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Inside today >>>
Movember is here
Find out why students across
the city are helping to raise
money for prostate cancer
by growing moustaches
News, page 3
Union drinks
clearance sale
Former government drugs
advisor warns that alcohol is
more dangerous than cocaine,
but is anybody listening?
News, page 6
Mind your Manners
Columnist Katy Covell looks at
the irritating effect of PDA couples
on the world around them
Comment, page 11
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for grannies? Think again
as Elliot Bentley explores a
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Culture, page 25
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of the table after a decisive 4-0
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away. They remain undefeated
in BUCS this year having won
all three of their matches
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Culture, page 35
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Monday November 8 2010 THE COURIER
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Singapore celebration: scores
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Comment
Is laziness just
a irritating but
harmless character
trait or could be the
cause of untimely
deaths in the UK
Page 9
Life & Style
Pull off androgyny.
Briony Carlin and
Claire Slipper
explore the blurring
of the fashion
boundaries
Page 20
Culture
Happy birthday
Mario; Elliot
Bentley reports on
the 25th birthday
of a popular
culture icon
Page 32
Sport
Intra Mural round
up; Jimmy Taylor
reports from
Heaton where
Barca Law Na
devastated their
Leazes opponents
Page 42
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Con-grad-ulations: Vice-Chancellor Chris Brink shakes hands with one of the 58 Naval Architecture graduates from the University’s Singapore campus, which is set to offer new courses
Bethany Sissons
Students have graduated from Newcastle University without even stepping on campus. The 58 students,
who studied at a branch campus in
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to graduate in Naval Architecture
from Newcastle University Marine
International.
Based at Ngee Ann Polytechnic,
the degree modules are offered by
academic staff from the UK campus
who are based in Singapore.
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there; the maritime industry is
thriving in Singapore and therefore
it is a valuable course for students.
Among the School’s distinguished
Singaporean alumni are Mr Choo
Chiau Beng, who is Chief Executive
of Keppel Corp, and Mr Ong Poh
Kwee, Managing Director of Sembawang Shipyard.
For a long time the University has
been a frontrunner in its teaching
of marine technology. However, as
the shipping industry has declined
in the North East, the course has
expanded and developed in Singapore.
The Singapore marine and offshore industry is set to be boosted
by Newcastle University offering
courses like this. Professor Chris
Brink, Vice Chancellor, also stated
that there are plans to offer three
more courses to students in Singapore from next year, in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of
Technology.
New students will be able to enrol
on courses in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and food
and human nutrition. Hoping that
the deal will go ahead, Professor
Brink said: “These were niche arHDVWKDWQHHGHGWREHÀOOHGDQGZH
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The Singapore graduates enjoyed
a graduation ceremony held at Ngee
Ann Polytechnic’s Convention Centre last week. Professor Brink went
on to describe the event: “This is a
very proud occasion for Newcastle
University. I am delighted to confer
Newcastle degrees upon graduates
who have studied in Singapore,
complementing the long tradition
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high quality graduates who will be
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“Singapore has yet again lived up
to its reputation as a leader and pio-
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Mr Chia Mia Chiang, the Principal
of Ngee Ann Polytechnic, where
the course was based, said: “We are
proud to have played a key role in
‘importing’ the Newcastle degree
programme to provide Singapore
with a sustained stream of specialists in Naval Architecture. This is
the kind of new blood with the potential to drive the industry forward
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itive for the Singaporean students,
as Fathiah Lim told The Courier:
“Doing my bachelor in Newcastle
University in Singapore has been
quite an experience. The University
has been nothing but great to try to
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Although Fathiah Lim had a fantastic experience of studying, she
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feeling like a ‘Newcastle student’
without studying on the UK campus
full time: “It’s quite a challenge with
the lack of university surroundings
(our classes are held in a local polytechnic) and the local competitive
drive to be the best in school is very
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Fathiah Lim also added: “The positive note about NU Singapore is, I
have my family and friends here and
receive their support directly. The
academic group are also extremely
helpful and supportive. I truly appreciate their relentless pursual to
help us in every bit of our academic
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The course for Fathiah Lim was
brilliant, but did place her in a complex position at times: “It is unique
in a way because we don’t fully
identify with university students in
Singapore, neither can we with students directly from Newcastle University. We are sort of in our own
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A key feature of the course, however, is a four week immersion
programme where the Singapore
students study in Newcastle. Speaking to The Courier Fathiah Lim is
extremely enthusiastic about this
experience: “The four weeks immersion programme has been the
best time of my entire studies in
Newcastle. Over there, I truly feel
I am a 100 per cent Newcastle student. I thoroughly enjoyed every
single moment. I’ve never been to
a city that is extremely tolerable to
students (there’s student discount
everywhere) and it teaches me university life is not all hard work but
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News
Fan-tash-tic men on Movember mission
Elliot Bentley
You may have noticed a surprising number of dapper gentlemen
around campus sporting moustaches within the last week. It’s not your
imagination: the month of November has been claimed as the month
of moustache-growing, henceforth
renamed “Movember”. Even if
you’ve only dabbled in little goatees, or gone one further and grown
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the time for all men to grow their
own “little bit of luxury”.
Of course it is not just a self indulgent excuse for growing ironic
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cial Movember documentation as
“Mo”s). It’s to raise awareness and
donations for The Prostate Cancer
Charity, which funds research and
provides support for sufferers of
prostate cancer, a disease that kills
10,000 men every year in the UK
alone.
This is the seventh year it’s been
running - having been dreamt up by
a pair of Australians in 2003 - and
last year raised £26 million. Newcastle students crafting their own bit of
face furniture can join the Newcastle
University network, where the combined funds raised by all Newcastle
students will be added together to
give a grand total.
