Author Archives: Beth Wren
My Trip to Cambodia #1: Teaching English
So I know that I haven’t blogged in a while, well ages, but I have a good excuse: I’ve been in Cambodia! I’ve just come back from the best three weeks of my life and while I’m still a little dazed and confused, I’m ready to share my adventures. I went to Siem Reap in Cambodia […]
Packing for Cambodia
2 days until I go to Cambodia, ahhh! Packing is a nightmare, but it doesn’t matter because soon I’m going to be on the other side of the world teaching English to cute little Cambodian children and this stress will all be a blur. I can’t wait!
Review: The Fifth Wave, Rick Yancey
On a lonely stretch of highway, she runs from them. The beings that only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, until Cassie meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan may be her only hope for rescuing her brother […]
Great Gatsby Party
I went to a Great Gatsby party yesterday and took some photos of my outfit which wasn’t strictly 1920s but a bargain so it’s fine.
Photographing York Minster
I’m lucky enough to live in a beautiful city which I really don’t appreciate as often as I should. So the other sunny day I went out to take some pictures of the city’s great landmark: the minster. Here are the results: They were all taken on my Nikon Coolpix P510.
Doing it for the Girls
I was watching a stupid YouTube video the other day with two guys challenging each other to archery, when one said “I’m just like Katniss”, before proceeding to fire a terrible shot. I’m just like Katniss. And just like that I realised that the universal symbol for archery nowadays isn’t Robin Hood, or some superhero […]
Review Book #3 : The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald
As I come to the third book on my self-imposed 2013 reading list, I should probably point out that it’s a bit silly of me to title some of these posts as ‘reviews’ when they’re really just my thoughts. I don’t really know how I can review such a classic as The Great Gatsby. I should […]
Why I Want to Hate the Kindle (But Secretly Want One)
As an English Literature student, I can’t help but feel that it is my duty to protect the sacredness of books in their physical form and to consequently disown all eBooks and everything they stand for. But in seminars and coffee shops alike, as I look around at the numerous glowing screens of Kindles lighting […]
Review Book #2 : The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
“Working in New York one hot summer, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. In this vivid and unforgettable novel, Esther’s vision of the world shimmers and shifts: day-to-day New York living, her crazed men-friends, and hot […]
For What is a Fatwā ?
The Bible & Literature module I’m currently taking has thrown up some real gems. Firstly there was the amazingly bleak The Road which we compared with The Book of Job. Last week it was the epic Ben Hur alongside the Gospels on silent film, and now I’m reading Salman Rushdie’s infamous The Satanic Verses. I knew that there was a […]
Bethany Wren 