Well hello there… I’ll stop with the Ws now. I was going to see if I could write this whole post in alliteration, but I thought that was far too much faff. It’s been a month since I was a uni student. I had my summer, I swiftly got bored of having so much free time, and as of a week and a half ago, I am officially a full-time employee. Eek! See, I’m not going to talk much about work. Not about what I do specifically or where I work or who I work with. Just that I am having

Written as my dissertation for my Digital Media and Communications degree at University of Birmingham 1. Introduction The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has become one of the most commercially and culturally significant media franchises of the twenty-first century. The phenomenon that began with the release of Iron Man (2008) culminated in one of the most significant cinematic events with Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the conclusion of the Infinity Saga. As the franchise shif

Heartstopper means a hell of a lot to me. I have never seen myself on screen in the way I have seen myself in Kit Connor as Nick Nelson, and that is saying something considering I am a woman. I’ve written about Heartstopper before, about how it does so incredibly well at showing an authentic queer experience, how it touches on some very real, very deep subjects in a way that makes it look like struggling is okay. There is a comfort in Nick and Charlie, a soul-deep welcome fee

The end is near. In 12 hours, I will wake up much like Princess Anna of Arendelle on Coronation Day and it will begin. The day three years of work has led up to. The day that will be documented and printed on every single family member’s wall for the rest of my life. The day I graduate from the University of Birmingham. I thought I’d do this one in true ‘The School Saga’ fashion and write as I think. it’s Monday night, I have spent my last two hours ChatGPTing and googling

Almost 20 years in the education system has come to an end and I just feel kind of… numb. I got my results yesterday for my final year assignments, my dissertation and the classification I will be graduating with in just a few weeks. I’d been dreading it for ages; I always get this way with school results where I make myself sick with worry that I am going to fail. I have never failed anything before so I don’t know why I always think I will. I didn’t fail this time either.

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder season two dropped just four days ago. I had mixed feelings going into this one because of the absolute car crash that was season one. Such a car crash in fact that it made me genuinely emotionally angry

I’m baaaaack! Did you miss me? I sure as hell missed you. Some of you may have noticed that this blog hasn’t been much more than a barren wasteland for the past year and a half. The particularly eagle-eyed among you may have also realised that endofapaige was actually just another ‘server not found’ floating around the ether of the internet for nearly a year. There’s good reason for that… I’ve just been busy man. I started endofapaige when I was 17. It started, first and fo

The next era of boybands is on the horizon as Simon Cowell’s newest group embark on their introduction tour across the UK. December 10 were interestingly formed via Netflix documentary; Simon Cowell’s The Next Act released to the world aptly on December 10th giving audiences an insight into music management and what it takes to be in a new British boyband to rival the K-Pop stars. December 10 is comprised of seven 15–20-year-olds from all over the nation, each of them a char

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman broke the internet on Thursday 23rd October with the announcement that after 21 years of Strictly Come Dancing, they would no longer host the primetime show. The dancing competition, that has become a staple in British households, has just hit its fifth episode of 23 seasons on BBC One. The UK’S first all-female presenting duo on live TV took to Instagram on Thursday morning, releasing statem

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me Author Colleen Hoover’s latest adaptation, Regretting You, hits cinemas on Friday 24th October, and with the controversy that surrounded her previous film It Ends With Us, it was hit-or-miss as to whether the new flick starring Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon)and Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) would be received well. Directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) and produced in part by Anna Todd, author of

Originally written for and published by redbrick.me I just want to preface this by saying that I am not a big Doctor Who fan. I don’t understand what’s going on, I’m not a big fan of timey-wimey, and I have had Dugga Doo haunting my dreams for a month. I do however have friends who adore it, and don’t take that lightly, I mean they once spent an entire day playing Whodle (I bet you can guess what that is) in competition with each other. My knowledge, however, only dates back

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me Everything’s coming up Roxie as Chicago hits the next stop of their UK tour at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Pulling Strictly Come Dancing lovers to the see Janette Manrara as Roxie Hart as the infamous murderess in the 1920s-set musical written by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb. There was hesitation going into this production, as casting managers will often forgo talent for a big name. Of course, there was no doubt about Manrara

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me Dear Evan Hansen, today is going to be an amazing day and here’s why… because after months of debating if I should buy tickets or not, I finally got to catch the UK tour as it hit the Wolverhampton Grand. Dear Evan Hansen, written by the immensely talented Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is a musical theatre production based on a book of the same name. It may be best known to you for being the show that made Ben Platt big again

Originally written for published on redbrick.me If you haven’t heard of Naomi Dawes, you aren’t alone but you sure are missing out. The Birmingham-based artist is still making her way in the indie music scene but her 1.4k Instagram followers are certainly pushing her in the right direction. Dawes specialises in the self-proclaimed genre of ‘ethereal indie soul with a dash of hip-hop’ and while this may be a self-given label, it sums up Dawes’ art perfectly. 'BABE' is Naomi D

The earth spins once more and another year rolls in. I am yet again sat in my bedroom wondering just what I am doing with my life. I’ve evolved a lot in 2024. I’m starting to gain some confidence, something I never thought I’d manage. It helps having people around me singing my praises. You know that saying that’s like ‘say it enough and they’ll believe it’ that’s usually applied to bullying, I think it works for the positive stuff too. It’s my career mindset that has devel

Originally written for and published by redbrick.me Another Wednesday night, another B-Town gig. It’s starting to become a ritual now. One night a month, I grab my three best friends, and we trek all the way to The Rainbow Pub in Digbeth. We grab a drink and sit under the disgustingly humid heater in the same booth in the beer garden. Lucas downs his penalty pint as punishment from his football team and films it, and at 7pm sharp, we head down to the basement for a night of f

Originally written for and published for redbrick.me Friday 20th September saw american alt-pop sensation Melanie Martinez headline the Utilita Arena. Most will be aware of her from her debut album 9 years ago Cry Baby, and to be frank, it was that album alone that allured me to go to The Trilogy Tour at all. Melanie Martinez was a staple of my early teens, I danced to Pity Party at a school show, I sat in anticipation as every new music video dropped. There was a five year b

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me There’s no place like home. Wednesday night B-Town welcomed me back to The Rainbow Pub for another night of music and all-around great vibes. B-Town advocates for the Birmingham indie scene, aiming to bring Digbeth back to being the hub of music and home to where the greats begin. The most important thing about B-Town, however, is the amazing sense of community the night brings regardless of the music performed. I have only

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder made my 2022. It got me through my A-Levels, it was my reading list through one of the best summers of my life, and one of the most difficult autumns. I fell head over heels in love with Pip Fitz-Amobi and Ravi Singh. I was enamoured by the case of Andie Bell. Within the year, Holly Jackson took top spot for my favourite author of all time. I was beyond ecstatic at the news of the TV adaptation

“It is better to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.” - Vanity Fair, William...