said Brisbane was boring?
I grew up in Brisbane, spending the first 20 years of my life hanging out in Queen Street Mall and catching the yellow buses around town. I moved away to regional Queensland about a year ago for work and travel back to the city to see family and friends regularly. I returned home recently for […]