Tom Freeman reviews the installations Missing and Migration Stories, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery for Buzz Extra. When the Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopened in December it seemed to have shifted focus. From simply displaying evocations of people, the gallery has been rebranded to offer ‘A Portrait of a Nation’. This was coined in April […]
Katherine Thomson reviews The Muppets for Buzz Extra. Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The audience are a mixed bunch: young parents with rowdy toddlers and mortified eleven-year-olds, stoned teenagers, baby boomers trying to recapture adolescent times and students nostalgic for an imagined ’70s heyday. The Muppets brings everyone together with its hard “one s […]
Sarah Turnbull reviews the movie Young Adult for Buzz Extra. Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Selfish, shabby and nasty are not words usually associated with Charlize Theron. Yet that is exactly what we see in her latest film as her character, Mavis Gray, returns to her hometown as a ghost writer and divorcée determined to relive the golden years of high school. The […]
Katherine Thomson reviews Peapod Productions’ performance of Passing Through at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for Buzz Extra. Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Through years of Hollywood indoctrination, we know that at least one bad fling stands in our path to True Love – but that one day someone will appear who makes all others pale in comparison. In Alice a […]
Katrina Conaglen reviews the movie Martha Marcy May Marlene for Buzz Extra. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Martha Marcy May Marlene tells the tale of a young woman, Martha (Elizabeth Olsen), recently escaped from a violent, oppressive cult in the Catskills. Moving in with her elder sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and Lucy’s husband Ted (Hugh Dancy) into an enormous, d […]
Mark McKinlay reviews the movie The Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think for Buzz Extra. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Capturing the energy of a gig is never easy. It’s made even harder when the band in question is The Chemical Brothers. The electronic titans are renowned for the scale and intensity of their shows, with startling visuals accompanying their feroc […]
Andy Mackie on fundraising, online and progress of the magazine It has been another busy week here at IMPULSE, but in between all the hard work, we managed to let our hair down on Tuesday. We organised a ‘Take me Out’ night at the Three Sisters to raise funds to print the magazine. A crowd [...]
V K Urban checks your hair for damage Hair is our most rapidly developing visible cellular structure; it grows about half an inch each month. We abuse our hair by using certain products and not putting a hat on. Our hair is prone to wear and tear, mechanical, natural and chemical damage. Because of this [...]
A picture log illustrating progress made on IMPULSE Magazine During week six, editors set deadlines for magazine articles, online writers posted stories and the advertising department tried to sell as many adverts in the magazine as possible. Picture credits: Niomi Fraser
Yasmine Gibb talks about her experiences working in Malawi It was genuinely like we were celebrities. Around 7,000 children cheering and jumping around as our bus drove into the area. After 20 hours of travelling it was enough to bring me to tears, so humbling that these children were all here to see us. We [...]
Rachel Hennessy provides tips on how to save money on an 18-30 holiday Ayia Napa, Kavos and Malia are just some of the popular holiday hotspots that attract thousands of young people every year. Having worked and saved hard, expectations are high. “Club 18-30” holidays offers holidaymakers the chance to go out on booze cruises, [...]
Rachel Hennessy previews a busy year for Queen Elizabeth II What could possibly bring Jessie J, Shirley Bassey and Jools Holland together on one stage? It can only be The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. On June 4th, Buckingham Palace will act as the backdrop for a special concert to mark her sixty years on the [...]