Queen Ethelburga's College

Advantages: Funny, good characters
Disadvantages: None

...King of Queens is an American sitcom set in New York. The King in question is Doug Heffernan and the Queens they relate to is actually the suburb of New York he lives in with his wife Carrie. I think this title is a really clever play on words and sets the scene for quite a funny sitcom in my opinion. Doug and Carrie are the main couple in this sitcom and it?s really them that the whole show revolves around. They have a nice relationship but bicker like most couples and they really play on each others stereotypes to get the laughs out of the audience. For example Doug is rather fat and so they definitely play this up on the show. He is generally always eating my Carrie facilitates this by buying him or making him his favourite foods. Doug is played by the very funny Kevin James who has been in movies such as Hitch, I Now Pronounce You... Read review

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Advantages: close to Central London, cheap, nice accomodation
Disadvantages: don't care about student life, poor lectures/lecturers

...To be completely honest, my research into potential future universities was extremely poor. For the most part, I just wanted to live in London but unfortunately, I relied on official reports and glorified UCAS reviews, which made every university seem like heaven. But this was over a year ago, and the details are hazy, neither do they matter. What does matter was that Queen Mary ended up being one of my choices, and then my first choice. So in September 2007, off I was. My first impression of the campus was a favourable one. The architecture was modern, with lots of glass and imitation wood everywhere. My halls were very nice, although I eventually discovered a drawback. While most other buildings had the traditional long halls with the doors lining the hallways, due to the architecture of Creed Court, my particular flat (flat 4) had... Read review

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Advantages: Superb script and acting, challenging your views, simply fantastic
Disadvantages: Some scenes are just speculative

...I was quite shocked to see that ITV were screening the Oscar winning movie "The Queen" already on Sunday night, so I knew I had to tune in to see what all the fuss was about. As you may or may not know, The Queen won lead actress Helen Mirren an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Award at the Venice Film Festival for being the Best Actress, along many others both for Helen Mirren, and the film was a whole. It has been hugely successful, and because of this I was thoroughly looking forward to seeing what all the fuss was about! The film shows us the events from when Tony Blair was elected as Prime Minister in 1997, to the death of Princess Diana at the end of August 1997. It focuses on the backlash that came about against the Queen when she did not appear to speak publicly on the Princess' untimely death... Read review

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