Other Movember-themed events
will also be taking place throughout
the city. The Student Union will be
getting in on the act with special Movember themed editions of Homemade Jam (the weekly open mike
night at Northern Stage). There are
also rumours of “guerilla Movember”, involving some of Newcastle’s famous landmarks and a giant
moustache.
Additionally, a “Gala Parté” for all
participating Mo Bros (and Sistas)
will be taking place at the end of
the month, with awards for the best
moustaches including the coveted
“Man of Movember 2010”. It’ll be
free for anyone who has managed to
raise more than £80.
Tom Bedford is the co-president of
Beerd Soc - a new society for those
Mo bros: students at Newcastle proudly display moustaches in support of Movember, a month-long charitable campaign to raise money and awareness for combating prostate cancer
with a passion for both facial hair
and great beer - which is heavily
involved in this year’s Movember.
Sporting an already intimidatingly
bushy moustache, he told The Courier he was involved in Movember
because “It’s a good cause obviously
- and I don’t really do much charity
work for the rest of the year. I was
quite lonely in my plight last time,
but there are loads of us doing it this
year.”
His co-president Matt Downie adorned with a similarly impressive
moustache - emphasised the selflessness of the mo-growing event.
“It’s all for men’s health, for charity,
for a good cause,” he said.
James England, another founding member of Beerdsoc, added: “I
think it’s a very worthy cause. And
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gentlemen for a month.”
Public meeting held against higher education cuts
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On Wednesday November 3, students, lecturers and staff at the University came together for a public
meeting against higher education
cuts.
Speaking at the meeting was politics and economics lecturer Barry
Gills, students from the Newcastle
Free Education Network (NFEN),
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the Students Union Sarah Fearnes
and Patrick Rolfe, a student activist
from ‘Sussex University Against the
Cuts’.
The main thrust of the meeting
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in reaction to higher education cuts.
All the speakers discussed how the
cuts will badly affect students, lecturers and workers in the public sector. Barry Gills explained how those
affected are being made to pay for
the crisis of the bankers and the private sector.
He asked us to question what a
university is for and who it is supposed to serve. He said universities are for students and teachers,
and should be seen collectively as
a project for good to make society a
better place.
Critics of the Browne review argue
that while education should serve
the interests of the economy, it is
also about more than that: an educated society is a good in itself.
It was argued that the cuts are not
economically necessary, and importantly offered alternatives. Simon Childs from NFEN noted how
the higher education budget is at
present £8 billion per year, with £1.3
billion coming from fees.
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pay for free education for every person in Britain, and that’s without
any rise in taxes on the richest 10
per cent of society, whose combined
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What can you do to
get involved?
- Banner making session
ahead of the National Demo
is at 5pm in Politics Common
Room (near Robinson Library) on Monday November
8. All welcome, even if you
can’t come on the demo.
- Email contactnfen@gmail.
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‘What next after the National
Demonstration?’ meeting.
We’ll send this out as soon as
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- Search and join ‘Newcastle
Free Education Network’
on Facebook and make this
campaign your campaign!
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Rowan Rheingans, another NFEN
activist, responded to the question
about where all the money is, stressing: “Firstly, £1.4 trillion was spent
by the government bailing out the
banks, enabling the banking sector
to continue to reward its managers
with bonuses in the millions.
“Meanwhile, corporations dodge
£120 billion in unpaid taxes every
year. It’s not the case that the money
isn’t there. Simply raising corporation tax to the G7 average would
pay for our tuition fees to be wiped
out.”
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open discussion about how to take
anti-cuts campaigns forward to
save higher education. Patrick Rolfe
from Sussex University spoke about
the campaign they led to save departments and jobs, the challenges
they faced and the successes they
achieved - including a 950 strong
emergency meeting that voted a
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Fearnes was optimistic that Newcastle students will be marching in
their hundreds in London on November 10, but she outlined that
this is only the beginning and put
forward suggestions for action like
lobbying MPs and campaigning on
campus.
Lectures from the History department talked of actions they had taken against education cuts when they
were young, and said they would
support creative actions like ‘teachins’ or joint demonstrations with
students on campus to show that the
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lecturers and staff alike.
The Newcastle Free Education Network also made a plea for more students - different kinds of students,
from all areas of the University - to
get involved.
They reiterated that, because the
scale of these cuts is so massive, the
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size and diversity.
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News
Firework attack
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It is hard to understand how explosives can
be sold so easily to the masses
Kate Rogers
Commentary
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ireworks are associated
with happy luminous
celebrations, but they also
carry serious dangers. Is it
wise that they are available so freely?
Fireworks are illegal to sell to
anyone less than 18 years of age.
However, a quick search online reveals websites which do not even
ask for the buyers age when trying
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misuse by the few which affect
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to see how these dangers can be
prevented.
It is hard to understand how
explosives can be sold so easily
to the masses. Fireworks used to
be seen only at special events and
watched by the public at a safe
distance, but now anyone can
purchase them at anytime.
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wrong with this?
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on November 5 last year there
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Girls are twice as likely to
feel concerned about
walking home alone at night
Susie May Beever
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at her from a passing car. It has to be said, stories
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than heroin or cocaine
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An independent study by the
former Government drugs advisor
Professor David Nutt has argued
that alcohol is more harmful than
heroin or crack cocaine, on the basis
of the overall dangers to the individual and society.
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than cocaine or tobacco, while Ecstasy was ranked as causing one
eighth the harm of alcohol.
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so widely used, there are hundreds
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alcohol every day and those people
will go to extraordinary lengths to
get it.” Nutt stressed it was important to separate harm to the individual and harm to society.
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Pioneering medical trial in the North East set to
revolutionize the treatment of stroke patients
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A major medical trial, which could
revolutionise the way paramedics treat stroke patients, is being
launched in the North East. The pioneering study, entitled PIL-FAST,
will enable paramedics to begin
vital drug treatment on patients before they are transported to hospital,
meaning that their chances of recovery can be substantially increased.
