by Andrew Jones(source: studentvillage.co.za)It's nearly the end of 2012, a year which has seen heartbreak and triumph in equal measure. Sitting down to predict the events which would dominate 2012, few would have suspected that a Britain would have succeeded in winning the Tour de France. Of course there were those stories which were destined to be remembered forever; the London Olympics, a prime example. Where then is the world placed after...
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Merry Christmas from Portsmouth Point
Posted on 4:01 PM by Unknown
'White Branches: Winter in South Parks, Oxford' by Oliver StoneSome Christmas Reading:Daniel Rollins explores the meaning of Christmas while Katherine Tobin investigates its true origins; Oli Price explains why Christmas is a bit weird; Jemima Carter argues that by hyping Christmas too early we set ourselves up for disappointment.Patrick McGuiggan offers his Top 5 Christmas Covers while Dave Allen suggests the Christmas...
Snow by the Seaside
Posted on 9:50 AM by Unknown
Snow, sand and sea,Such an unusual sight to see.Snowmen towering high,Like mountains rising up to the sky,Looking out over the sea,Their faces all smiles.The beach huts,Once all different colours,Transformed by the snow,Into small cottages - all white.The snow covers everything,Like a blanket of pure white,It is crunchy and hard sometimes,And other times soft and smooth.Smudges of white fly through the air,Missiles made of snow,You must duck and...
Doubt and Faith: Caravaggio's 'Adoration of the Shepherds'
Posted on 1:23 AM by Unknown
by Tom McCarthyThe Italian Renaissance has given us its familiar icon of the Nativity of Christ. Mary and Joseph kneel in radiant light before the Christ Child. Shepherds approach bearing gifts, a lamb, a dove, a basket of eggs. Above the stable in a blaze of supernatural light angels dance and sing. From Hugo van der Goes, whose Adoration caused a sensation when it arrived in Florence in 1485, to Ghirlandaio...
Saturday, December 22, 2012
The Meaning of Christmas
Posted on 4:01 PM by Unknown
by Daniel RollinsA celebration of Christmas would be incomplete without some mention of the icon whose birthday the festival marks, Jesus Christ. He has influenced both religious and secular culture since his birth over 2,000 years ago. Even in our increasingly secular society, many children still know and perform the story of his birth in school nativity plays. Little girls long to be chosen to play Mary and boys usually want to either be God-honouring...
Friday, December 21, 2012
Christmas Recipe: Gingerbread Biscuits
Posted on 4:03 PM by Unknown
by Maisie RiddleI chose this recipe to share with you because when I first made these biscuits they were delicious and I have never made any other gingerbread since. They are not too overpowering and are very tasty, especially for a Christmas morning!Ingredients75 g softened butter50g caster sugar½ tsp bicarbonate of soda50g golden syrup2 egg yolks250g plain flour½ tsp ground cinnamon½ tsp ground gingerMethodHeat oven to 180C/fan 160C/Gas 4. Beat...
Why the World Will Not End on 21/12/12
Posted on 3:01 AM by Unknown
Scientists at NASA have released a video explaining why, despite predictions of the Mayan Apocalypse, the world will not end today:&nbs...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Why Christmas is a Bit Weird
Posted on 4:03 PM by Unknown
by Oli PriceA Christmas jumper isn't just for ChristmasBefore I start: this isn’t an attack on Christmas. I could never do that; it is my favourite time of the year. It’s just that I’ve been noticing that, as we get closer to the big day, everyone’s logical behaviour goes out of the window. And here I’m going to analyse it.The Christmas tree: The Christmas tree came to Britain in the 1850s when Prince Albert introduced it to Victorian society; since...
Photography Club: Winter Landscape
Posted on 2:40 AM by Unknown
by Oliver StoneMerton College: Oxford in the Snow....
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The Curious Case of Fernando Torres
Posted on 4:10 PM by Unknown
by Neil Chhabda(source: goal.com)“Golden Bullet”. These were the exact words used by Phil McNulty to describe Fernando Torres after he single-handedly demolished Real Madrid in 2009. In 2010, he was described as “a player capable of reducing the best defenders in the world into rubble.” Fast forward two years and only a few people consider him to be decent, let alone world-class. After his record-breaking £50 million move from Liverpool to Chelsea,...
England in India: The Final Test
Posted on 9:17 AM by Unknown
by Sampad SenguptaTeam England victorious in IndiaThe last match in Nagpur ended in a draw, giving England their first Test series victory in India in 28 years. The series turned out to be a one-sided affair with England dominating all the matches barring the first one which India won. The drawn Test meant that England won the four match series 2-1.On a slow, low pitch, the batsmen found in difficult to score freely. It was no paradise for the quick...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Why We Love Frankenstein's "Monster"
Posted on 4:05 PM by Unknown
by Lucy ColeJohnny Lee Miller as Dr Frankenstein and Benedict Cumberbatch as the Monster,National Theatre production of Frankenstein, 2012When we hear the name "Frankenstein", we all draw into our mind the generic image of the green monster, bolts protruding from his brain, that has been portrayed by the media ever since James Whale's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein in the 1930s and repeated in numerous incarnations, including those of the...
Monday, December 17, 2012
“What the Dickens?”, “What the Dickens'?” or “What the Dickens's?” - a Devilish Dilemma!
Posted on 11:13 PM by Unknown
by John Owens (OP 1953-63)Librarian Jo Godfree graced the Charles Dickens bi-centenary issue of Portsmouth Point with a harsh – though in the end, and pace Simon Callow, just about conciliatory – piece about Dickens's verbal bullying called 'I HATE CD'. Richard Ingrams, Editor of The Oldie, had earlier included in his January 2012 issue Raymond Briggs's tongue-in-cheek diatribe against the same 'great writer' on account of the 'apoplectic opulence'...
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