A collection of old posts – some personal blog pieces, some student media pieces, all mashed together in one delightful mess of a category.
Having just returned from an open features meeting run by Stylist magazine (anyone may come; anyone may pitch; post soon to follow), it seems that lately there’s been an influx of publications looking towards their readers and potential interns for new sources of original ideas. … Read More
I recently got given a Kindle, as a 21st birthday present. I am IN LOVE. As much as I adore reading real books, and having a tangible story in my hand, I can say I am a convert. I think the way they made the… Read More
I’m not an especially well-travelled individual, and so when a good old friend of mine offered to let me visit her in her current-country-of-study, Austria, I was only too excited to catch up and get cultured. What. A beautiful. Place. I can only repeat this… Read More
It’s suddenly occurred to me that I never wrote a blog post about my recent work experience placement. A massive mishap on my behalf, that I will blame on the fact that I’ve just finished my final year at university, and so have been preoccupied… Read More
Taylor, you absolute FOX. I had no idea Elizabeth Taylor was so wily, so gleaming and charming, until I watched the documentary on her jewellery. I knew her name, I knew her face – the lilac eyes, and those famous mutated double eyelashes. I’ve Googled… Read More
So, for the first time in a long time, I went to the cinema this evening (since The Hunger Games came out, in fact. Which, as a film studier and part-time popcorn scooper, is a pretty long time). I saw a fantastic horror-cum-*won’t say which… Read More
Look what I just found at Topshop. Oh happy days. Stick on Bindis! I was lucky enough to be hitting the primary school discos when these were so briefly in fashion, along with hair mascara and smear-on body glitter gel. I was so much more… Read More
Originally published in Redbrick (redbrickpaper.co.uk) An interview with Rebecca Musgrove, burlesque artist and recent graduate (no nepotism involved…almost). What inspired you to go for such an unusual job? I think it was a love of performing combined with a love of the art of Burlesque. … Read More
Originally published in Redbrick (redbrickpaper.co.uk) Facebook: Do our social lives depend on it? A healthy debate written with the help of the lovely Eve Hynes (@enh19) Yes! (by Sarah Musgrove) HALLELUJAH. I don’t want to exaggerate too much, but thank the stars for Facebook. This… Read More
Originally published in Redbrick (redbrickpaper.co.uk) It was with great enthusiasm that I first took this article on – and in the name of honest journalism, I’ll admit that this rapidly turned into mass nervousness when I realised the size and significance of the subject that… Read More
Sarah Musgrove 