The aim of the study is to identify whether it is possible for paramedics to safely lower high blood
pressure in stroke victims, and the
project will roll out across the North
of Tyne area as part of a collaboration between Newcastle University,
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria NHS Foundation trust and the
North East Ambulance Service NHS
Trust.
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swept into the arteries serving the
brain, becomes lodged, blocking the
vessel and depriving parts of the
brain of oxygen.
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caused.
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allow clot-busting drugs to be used
more safely. With this new trial we
are seeing whether ambulance paramedics can start treatment to reduce
blood pressure before patients reach
hospital.”
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stroke this summer. While he himself made an excellent recovery, he
recalls how others were not so fortunate: “I’m one of the lucky ones.
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patient who could look after themselves. Anything that can prevent
that kind of severe damage has to be
a good thing.”
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and aims to recruit 60 patients. If it
is successful, it will be developed
to evaluate the possibility of ultraearly blood pressure treatment on a
national level.
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funded by the National Institute of
Health Research.
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Students at Warwick were left devastated after losing thousands of pounds
when their plans to organise a trip to
climb Mt Kilimanjaro through a Nottingham based travel company fell through.
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between them which should have gone
to charities and cover the costs of the
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against bar crawls
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to make its stance on commerciallyrun bar crawls known. A motion
has been proposed by the Union to
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crawls’.
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be banned and will give the Union
mandate to work further with police
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crawls aren’t endangering students.
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from lectures and seminars this
Wednesday November 10, as thousands of people from all over the
country will gather to protest the
looming cuts that higher education
faces as a result of the Coalition’s
new budget.
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Students’ Union to be considerate of
students who wish to attend it.
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Apathy in the UK: the lazy lurch to an early grave
Emily Sargent
In a culture completely obsessed by
keeping up with the latest celebrity
dietary fads, it’s hard not to think
about what we eat. With options
such as ‘The Cabbage Soup Diet’,
‘The Atkins Diet’ (don’t do it – bad
breath), and ‘The 21 Day Clean Program’ – one meal a day, plus a £300
mystery ‘kit’ of essential ingredients, (sounds like Kate Moss would
be the advocate doesn’t it? “Dinner?
No thanks I had a baked bean for
lunch”) - what guidelines should
we follow?
On the one hand we’ve got an extreme size zero starvation culture,
and on the other, we’re a nation
with a growing number of obesityrelated illnesses.
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fad diets are sold as a solution. It’s
not just what we eat that matters
though – we need to exercise more.
This is not to say you ought to be
limbering up for Everest, but we’re
constantly cutting everyday actions
out of our lives, using technology in
order to increase the speed and ease
at which we can do things - that’s
what’s doing a lot of the damage.
Ready meals and remote controls
are some of the most common energy saving devices, but there is a
whole market out there for the lazy.
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a £3500 toilet that kindly washes
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Katy Carr, third
year Law student
reviews the last
edition
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Courier was informative
and topical. News covered the recent budget
cuts the University is
facing and statistics on graduate
unemployment. It also kept up
to date with news from across
campus, including the boat club’s
role in The Social Network. Comment continued the budget theme
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cannabis.
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good job of covering issues affecting students. The best part for me
was that Blind Date became Date
Night, written by a couple who
have been dating for a while; it
was a nice change from the usual
‘don’t think we will meet again’.
Culture covered a wide variety of
articles from a stamp exhibition in
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and dries your rear. Heaven forbid
I should have to leave the house and
jog in the open air - I will simply do
it instead on a small white board
using my Wii Fit, or, if I do have to
go outside, I won’t walk, no no my
friend! I will ride majestically on my
Segway thank you very much.
Dr. Richard Weiler, a Sport and Exercise Expert claims: “A sedentary
lifestyle is an environmental disease
in its own right – with countless
unpleasant signs and symptoms,
which all lead to an early grave.”
This is highlighted in a frightening
statement; “A person leading a sedentary lifestyle has similar chances
of dying young to a smoker… every week spent inactive is roughly
equivalent to smoking a packet of
cigarettes”, and a shocking 95 per
cent of the UK population are not
doing the minimum recommended
amounts of physical activity – 30
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gathering, etching Ice Age No. 1’s
screenplay onto our cave walls –
however, our lifestyle has since altered at a rate which evolution cannot match.
It becomes very hard to shift the
pounds without exercise when our
bodies were designed to conserve
what nutrition was available, in case
of a dry spell in sabre-tooth hot pots.
Now of course we can just go to Tesco, often at any hour of the day, or
if you are too busy riding your SegArts, to whether record shops are
still relevant in Music. One of my
favourite sections is Tweets of the
Week which was once again well
chosen and entertaining.
In Sport I thought it was good to
see coverage of a less well known
club, fencing, included in the usual
reports. My favourite section,
however, will always be the puzzles; they brighten up any library
session!
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way from the sofa to the bathroom,
just get it delivered. Easy.
The effects of a sedentary lifestyle
are bad; we run the risk of developing a number of unpleasant physical problems, and it is worrying for
children, particularly since obesity reportedly leads to reduced academic performance across all socioeconomic classes. It’s not all bad
news though – almost all of the ill
effects caused by a lazy lifestyle are
reversible.
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The University’s leavers face damn- ment rate of 13.2 per cent, the high- sity’s third highest Head of School
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strong earning potential. Despite
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year with a MA in Museum Studstead, many are dwelling on
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prospect of leaving Newcastle Uni- able for comment, its alumni now ies from the School centre, told The
versity with an uncertain future. a include a Quantitative Trader for full-time in a call
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Film EditorAdam Williams about
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Film, page27
Sport Editor Wills Robinson bids
a heart felt farewell to the original
footballing oracle, Paul the Octopus
who passed away last week
Sport, page 42-43
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the Nando’s staff did not appreciate
my resistance to change.
