Here we are again. It seemed wrong to skip this opportunity to complain about how single I am. Still. Maybe even through a few snide comments to those people more successful at love than myself. Then I started to think less ‘single bitter cat lady’ and more ‘reasonable and logical human being’. I can see the beauty of it. A day to celebrate your favorite … Continue reading Valentines Day
Love. The catalyst for so much of our struggling. Failed attempts can lead to people being left ÔÇÿfriend-zonedÔÇÖ and hurting. However, this article is not your regular heartbreak handbook. Today we delve into the much less reported on side of this interaction. Exploring how it feels to be the rejector. Losing Friends Words by Georgia Evans The rejection of unrequited love can leave the rejected feeling … Continue reading Respecting The Friend-Zone
by Jasmine Snow Josie Sommer is an illustrator based in London, whose work draws from literature, music and art history, to create quirky, awkward and yet endearing characters. How did you become an illustrator? I started illustrating in the final year of my undergraduate degree. I’d previously studied art at college and was a bit frustrated that I wasn’t making anything anymore, so I just … Continue reading Interview: Josie Sommer
by Ashley Sterio Like many people in the early 2000ÔÇÖs, I was a huge fan of wrestling. Specifically, WWEÔÇÖs ruthless aggression era. IÔÇÖd tune in to every Smackdown and Raw showing I could, and if I was lucky IÔÇÖd watch the odd pay per view event. My favourite wrestler was Edge, his entrance theme ÔÇÿMetalingusÔÇÖ never failed to get me excited with its blistering drum … Continue reading A love letter to my favourite musical artist: Myles Kennedy
A light-hearted romantic comedy is as essential to adolescent life as heartbreak and rebellion. Yet, for years, the only romcoms found in the mainstream were dominated by straight characters and their stories. From the classics, such as ÔÇÿWhen Harry Met SallyÔÇÖ to the modern features, like ÔÇÿLove and Other DrugsÔÇÖ, the number of romcoms out there with a heterosexual romance at their center are too … Continue reading BFI Flare 2018: Love, Simon
Shadows and Silhouettes. The sky is limitless, the breeze is cool, and the stars watch over us like the glittering eyes of fate. She is sitting next to me in the passenger seat. Her hair smells of bonfires and dances like smoke in the night air. She looks like summer, talks like spring, and sparkles like a live-wire in the camera-like flashes of the … Continue reading Shadows and Silhouettes (Short story)
INTRODUCING OUR RETURNING FEATURE, QPID’S CORNER If you are active on Twitter you may have seen us post several pictures of the odd cherub/ crappy cherub gif. This can only mean one thing! The Cherubs are back in business and QuenchÔÇÖs very own resident qpid is going to work their magic to find you your perfect match. If you’ve ever wanted to try out a … Continue reading ***APPLICATIONS OPEN: QPID’S CORNER***
Tom Morris relates his Y Plas speed dating experience…is love in the air? Continue reading Speed Dating Uncovered
Travel writer Emma Bradley hit the student union to ask Cardiff students about the places they LOVE.
