Author: Lindsay Cochrane

Lindsay started out at Source as a student writer during her post-grad at Strathclyde Uni. These days, she's the magazine's editor, dedicating her working day to making the Source magic happen! Lindsay likes pugs, going to the cinema and 24-hour news channels.

REVIEW: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Dir: Ben Stiller Release:  26 December ’13 Rating: PG It’s a short story that I analysed to death in Higher English a terrifying ten years ago, so when I saw that it had been given the Hollywood treatment yet again with Ben Stiller taking on both the lead role and directorial duties, I had to… Continue reading REVIEW: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

How to… Get work experience

At Source, as well as dealing with the magazine and website, I’m in charge of all of our work experience requests. (If you’re keen to come in – hello! Send me an email at lindsay.cochrane@dcpublishing.co.uk with your CV and some examples of your writing and I’ll see what we can do.) We at Source know… Continue reading How to… Get work experience

Why the McBusted tour is the best thing to happen EVER

Some might say that bread being sold in a ready-sliced format is at the top of the list of Brilliant Things in Life. And it might have been up until about 11am this morning. Because today the universe threw us a curve ball, and that well-known phrase was made redundant. It’s not the best thing… Continue reading Why the McBusted tour is the best thing to happen EVER

Why Mean Girls is probably the best film ever made

Today is October 3rd, a momentous date in any calendar. No, it’s not because it’s the day that OJ Simpson was found ‘not guilty’ (look it up on Wikipedia). The day that tea rationing came to an end in 1952 and Britain heaved a sigh of relief. It’s not even because it’s A$AP Rocky’s birthday.… Continue reading Why Mean Girls is probably the best film ever made

REVIEW: We’re the Millers

Dir: Rawson Marshall Thurber Release: 23 August 2013 Cert: 15 Sometimes, you’ll go see a film and have the lowest of expectations. There’s going to be one or two outcomes – it’s everything you thought it would be, and you shuffle out of the cinema moaning about having just wasted £8, or you’ll be pleasantly… Continue reading REVIEW: We’re the Millers

REVIEW: The 1975 – Oran Mor, Glasgow

The 1975 Oran Mor, Glasgow, 27/5/13 As a band, there must be nothing scarier than facing a sell-out crowd when you know that a fairly decent proportion are there for one song and one song only. This would be a fairly accurate description of Macclesfield’s lads’ The 1975’s situation on their current tour, as new… Continue reading REVIEW: The 1975 – Oran Mor, Glasgow

Really wild

In our latest issue, which hits schools, colleges and unis this week, we’ve got a cracker of an interview with wildlife cameraman, TV presenter and all-round lovely bloke Gordon Buchanan. Because Gordon had so much to say about his fascinating career, we’ve got even more from the man himself right here! Prepare to want to… Continue reading Really wild