Clipping mad conspiracies
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how may we improve?!”. You’re
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straightforward. Next time you go
to uni, try walking.
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Hey, have you seen this? Ah, another YouTube sensation is upon us.
Every so often, a few minutes of
mindless footage goes viral. Often
reaching the top of news websites’
‘most viewed’ list, the clips can offer an alarming insight into viewers’
priorities in the face of war, unemployment and George Osborne.
One of the more recent examples
is a parody of Alicia Keys’ and Jay
Z’s ‘Empire State of Mind’, which
saw a Welsh duo wail “our shopping centre is quite new, big leeks
will inspire you” in their YouTube
hit Newport, netting around 600,000
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in an extras DVD of the 1928 Char-
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kind of stumped at what I saw”, admitted the 32-year-old after viewing
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clip had been viewed a staggering 4.6 million times at the time of
writing. To put that into context,
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody has
‘only’ sold 2.4 million singles since
its 1975 release. Are you ashamed of
that? I am.
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to 1928. Remember, we are talking
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time travel. I have no hesitation in
displaying immediate scepticism.
Yes, it does appear that the lady in
question is making the most of her
free minutes. But that is all. She has
simply made a series of random gestures, the meanings of which we will
probably never know. To think that
the answer lies with time travel is all
well and good for all you romantics
out there, but it just doesn’t cut the
mustard.
“Often reaching the top
of news websites’ ‘most
viewed’ list, the clips can offer an alarming insight into
viewers’ priorities in the face
of war, unemployment and
George Osborne”
Have you seen those grainy pictures of supposed UFOs from decades ago? Or how about ‘indisputable’ photo evidence of the Loch
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Generation segregation: youth and the community
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11
Comment
The Frozen Ark and the cloning
cop-out on animal conservation
Mind your
manners
Katy Covell
Columnist
J. WHITTAKER
Amy Jordan
This week has seen the 1000th DNA
sample collected for the Frozen Ark
project. Starting in 2004, the Frozen
Ark, based at Nottingham University, cryogenically freezes DNA
samples and sex cells of endangered
animals, providing the ultimate insurance for when other conservation efforts fail.
However, would Noah be turning
in his grave if he could see this so
called ‘Frozen Ark’ now? Or would
he be hailing it as a triumph of science and technology over human
destruction of the natural world?
The Frozen Ark has resisted attempts by the media to label it as a
science of resurrection, but the successful cloning of an extinct Pyrenean ibex last year suggests that the
media could be right.
The clone, although it died shortly
after birth, marks the start of a new
chapter for the use of the DNA
stored in the Frozen Ark and does
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will become a forum for cloning in
the future.
Cloning itself raises a whole monster of ethical issues, but even the
concept behind the Frozen Ark can
be questioned.
The storing of animals’ DNA could
be said to undermine other conservation efforts. Time, effort, and importantly money could be spent on
protecting species that are at risk
of extinction, rather than creating a
‘backup’ of them for the future.
The Frozen Ark’s website advertises that £350 could store the DNA of
one species long term, £500 would
enable them to preserve an endangered species’ viable sex cells and
that a measly £6 million would be
needed to support the Frozen Ark
project in its entirety.
I cannot help but think that this
money could be better channelled
into hands-on conservation in animals’ natural habitats, countering
the causes of their extinction, rather
than in a laboratory in Nottingham.
However, it could be argued that
current conservation efforts are too
little too late.
The Frozen Ark website states:
“Over the next thirty years it is
predicted that more than 1000 species of mammals - a quarter of the
world’s total - and a similar number
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extinct.”
Current rates of extinction are
estimated to be 100 times higher
than the typical rates found in the
fossil record, and it is predicted
that extinction rates will increase
1000–10000 times over the coming
decades.
It seems, therefore, that the Frozen Ark and other similar projects
across the world are the only plausible way to store vital information
about these endangered animals for
future research into their biology,
behaviour, ecology and evolution,
in a way that only just falls short of
freezing the animals themselves.
However, this issue of resurrection
still troubles the project. If animals
are preserved, be that in captivity
or in a test tube, a massive gap is
formed in their evolutionary development. Critics of the Frozen Ark
question what value the project has:
what value does something that will
inevitably be produced by a human
in a laboratory have to the natural
world and its conservation?
Reproductions, critics argue, are
not as valuable as the original and
will not be able to replace the animals that have been lost.
Bryan Sykes, professor of Human Genetics at Oxford University,
wrote of humans: “Our genes were
there. They have come down to us
over the millennia.”
This is the same for animals.
Hence, animals’ DNA will be miss-
ing a large chunk of evolutionary
time whilst being in the ark, and if
the animals were to be cloned in the
future, this gap in their genetic evolution must have implications upon
their development and reintroduction into the wild.
This said, do we not have a responsibility to attempt to preserve
the valuable evolutionary information that these animals have had so
far? Humans are, in a lot of cases,
directly responsible for the extinction of animals, with issues such as
poaching and human destruction of
natural habitats still prevalent despite conservationists’ best efforts.
Until the full implications of cloning and the reintroduction of extinct
animals into the wild is known, we
will not know whether Noah would
be calling ‘all aboard’ or sailing an
empty boat off into the horizon.
Funding for a friend: a step too far for social networking
Finola Gibson
The Rent a Friend scheme is pretty
self explanatory. You pay someone
to feign a friendship with you, forging a relationship with a stranger
built on the foundation of a pay-asyou-go internet service.
Being a busy and social university
student, it is easy to scoff at the idea
that such a service would be required by anyone, but dating websites have been hugely accountable
for creating many happy couples, so
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ing people compatible friends?
