Comments for The Student Review

Comment on Words About Videos #1 – The VlogBrothers by Lauren Tolley

Lauren Tolley — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:28:59 +0000

Ah, the Vlogbrothers. Two of my favourite people. I agree: TFiOS makes even the most stoic of people sob like a child.

Comment on Ding Dong! The Witch is dead – wrongfully censored? by Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 04 May 2013 22:52:39 +0000

Considering Thatcher won each of her general elections (’79, ’83 and ’87) years before she introduced the poll tax to either Scotland or England and Wales, your point seems rather silly. Now, if you’d argued that the electoral system used for UK general elections (first past the post) means that political parties can win majorities in the House of Commons, and thus form governments, by only winning a minority of the vote – in some cases as little as 35% of it (the Labour Party, UK General Election, 2005) – and therefore in theory (and in reality during Thatcher’s premiership) that the other 65% could have hated her, then you’d have a sound point. Compound this with the understanding (supported by copious polling analysis from the past 60 years) that a highly conservative demographic is the elderly and that typically the younger you are the more liberal your political outlook is (there’s even a Churchill quote for this), then you could see that many of those who will have voted Thacther in on three consecutive occasions will now be dead, while those who disliked her at the time will still be kicking about, and you provide a polite and respectful retort to Dom’s understandably indignant comment about how he does not see why people hate/d Thatcher. But, that’s just me. You can stick to misinformation if you like.

Comment on Terry Pratchett and his fantastical fiction by chrisboote

chrisboote — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:41:47 +0000

The ‘sir’ is thanks to his Knighthood, nothing whatsoever to do with his OBE, which is a different honour altogether
He continues to donate money, time and (possibly most importantly) publicity to Alzheimer’s charities and events
Other than touat, a well-written summary, thank yu

Comment on Ding Dong! The Witch is dead – wrongfully censored? by mrcharly

mrcharly — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:39:55 +0000

Erm, Dom, Thatcher, like all governments, massively manipulated the electoral system. Many would-be labour voters did not even register to vote as it was the only way to avoid paying the (for them, unaffordable) ‘poll tax’.

Comment on Ding Dong! The Witch is dead – wrongfully censored? by Dom

Dom — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:56:51 +0000

I don’t see why everyone hates Thatcher so much when it was the society and culture of the time that elected her to be the Prime Minister… THREE TIMES consecutively. People are directing all their hate at her when really they’re annoyed at the society of the time for wanting somebody like her in power, because they knew very well who they were electing and what she stood for.
I don’t see why she – or why anybody else, in fact – needs a state funeral.

Comment on Flash interview: Jo Brand by Joe Moody

Joe Moody — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:06:28 +0000

I realise that this interview is a year old, but it is never to late to say that this is possibly the worst interview I have ever had the displeasure of reading. I post this comment only in the hope that James Harle takes the feedback on board.

Comment on Memories by Jess Kadow

Jess Kadow — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:44:30 +0000

Thank you! I really enjoyed writing this one so that’s lovely to hear.

Comment on Memories by Alaa Jasim

Alaa Jasim — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:11:26 +0000

Agreed. A genuine pleasure to read.

Comment on Memories by Georgie Tindale

Georgie Tindale — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:06:54 +0000

This is so beautifully written Jess. Thank you.

Comment on Book Review: The Bell Jar by Precious

Precious — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:49:28 +0000

Excellent review giving good insight into an amazing novel