Amelia Nicholson is a film graduate and aspiring screenwriter interested in the rhyme and reason behind storytelling. Is the celebration of quality television a type of cultural elitism? It can, and has been argued that ‘quality television’ represents the upper class equivalent of contemporary excellence in visual entertainment akin to the divide between literary fiction…
Month: November 2016
Call for a Science Editor
Call for a Science Editor TGIF! And that’s not the only thing we’re shouting about; Porridge is looking for a science editor! The role will involve the handling of scientific submissions, editing them to ensure that they are readable for a more general audience. You will be in communication with contributors, and occasionally promote pieces and…
Shite, skin and skulls: Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting and the body – Emily Muscat
Emily Muscat is an English with Creative Writing graduate from the University of Birmingham. As well as essays about poop, she also writes poetry and a Birmingham based food blog. Emily now works at UoB on the Graduate Management Training Scheme, where she plans to continue her career in Higher Education. Shite, skin and skulls:…
The Good, the Bad, and the Evil: Repairing Our World & Reconciling with Our Limits – Scott Remer
Scott Remer is an MPhil student in Political Thought & Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. As an undergrad, he studied Ethics, Politics, & Economics at Yale University. His interests include political theory and contemporary politics, epistemology, metaphysics, psychology, literature, and Chinese philosophy. The Good, the Bad, and the Evil: Repairing Our World &…
Is the Use of Genetic Engineering, Pre-Natal Selection, and Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis Inherently Wrong? – Eleanor Beresford
Eleanor Beresford has an undergraduate degree in English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham. Her dissertation is comprised of a collection of short stories about anxiety, and a commentary on the portrayal of such disorders in contemporary literature. She is currently teaching English as a Foreign Language in China, but she plans…
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