However, this service, which has
a compassionate premise, can be
easily exploited and taken to an extreme. Some future schemes I have
thought of included rent a funeral
guest? Rent a gay best friend? Rent
middle-aged Chinese man? Some
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that you can almost design a friend;
does this mean the search for platonic companionship is a facade
for the website to jump on the band
wagon of money-making internet
schemes?
This particular news article was
posted on my Facebook wall by a
so-called friend, who was making
the poor joke that I would need to
rent a friend. However, I think most
students have, on certain nights out
in Sinners, had friends that feel like
they should be paid for their role as
unwilling carer for the night.
No one can dispute that having
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most people might be repelled by
the idea for the sake of pride. However, is it really that strange to meet a
friend through an internet site, when
in this technologically advanced
culture the biggest community in
the world is on a social networking
site? The majority of people’s lives
revolve around using the internet
to communicate, yet out of 400
‘friends’, there is only a handful
you talk to regularly. These companies have recognised a market;
people no longer live in close knit
communities, and more often than
not, once in a person’s lifetime people move to another country, where
they have to make new friends and
may struggle.
In the BBC article, one woman
that rented herself out said that if
she had found a compatible friend
she would have stopped the hourly
rate and the friend would only have
to pay for the activity. This may appear like she is doing them a favour,
but the fact is that the relationships
created by the site are never completely mutual. This is my major
problem with this scheme. Unlike
dating websites where both people
are pursuing love, the motivations
are different between the people
that meet up through the Rent a
Friend website.
Why can’t it be a charity run organisation, where the site matches
up local people in the area; even
the name of the business makes the
person they’re renting sound like
they’re just renting out a car? Suggesting a long-lived friendship can
never really be achieved. This gives
people false expectations, making
them pay money for something they
will never really get.
Rent a Friend seems to me a contradiction; a friend is someone that
can be there for you in times of need,
and somehow it doesn’t seem right
if you get a receipt afterwards. If
you want to pay for help that’s what
psychiatrists are for. At least they’re
not shy about mugging you off.
Public displays of affection: four
words sure to strike fear into the
heart of prudes the world over.
I personally refer to them as ‘painful displays of affection’, for the
only thing worse than involuntarily
playing spectator to such sickly moments can be to willingly partake in
those activities.
Now before you lovebirds out
there clamour ‘bitter singleton!’ and
other such words at the page, let me
clearly state that I am by no means a
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slightly embarrassing fact is that I’m
actually a hopeless romantic. I love
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ing men as they wait for their partner at the station entrance, cradling
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people shyly holding hands as they
wander down the street.
“Aha!” I hear you gasp, “but holding hands surely counts as a PDA?!”
Here we arrive at the crux of the debate, for of course the action of holding hands is unarguably a public
display of affection, but is it an inappropriate one? Does it make you feel
uncomfortable to see it?
A mother holding the hand of her
child, or a carer tucking in a blanket
around a wheelchair user, could
technically be termed as a public
display of affection, and this is why
I believe the term should be altered
to swap ‘painful’ for ‘public’.
I’ve come to realise that it is not the
action itself that narks me, but the
manner in which it is carried out.
Whilst a coy pair tentatively leaning in for a kiss actually tugs at
my heart strings a little, the overly
sexual beasts freely eating each others’ face off on the train home, or the
smug, sweet-nothing-uttering folk
‘coo-ing in the cinema (see earlier
article) just make me want to chew
my own arm off.
There are of course limits to this
viewpoint - I’m sure that very few
people would argue that a couple,
no matter how clumsily or sweetly
they might be getting (fully) ‘jiggy’
anywhere other than in a private
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bounds of appropriate public behaviour.
Expectedly,
as
relationships
progress, people feel less nervous in
showing affection for one another,
but their awareness of other members of the public shouldn’t really
alter.
Sure, there are the risk-takers who
will at this very moment be embracing between the library shelves,
but at least they have placed some
books between themselves and the
unsuspecting student.
The term PDA shouldn’t be associated with ‘public’ displays of affection, but only ‘painful’ displays
of affection; those that show blatant
disregard for those surrounding
passengers, restaurant-diners and
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sucking and other such aural treats
uncomfortable and intrusive.
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longer goodbye kiss on the station
platform is acceptable, but I personally don’t want to be surrounded by
hermetically sealed, and worse still,
smug hermetically sealed lovers.
Rather like your luggage, STOW IT.
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Comment
Laying down the law: do employers need
more sacking powers over failing workers?
Danny Kielty
Comment Editor
A recent poll conducted in October
by ComRes revealed 57 per cent of
people agreed that “Employment
law provides too much protection to
employees who perform or behave
badly at work”.
Considering the current economic
climate, it strikes me as strange that
such a large amount of people would
gesture toward a removal of any obstacle against the dreaded spectre
of ‘the sacking’. Maybe the sample
questioned consisted of Alan Sugar
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Having said this, I need only
scratch the surface of one of my
friend’s (who will remain nameless)
employment record, to uncover a
veritable swimming pool full of evidence that suggests otherwise. Upon
commencing his employment with
me at Iceland Foods, all appeared
well. To begin with, his abilities to
transfer tins of baked beans from the
palette to the shelf were astonishing.
We were all sucked in by the sheer
speed of his stock replenishment.
However, it was all a sham. As
I entered work one frosty Sunday
morning, I was greeted by the news
that my old chum had been found
hidden in a corner of the walk-in
freezer, chomping away at a box
of Screwball ice creams. Apparently, when the manager asked what
the hell he was doing, his reply:
“It wasn’t me”. He was sacked in
shame shortly afterwards. I’m still
trying to work out why he thought
ice cream would be the thing to eat
inside a freezer.
