Author: Archie Murphy

Veganism in Sport – Is the Revolution a Potential Solution?

7Aug

By Archie MurphyNo Comments

Plymouth, Societies, Sport, Student's Union

Veganism in Sport – Is the Revolution a Potential Solution?

BY ARCHIE MURPHY Copyright - Archie Murphy As many of us have probably experienced in lockdown, there are only so many episodes of A Place in the Sun, Bargain Hunt or Homes Under the Hammer you can watch in one day. So, I started to flick through various other channels, and I came across a documentary by Jermaine Jenas – ex Spurs Footballer – on ‘Football Going Vegan’. As a die-hard member of the University of Plymouth Football Club and a general football fanatic, I find anything that is remotely related to the subject enjoyable. As it turns out, a documentary on football and veganism transpired to be quite the eye-opener. Who would have thought it, ay? Rhiannon Lamb...

Realising the importance of family during isolation – Satire

11Jun

By Archie MurphyNo Comments

COVID-19, Satire, Uncategorized

Realising the importance of family during isolation – Satire

BY ARCHIE MURPHY Isolation is a difficult time for everyone, and I have found the vast amount of initiatives the public have come up with in order to stay sane, and not end up murdering our siblings, admirable. I have found my personal experience of the COVID-19 crisis to be quite the opposite. I have been abandoned by my loved-up father, who has renounced himself of the responsibility of looking after me, to have a much more enjoyable time with his partner (the word enjoyable being hypothetical). Living by myself is somewhat different from the living conditions we are all used to in Plymouth; waking at 1 P.M. to your slobbery, hungover, lifeless Uni mates each one of you regretting the ignorant decision to have one more in Switch knowing full-well you had a 9 A.M. the next day. Well, ...