How The Pomodoro Technique Can Help You In a recent article, I touched on the Pomodoro technique as a means of being productive when it comes to revision over the Easter break. But, such a fleeting mention doesn’t do justice to just how useful it can be. The What The...
How Did The Death Zone Get Its Name? As the Everest climbing season gains momentum, you may hear the term “Death Zone” mentioned in articles and news reports about extreme high-altitude mountaineering. At 29,029 feet, Mount Everest stands as the...
Exam Questions On The Horizon It might only be March, and May may seem so far away, but two things are worth mentioning: it’s never too early to be exam-ready, and time moves faster than you think it does. So while you’re stepping up your revision, one of the best and...
Improving What You Own Your reading list probably asks you for newest editions of novels and textbooks. If you own some older editions of these texts already, you might think; ‘why do I need to rebuy something I already own?’ It can be an annoying question,...
We know now that a journey to the centre of the earth would be nowhere near as fantastic as Jules Verne’s depiction, with dinosaurs, secret civilisations and sunken cities. Rather, it would be more like a hi-tech, brute force drilling exercise through gigatonnes of...
A Geographical Journey Across Britain’s Blossoming Landscape The astronomical onset of spring in the UK is marked by the vernal equinox on the 20th of March 2024. However, it may surprise you that there are two additional definitions for the season, stemming...