Suddenly that 57 per cent of people don’t sound so ridiculous. Gary
Walker, a former hospital Chief
Executive, said: “I think the public
should be concerned about who’s
left running their services”. Indeed,
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my dear old friend had received a
number of disciplinary warnings for
a plethora of minor offences, such
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dentally” against the air-conditioning vent, as well as various disgruntled slurs against customers.
It is then perhaps worrying to
Letters to the Editor
“Undeniably widen their
cultural knowledge”
Dear Editor,
In response to “Gap year students
should get real” article from The
Courier Issue 1215.
Has the author of the article “Gap
year students should get real on the
value of travelling” ever been travelling? Compare the travelling student to the average undergraduate.
Many spend a lot of time partying,
but also balance this with hard work,
to come out with a decent degree.
The same shades of grey exist in
travelling. While, for some people,
drinking is a large part of the experience, most embrace travelling for
what it really means: exploring a
new culture, discovering new places
and meeting new people.
Even those people who this article
may be targeting: those who take a
year with “neither planning nor real
purpose beyond getting smashed”,
undeniably widen their cultural
knowledge, just through being in a
different country; even if it is, admittedly, to a lesser extent. Of course,
there is going to be some partying
along the way, and it is only natural
that the evidence of both partying
and exploring gets posted on Facebook.
If people can be bothered to look
through 200 snaps of drunken antics
from one Wednesday night in TigerTiger, it’s hard to believe that they
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especially given that they are unlikely to have seen that person for a
considerable amount of time. Rather
than evoking envy, surely this allows people to keep up to date with
their friends’ lives?
The article fails to recognise travelling students don’t have time to
write individual emails and so use
free status updates to let people
know that they are well and having a good time. In addition, status
updates also set up chance meetings
with others that happen to be in the
area. And anyway, isn’t it more interesting than reading somebody ‘is
cold in Newcastle’?
At least those taking a gap year are
experiencing more of the world than
somebody sat at home. People who
take a gap year have usually been in
years of full-time education, so why
shouldn’t they be allowed a self-indulgent adventure before embarking upon a career?
If it’s a question of being a tactical
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work or life experience be construed
that way?
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think that supermarkets up and
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cases of staff devouring stock before
anyone even has a chance to buy it.
“I was greeted by the news
that my old chum had been
found hidden away in a corner of the walk-in freezer,
chomping away at a box of
Screwball ice creams”
The problem is that employers are
ever more sensitive to lawyers costs
should the employee wish to challenge their dismissal; in addition to
the fact that at present employee associations can make the process all
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After leaving Iceland, my dear old
friend moved on to Morrisons. His
girlfriend, who was working at the
store, had secured him the position.
Unfortunately, after she dumped
him he responded with a rather distasteful letter, probably asserting the
fact that he wasn’t exactly pleased
with her decision. He was promptly
sacked.
He then moved on to work for a
local haulage company. This time
he was dismissed after he thought
it would be a good idea to go for a
mid-shift snooze inside a disused
haulage container.
With this in mind, employers’
organisations such as the British
Chambers of Commerce, who feel
that the current system is increasLQJO\ELDVHGDJDLQVWWKHPGHÀQLWHO\
have a point in cases such as these.
Abigail Morris, policy advisor to
the Chambers of Commerce, said
that on many occasions “Employers
only know that the law’s changed
when they get a claim coming
through from an employee that said
they didn’t do something that they
should have been doing.”
However, in the case of my former
colleague, perhaps a more stringent
interview process is needed to reduce the risk of employment tribunals (and of course mid-shift snoozing).
Indeed, this employment history
is an extreme case. But maybe employers have a point when they feel
that current employment laws are
unfair. They are there to protect the
inevitable cases of unfair dismissal,
but they don’t guard against genuine cases of incompetence or misconduct.
A crackdown on employment law
might just mean at least a few more
Screwballs make it to the shelf unmolested.
13
The rise of the lad
mag...
> Life , page 14-15
Life & Style Editors: Kat Bishop and Mary Mullarkey - courier.life@ncl.ac.uk
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Jess Gibson tries her hand at pole dancing and busts the promiscuity myth associated with the exercise
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But after numerous attempts, I realised that pole dancing is much
harder than it looks.
So I know what you’re still thinking; the only girls that pole dance are
uneducated bimbos, right? Wrong.
The society’s founder and instructor, Courtenay Pipkin, is proud to be
a skilled pole dancer, and a fourth
year civil engineering student.
She said ‘I’ve been pole dancing
for two years and I love it’. Other
committee members study chemistry, law, maths, economics and biomedical science. A clever bunch by
anyone’s standards.
It’s unfair to think that pole
dancers are bimbos.
Committee members study
civil engineering, chemistry,
law, maths, economics and
biomedical science: clever by
anyone’s standards
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It’s that time of year where all the
university clubs and societies have
recruited new freshers, and are getting down to some proper training.
The Debate Team are debating, the
Boat Club are rowing, the Pole Dancing Society is…well...pole dancing!
New for 2010, the society has
scooped up over 100 students since
freshers’ week.
Now, these girls are learning to
spin, twist, and bend their way
around the pole.
This week, I went along to the Pole
Dancing Society’s training session,
to see how they’re getting on, and to
gather my own perspective on the
pole dancer stereotype.
What do you imagine when you
think of pole dancing?
I’m not psychic, but for most of you,
I could take an educated guess.
Images of seedy strip clubs, fake
boobs and neon bikinis may be involved.
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or a drunken experience in Blue Velvet, the stereotype of the pole dancer
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So when it comes to our university’s society, what kind of girl is
actually getting involved?
I had no idea what to expect as a
brave friend and I made our way to
Attic nightclub on Monday evening,
where the girls train.
Would they all be peroxide blonde
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around the pole, with nipple tassels
in full swing?
