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With a BA (Hons) and MLitt already under my belt, I am currently undertaking a PhD at The University of Glasgow and am very passionate about my subjects. My undergraduate degree in Media: Theory and Production allowed me to cover many aspects of the media

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Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry How to write an effective short love poem: 1 of 16

Love poems are generally abstract accounts of the writer's emotions and will rarely mention an individual's name or the exact way you feel about them, but rather, use subtle hints to express the depths of your feelings. This is what makes it a love poem and not a gush of soppy sentiment - most of the time. A poem declaring y...
Entertainment > Celebrity Biographies Biography: Audrey Hepburn: 1 of 7

Had Audrey Hepburn lived, she would have turned 80 this coming May. Although her life was relatively short, she crammed the equivalent of a few lifetimes into her 63 years. Born Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston on 4 May 1929, Hepburn grew up in Brussels, Belgium as the only offspring of an English banker and a Dutch baroness. ...
Entertainment > Characters & Performances Top 10 Johnny Depp characters: 3 of 18

Johnny Depp's filmography is almost as impressive as his acting ability. From his debut in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' as Glen (the kid who gets eaten by the bed) to his most recent performance as the Mad Hatter in 'Alice in Wonderland', Johnny Depp never fails to throw himself completely into his roles and fully g...
Education > Learning Styles & Skills Creative teaching tools: 3 of 18

Creative teaching methods help enthusiasm to come to the fore, helping students achieve the best grades they can, enjoy the learning process and retain information for years to come. However, there is also that tricky balance between academia and fun that needs to be addressed. People are always looking for new way...
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway: 1 of 5

Ernest Hemingway's Nobel Prize winning short story, or novella, The Old Man and the Sea, is an engaging tale of an aging fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin miles out in the Gulf Sea. The story is particularly touching due to the close relationship between the old man (Santigo) and Manolin, a young boy from the villa...
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Plot summary: A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams: 1 of 4

Controversy seems to be what Tennessee William's thrives on in his plays, and A Streetcar Named Desire is not exception. The 1947 play encompasses rape, homosexuality, domestic abuse, alcoholism and suicide (among other things) and the following year won Williams the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Most of the plot is based in a c...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Teen Issues Teens views: How to get over a crush: 1 of 4

Like most teenage girls, I remember falling madly in love every other week-with a different guy. When you get older, however, you realize that you weren't really 'in love' like you though, you just had crushes on these boys. You cannot possibly know what love is really about when you are thirteen years old and the only perso...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Mass suicide: 2 of 7

Here lies the ending of an era This eternal place where the daylight Meets the blinding sun We all have our share of problems So let's all share them Don't let them make you come undone You may think that it's alright All your friends are doing it after all Maybe it's the new fad But just remember Th...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms The wonderful world of Disney and its corruption of the youth: 2 of 6

Are the large doses of the 'magic' that Disney weaves just a cover up for the real issues at hand, or is it there to save us from ourselves? Here is one example where Disney films could have a corrupting affect on the youth of today, illustration by Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast. The 1991 animated featur...
Entertainment > Characters & Performances Marilyn Monroe oddities: 1 of 3

Cinema has preserved the life of Marilyn Monroe's body, keeping her eternally young and in the public eye. Since she died aged 36 no image of her beyond this age exists therefore it is hard to image how much of an enduring star she would have become had she lived to have entered her 80s now. Most studies on Monroe have conce...