As the feature continues to disappear and reappear again, Aimee-Lee Abraham┬áwrestles the ÔÇÿBritish institutionÔÇÖ that is (or was!?) The SunÔÇÖs Page Three in a tale of boobs and news. Model: Drake Steel Photography: Sam Wild The Sun, the best selling newspaper in the UK, hasnÔÇÖt run a pair of naked breasts on its third page for a record twenty-six days. This is a significant period … Continue reading Now You See It, Now You Don’t
Imogen Byers investigates how easy it really is to revolt against the supermarkets by eating local produce and supporting independent food retailers in Cardiff. When picturing student dinners, the idea of endless plates of beans on toast, frozen pizza and pre-made pasta sauces are often the first images to come to mind. The bulk of this food stash quite likely hoarded from the cheaper chain … Continue reading Buy Local, Buy Better?
Everybody loves cake right? How about vegetable based cakes? We have a look at the rising trend and give you a recipe for a batch of delicious avocado brownies to try for yourself. Cake; that one little word that instantly brings joy. After all, who doesnÔÇÖt get excited at the prospect of cake? And when I say cake, IÔÇÖm sure youÔÇÖre all envisaging a … Continue reading The Cake Makeover: Vegetable Cakes
With so many independent and chain eateries in and around Cardiff, it can be overwhelming deciding what to eat or where to go to eat it. So here at Quench, we thought weÔÇÖd be helpful and give you a run-down of the best burgers available in Cardiff. After all, McDonalds doesnÔÇÖt always seem to hit the spot in the face of sobriety. Whether youÔÇÖre heading … Continue reading The Cardiff Guide to: Burgers
Kathryn Lewis takes a look at how our plates are becoming frames for our foodie conquests There was a time when food solely served a nutritional purpose; food equalled calories, calories equalled energy and that was it. Yet now, in our land of plenty, food can be indulgent, food can be fashionable and now it appears in many ways that food can be art. Just … Continue reading Food As Art
Waifish indie boys Peace return with the follow up to their 2013 debut, In Love. Similarly optimistic in title, Happy People is what the media would call the ÔÇÿdifficult secondÔÇÖ album, yet Peace have managed to create something that feels easy and natural. The album, which juxtaposes unhappy lyrics with happy melody, is full of buoyant beats and joyful vibes: the trademark sound of the … Continue reading Album: Peace – Happy People
Y Plas has always been home to weird and wonderful sights, but tonight it bears witness to a whole new one: a floor-wide mosh pit as hardcore madmen, Enter Shikari come out to play. Before the carnage begins, Fatherson play some whole-heartedly pretty songs, which lull the crowd rather than rile them. Following are the inherently strange Allusondrugs. Bizzare movements and faces galore, the boys … Continue reading Live Review: Enter Shikari – Y Plas 17/2/15
As the rumbles of ‘Ni**as In Paris’ roll out, All Time Low scuttle playfully onto stage at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena to an ear-piercing reception which, alongside a fun-fuelled rendition of ‘A Love Like War’, sets the benchmark for the nightÔÇÖs proceedings. What follows is by no means revolutionary; All Time Low are a band that wear their influences proudly on their sleeve. The onstage … Continue reading Live: You Me At Six & All Time Low – Cardiff Motorpoint 9/2/15
We at Quench have decided we want to share what we know with anybody at Cardiff University. Disclaimer: we’re not professionals, but we try our darned hardest to be as close to that as we can. So in the spirit of helping to improve everybody’s CV (and also hopefully, improving the calibre of contributions we get from some of you) these workshops will be completely … Continue reading Quench Workshops: Reviews
Food editors Kathryn & Emma have a snoop around Cathay’s latest food hangout People watching is a guilty pleasure we all secretly love to indulge in from time to time. Whether to relax, or just to satisfy those nosy intuitions, peering from a window onto a busy road and watching people go about their daily tasks is one of lifeÔÇÖs simpler pleasures. Taking a seat … Continue reading Review: CF24 Project
I really wanted to like this film. Having avidly consumed all three volumes of the series on my Kindle back in 2011 I went in with a reasonably detailed (and x-rated) idea of what to expect. Over the last few days, the campaign to boycott the film has gained a great deal of momentum and having read several articles that condemn Fifty Shades of Grey┬áfor … Continue reading 50 Shades of Grey – Pass me a blindfold..
