jvergho has written the following articles:
Of course everyone can eat (or not eat) what they want. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the idea of being, for example, vegetarian or vegan. You don't want to eat meat? Leave it. You think drinking milk is stealing from cows? Fair enough. The trouble with vegans, however, is that they have a habit of forcing the»
The next person I see on the tube, nose buried in a Harry Potter book, I will have to kill. No magic required, I'll just strangle them with my bare hands. Why? Because Harry Potter is grossly overrated and I find adults reading kids' books mighty pretentious. What do they think they're doing, those bankers trying very »
Big cities benefit from their night bus system. In theory, anyway. Having a bus taking you home after a night is a nice idea for the money-conscious commuter. The reality, however, is not half as comfortable as one would imagine. The first problem is to actually get on the bus, which is much more difficult than you wou»
Every morning I get a Caramel Latte from the corporate coffee place between the Tube station and my college. And every morning I've been growled at by the woman who manages that particular branch of the coffee empire. As in 'WHAT? TO GO? DO YOU WANT ANY PASTRY?' in a somewhat obnoxious voice. She didn't seem to grasp t»
Three Seasonal Thoughts. Yes, it's that time of year again: HMV are flogging 'romantic' compilations that get you 20% off at Ann Summer's, Clinton Cards' reaching out for entirely new heights of tackiness and florists across the nation are greedily rubbing their hands together. Valentine's Day. Comin»
Everyone knows music is a matter of personal taste (although, if you're talking about commercial success, that's debatable. But obviously that's not what I'm talking about), and that's how it should be. Lots of different people like lots of different kinds of music. Simple as that. Now why is there always someone who's»
This month's award for the most atrociously dubbed advert goes to...Tampax: Two youth orientated, streetwise urbans encounter the wonders of discrete feminine hygiene, effortlessly communicating through third parties. With the help of these parties, the modelesque cliche boyfriend manages to retrieve a sandwich, biscui»
Praised be the days when I hadn't reached ten yet and dad took us to watch the fireworks on New Year's eve. Forget Bonfire Night, fireworks are for New Year. They are in remote Bavarian villages, anyway. And New Year's eve was the only night of the year I was allowed to stay up until midnight. That's excitement enough »
Ten things we've learnt from the moviescreens... 1. Medieval peasants come with immaculate teeth 2. A single match is enough to torch a location the size of a football pitch 3. Energetic pulling of the steering wheel from left to right is a necessity, especially when drivi»
It's that time of year again: Cliff Richard is releasing crap, everyone and his dog is releasing topical 2001 compilations (not even Tesco's are holding back), Donny Osmond is working on a comeback and we strangle ourselves with bits of tinsel once again. But, what's the point? Christmas is a holiday like any other. An»
Are all your friends complete bores? The cheapest option to meet maniacs is by far taking a ride on London's buses.... The Shameless Kitted out in tracksuit bottoms and equipped with plastic bags of obscure content. Come as both a male and female version. The shameless can be easily spott»
You know you are getting old if... - You have a copy of "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" sitting on your shelf (and if you don't know what that is, congratulations) - You associate The Offspring with "Self Esteem" - You still know all the words to "Loser" - You excit»
Tonight, children (or: media students for that matter), we are going to dissect an annoying advert. It goes like this... A black cab pulls up in a presumably London road. A female passenger boards the cab through the back door. The cabbie turns round, the woman says "To Hampstead, please".0 »
1. The Yakult ad "Because, Katie...". Poor little Katie. When her stage mum got her into the ad, little did Katie know about her pointless lines ("What? In here? What? In there?") and unwanted pedophile appeal (cute little girl is flashing her tummy whilst balletdancing round the kitche»
And yet another album from Philadelphia's favourite synthpopsters, Winterbrief. With Take The Town, the riotous duo prove once again that they ARE the future of Casiocore Cool. "Life of the Party" comes as a Bis-esque opening track, complete with shouty go!go!go! style vocals and cute keyboardlines»
What is it with people? Why are we always supposed to identify with what's on telly? Why does there always have to be "one of us" hosting all sorts of dodgy TV shows? Take for example our beloved Jamie Oliver. First of all, he matches all criteria of truly being the "student from hell", secondly he's also»
They know where you live Right,so you spent your first year at uni in some student hall in the middle of nowhere.So what now?as a matter of fact students are not exactly Rockefeller's heirs,so usually the idea of sharing a house with others makes perfect sense.but does it really? Read the following de»