Ok, maybe the nipple tassels are
a bit too far, but I certainly had my
own preconceptions.
To my surprise, there were no bikinis in sight. The girls wore simple
shorts and T-shirts.
As I looked around during the
warm up, I realised two things.
Firstly, that the only other movement I had ever done on Attic’s
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with a VK in hand.
Secondly, that the girls looked completely normal, they were all regular
students, up for trying something
fun and a bit different.
As a member of the Newcastle
University Cheerleading Squad, I
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and gymnastic experience would
help me with the basic pole dancing
skills.
After the instructor demonstrated
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brains, they also have biceps. Pole
dancing requires you to hold your
own weight, maintain a strong core
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to realise that pole dancing is a lot
harder than it looks, and that it’s not
sleazy.
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stereotype that people associate
with pole dancing”.
Pole dancing is slowly becoming a
respected sport and art form, where
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(sorry boys).
The World Pole Sport Championships have also become hugely
successful, and feature world class
performers, in a showcase event,
who demonstrate sheer physical
strength with mesmerizing skill and
stamina through individually choreographed routines.
We all know that pole dancing is
associated with strip clubs, but here
comes the big difference.
In strip clubs, emphasis is placed
upon the scantily clad dancer, rather
than the skill of dancing.
Real pole dancing is about moving on the pole with skill, that takes
training and dedication.
As the pole dancing craze continues to spread, I hope the seedy stereotype will slowly disappear.
These girls put in effort, commitment and are not paid the credit and
respect they deserve.
It takes a lot more than double D’s
and a diamante thong to pole dance
in style.
Doctor,
Doctor:
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my dry skin!”
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rob moisture from the body’s largest
organ.
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and you’ll be guaranteed to stay soft
and smooth all year around.
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moisturise. Get yourself into the
habit of slapping on a layer or two
of lotion straight after showering.
Understandably, this is easier said
than done. No one wants to spend
any more time than necessary in
their smalls when the lack of central
heating causes you to sleep with two
duvets and an electric blanket.
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details, but after one use it’ll become
as staple a part of your potion collection as a tin of Vaseline.
Use it in the shower as well as after.
It doesn’t lather and you’ll have to
make sure to rinse away any residue
to prevent your housemates taking
a tumble but it’ll give your skin that
added sparkle.
Start keeping a small hand lotion
in your bag for after washing your
hands or when you can’t be bothered to make notes in lectures.
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14
Life & Style
Life
life
Not so nuts about ‘Lad Mags’:
The ‘middle-shelf’ status of soft porn magazines is an ongoing debate. Fiona McCutcheon
discusses society’s gradual acceptance of lad’s mags, and the controversy attached...
Eye-level: These used to be found on top shelves, a location which is now regarded as extreme and unnecessary. Some people believe that moving magazines isn’t a solution
Lad mags aren’t exactly a revelation and the majority of you will be
familiar with publications such as
Nuts, Zoo and FHM.
At one time these mags held a top
shelf status, a location seemingly regarded as extreme and unnecessary
in this day and age.
Consequently, the image of a topless Lucy Pinder with phrases such
as ‘wow!’ and ‘nice!’ in place of her
nipples now stands proudly next
to the new addition of Gardening
Weekly.
Images of Lucy Pinder with
phrases such as ‘wow!’ and
‘nice!’ in place of her nipples, regularly stand next to
the new additions of ‘Gardening Weekly’
The relocation of these publications has sparked quite a reaction
with feminist groups and organisations such as ‘Object’ who have been
known to protest in their pyjamas
outside Tesco.
They deem the middle shelf display of semi-naked women to be
inappropriate and ‘in your face’, insisting they be moved back to their
original place.
However, is rebranding these mags
as top shelf really a solution? Yes, it
is unnecessary to have ‘very booby
babes’ in your face whilst queuing
in the local newsagents for a loaf of
bread, but the reasons behind retailers’ decision to move to the middle
shelf lie in a much broader cultural
context and moving these magazines out of our direct eye line is not
going to resolve this.
Okay, so we are no longer operating 18th century style, where your
standard attire would be a high
neck dress that resembled a marshmallow.
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longer enough to make grown men
blush. Today, women can experience sexual liberation whilst being
free to dress and act as they choose.
There are few girls who will deny
that they enjoy going out in a sexy
dress and a pair of heels and dancing in the cage at Sinners... However, the fact that we are no longer
even fazed by the naked woman in
the shower advertising herbal essences screaming “yes, yes, YES!” is
admittedly a little worrying.
Is it possible that as a society we
have become a little over obsessed
with sex?
We have reached a point where the
majority of us no longer look twice
at the woman in a see through thong
on the front of Zoo whilst dismissing
the images we see plastered on the
front of these lad magazines as ‘just
boobs’.
Although it is now considered
‘standard’ for these magazines to
photograph women in a derogatory
manner, it is unfair to hold them
solely responsible for this increasingly blasé attitude to nudity and
exploitation.
Naked women are no longer just
associated with Hefner and his playboy mansion.
These days, seeing a semi-naked
blonde sultrily smiling at the camera behind a strategically placed
bottle of perfume in your local bus
stop is about as normal as seeing an
advertisement for car insurance.
We are now operating in a highly
sexualised culture where our naked
bodies are not just subjugated in
commercial literature but are used
as effective marketing tools in all areas of media and advertising.
Whether it’s the brunette bent over
on the front of the Sun, the Sam
Jacks dancer gyrating in your face
on a Thursday night or Akon’s new
music video.
If we move lad mags to the top
shelf how are we going to move the
newspapers and the music industry
up there too?
One of the main issues that this
move to the middle shelf has raised
is that they are now very much visible to young children.
However, it is all too easy for
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boy band dancing with an array of
scantily clad women humping each
of their legs.