Kathryn Lewis checks out one of the city’s most popular gastro pubs Positioned in the centre of CardiffÔÇÖs bustling gastronomic hub, The Corner House restaurant faces stiff competition from the plethora of chain restaurants and swanky cocktail bars that frequent Mill Lane. With every eatery you can throw a celebrity chef name on or 2 for 1 voucher at near by, this small name pub … Continue reading Review: The Corner House
I recently suffered the indignity of going to the cinema completely alone on a Saturday night. Buying my tickets and popcorn, I could only grin sheepishly as I repeated ÔÇÿyes just the one adult ticket, thanksÔÇÖ. Not a half hour previously I was at BristolÔÇÖs Thekla enjoying a captivating, intimate performance by Laura Marling ÔÇô who is currently touring her as-yet unreleased LP Short Movie … Continue reading Live: Laura Marling – Thekla – 7/2/15
From one of the broadest genres out there; we delve into what it is that makes a good comedy. As an aspiring journalist, weÔÇÖre taught at times to try and write from an impartial and unprejudiced standpoint. But not here, bias is necessary. I love comedies. To me, there is no other genre that is as complete, broad or as meticulously well-crafted as a comedy. … Continue reading Genre in Review: Comedy
In soft acquiescence with the melancholy, Alvvays soundtrack the adventures of post-teen life as if through an Instagram filter. A boat in Bristol is perhaps the perfect setting for the Canadian five-piece; you have to wonder if itÔÇÖs the water beneath you swaying the crowd or indeed lead-singer Molly RankinÔÇÖs crooning voice that undulates the bodies onboard The Thekla. Alvvays are captivating from the outset. … Continue reading Live: Alvvays – Thekla – 31/1/15
Get in losers, weÔÇÖre going to analyse our generationÔÇÖs obsession with the teen movie. This crowd-funded film debut from film blogger Charlie Lyne is a cine-essay that charts the narrative arc of the American high school movie trope that has dominated pop culture for over 20 years. The documentary style allows Lyne to identify several stages in the development of the protagonist, from their original … Continue reading Beyond Clueless: why the teen movie is still as ‘fetch’ as ever
As Winter draws to a close, we look back over the past year which saw some wonderful commemorative events to mark the centenary of WWI. December 2014 bore witness to artistic and cultural events in West Flanders which commemorated the hundredth anniversary of the Christmas Truce during the First World War and Quench Culture attended┬áto see the events in all their glory. In December … Continue reading Centenary Of The Christmas Truce
Inventive in its production; Richard Linklater’s Boyhood┬ádepicts the growth of a boy through his adolescence, the trials his family face and the hardship that is living life in its mundanity. Surprising in that this film was 12 years in the making; the prolonged shooting period had no repercussions in terms of quality and performance integrity. It’s no surprise this picture has secured nominations at the … Continue reading Review: Boyhood
Continuing Film & TVÔÇÖs exploration into narrative film genres; in this feature we tackle the most explosive of all, Action. It is easy to pin point this genre in the sea of films released: It starts with a grand opening; the panning across the open road or a plane shooting off into the distance that then cuts to the explosion of a title sequence. This … Continue reading Genre in Review: Action
Based on the best selling book by Cheryl Strayed; Wild┬átells the biographical tale of Strayed’s 1100 mile hike in repentance and reflection after the death of her mother and subsequent turmoil in which she fell. From director Jean-Marc Vall├®e (who directed Matthew┬áMcConaughey┬áand Jared Leto to Oscars in last year’s dramatic hit Dallas Buyers Cowboys) the imagery crafted here is powerful, thought provoking and on the … Continue reading Review: Wild
