Everything Eleanor

J.K Rowling has quite a hold on us. Her words are pools of escapism into which we dive, exploring her wizarding world of endearing heroes and terrible villains. It has the essence of the 'Harry is schizophrenic' theory; our thoughts of granduer being when we elevate ourselves to Harry's position. I mean, we were all there when he caught his first snitch, when he and Cedric won the Triwizard Tournament, and of course, when he defeated Voldemort. Now she has done it again. In Fantastic Beasts, we follow the socially-awkward Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) into New York's magical wilderness, alongside his briefcase of mischievous beasts... The structure of the film is very similar to early Potter. The audience are led on the main quest of collecting Newt's missing beasts, diverting our attention from the key issue of tracking down dark wizard Grindelwald, who we find out has assumed the identity of Mr Graves. This reveal had me a little dissapointed. This saga hasn...

I sit here, tucked under my duvet in my Wrong Crowd t-shirt, trying to find the words to describe last night's events: exhilarating, emotional, powerful, fantastic. Pushed up against a barrier with my hair sticking to my forehead, and the girl next to me swaying this way and that, I screamed the lyrics to Tom Odell's songs for an hour and a half straight, as he embarked on the Birmingham leg of his No Bad Days Tour 2016.  Calm and collected, unlike everyone in the crowd, Tom strolled onto the stage and took his seat at the grand piano. The lyrics of Still Getting Used to Being On My Own glided in, and as the intensity of the instruments built, as the did the light show, alongside the sheer passion behind Tom's vocals. I thought this was a strange opener; the song deliberates the tragic struggle of getting over a relationship. However, this was picked up by the thriving rock ballad I Know, which inspired plenty of fist pumps. Following this was his latest album...