Iconic Author's Note: Welcome back to Disney vs Studio Ghibli, the series where I have been comparing animated films and somehow managed to make them about my own life. Fittingly, this is the final instalment,...

Sonic the Hedgehog. The world’s most well-known Blue Blur™. From his humble beginnings as a cool, edgy blue hedgehog speeding through Green Hill Zone to a mature, witty protagonist who fought...

Anyone who has read Roald Dahl’s Matilda or watched one of its screen adaptations will remember the terrifying Principal Trunchbull. Strong, competitive, intimidating, and absolutely convinced that...

Author's Note: Welcome back to Disney vs Studio Ghibli, the series where I willingly pour my heart into analysing animated films while ignoring the fact that my Investigating Science trial exam is in less...

I recently finished Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic The Idiot, no small task, particularly in year eleven. But I read the book. I primarily read it one the bus in fact, roughly 20 minutes each day while...

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!    August 1. The day I finally saw Spiderman Brand New Day. The day I counted down towards. Now this may sound dramatic to you, but to me this was serious. I had waited a long...

To you, who once longed to reach the moon and touch the thousands of stars that lit up the sky like glitter.  Your hair cradled your face; a silken tapestry of night shielding your thoughts from the...

Artificial intelligence has advanced rapidly, and can now hold conversations, create art, and imitate human emotion in its response which have allowed it to communicate better than ever. However, these...

What version of yourself would you like others to see the most? This is the question from which stems most desires and most insecurity, but why should we even have to ask a question that infers we are...

Olivia Rodrigo has never been afraid to wear her heart on her sleeve, but her latest album; "You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" takes emotional storytelling to an entirely new level. Rather than...

In the last couple of years, there has been a surge in video content created on YouTube of what seems to be gameplay of the popular game Minecraft. See, because Minecraft is a sandbox game, meaning...

Author’s Note: Welcome to the first article of Disney vs Studio Ghibli - my new series where I overanalyse children's movies, so you don't have to. From love and family to growing up, grief and happiness,...