It is now considered
‘standard’ for these magazines to photograph women
in a derogatory manner,
but it is unfair to hold them
solely responsible for this
increasingly blasé attitude to
nudity’
No we don’t want to damage our
children’s innocence by exposing
them to sex and nudity prematurely
but stumbling across this kind of
explicit and suggestive imagery is
now an inevitability.
Moving Nuts a shelf higher is quite
frankly irrelevant when put into
context with Western culture and its
growing obsession with sexualisation.
When Newcastle English lecturer
Stacy Gillis was asked her opinion
on lad mags and their new ‘middle shelf’ status, she described these
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in the way they objectify women’s
bodies and assess their “usefulness
for sex”.
Stacy cringes at the fact that it is
now “normal for men to sit in public
and dissect women’s bodies.” She
also agreed that the issues behind
the move to the ‘middle-shelf’ are
embedded within our “hypersexualised culture.”
When asking a male friend the
same question he told me that
“there’s nothing worse in lads mags
than there is in glamour mags.”
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than glamour mags in terms of their
visually explicit nature and you’re
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winking at you from the front of Cosmo. (Although ‘Torso of the Week’ is
a regular feature in Heat Magazine)
However, in regards to damaging
the female psyche, he makes a fair
point. Surely the content of glamour
mags is often as damaging as this
erotic imagery?
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with images of big breasted, sexualised women...are glamour magazines not just telling us the ways in
which we can look just like this?
Hopefully the majority of us girls
who don’t have a cellulite-free,
beach-bronzed body and pair of
double Ds have learnt to accept that
we are not literally expected to look
like Rosie Jones.
However, it’s perfectly viable to
suggest that whilst Abi Titmuss sits
with her legs spread on the front of
Zoo she is simultaneously creating
an image inside the heads of many
women and young girls that they
feel they can’t match.
And what do glamour mags do?
Suggest ways in which they can
pursue this image.
Yes, page 3 models are promoting
the ‘fake boobs’ and ‘orange face’ image. Yes, they play a part in normalising nudity to children and teenagers. But as women, if we’re going
to protest that lads mags should be
moved back to the top shelf because
they are ‘degrading’, we should take
another look at the copy of Cosmo sat
on the coffee table.
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glamour magazine you will come
across ‘new ways to get a fuller
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legs’ and ‘how to please him in the
bedroom’.
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the skin your in’...only to turn the
page and be confronted with an array of women who are so thin they
look clinically ill.
If you turn to the back of any of
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plastic surgery companies.
You should love yourself for who
you are, but a new nose, pair of bum
implants or a bra size up is always a
bonus...right?
Essentially, unless the media as a
whole is willing to completely reshape their attitude toward the female body, moving a few magazines
a shelf higher stands as irrelevant.
In order to achieve greater gender equality change needs to be enforced in many areas beyond the paper stand at the local newsagents.
If you want to debate this matter further
Fem Soc will be discussing some of these
issues later this term.
Contact the president rosierobson@
gmail.com if you’re interested in getting
your opinions out there.
15
Life
Life and Style on Campus: Your views
Emily Syminton asks you whether ‘Lad Mags’ should have top-shelf status
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Helen
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friend and we had a bit of a
laugh. I personally wouldn’t
do the stuff that models do,
but each to their own.
However, children are impressionable and can start
asking awkward questions
when they see these things,
so it might be better to put
them on the top shelf.”
Next week: Don’t rush into signing
that house contract just yet...
Lorene
Second Year
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for the sport sections, not
just to look at women. Lads
mags can be degrading at
times to women, but I’m not
really that fussed because
I’m not a girl. I’m not hugely
fussed about putting them
on the top shelf, as I don’t
think young kids really take
much notice of them.”
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pretty demeaning. I would
never model in one, and
I don’t think they depict
women in a favourable way.
However, if women want to
model in them, that’s their
decision. I do think that it’s a
bit too easy for teenagers to
just walk into a newsagent
and pick one up.”
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I never choose to read them.
It’s strange, because women
don’t really have male softporn magazines; I don’t
think men are depicted in
such a sexualised way. If
you are going to sell, them
they should be on the top
shelf so that it doesn’t draw
children’s attention to it.”
It’s been three weeks since our Self-confessed Neurotic began listening to Paul McKenna’s
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“I very nearly skipped home
the other day, and when I
entered the house in this euSKRULDP\KRXVHPDWH·VÀUVW
reaction was: ‘Are you on
drugs?’” The answer is no:
unless somebody has been
spiking my water”
Seven days seems a long time to go
without any sort of processed sugar,
but it hasn’t done me much harm
Sarah Bennett
Columnist
Next Week: will our self-confessed
neurotic feel like a new person?
Hattie
Second Year
yet. In fact, in just a week I think I’ve
lost weight – how could I be miserable?
The other changes were harder
to notice, and it is only in thinking
about them that I can see them. I look
less at my feet now, instead looking
around at other people more.
When attending the job fair this
week at St. James’ Park, I had few
inhibitions about asking questions
at the stands.
Only the other day, I waltzed into
a restaurant and booked a table
without thinking... only then to use
someone else’s name!
Apparently, my housemates had
noticed these changes, but were reOXFWDQW WR PHQWLRQ WKHP ´LQ FDVH
you relapsed,” they told me.
In an effort to exploit any sort of
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they’re currently trying to persuade
me to a fancy dress social in the next
few weeks. The only fancy dress I’ve
ever been involved in was twelve
years ago – and dressing as Baby
#4 Lunch Savers
Spice for a ‘Spice Girls’ themed
party wasn’t exactly extravagant,
or in retrospect, a great idea.
So now I’m in the dilemma of
whether to commit myself to this
social or not.
The idea of self-help is to make
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neurotic person. It’s true that I feel
happier in myself, and less uncomfortable around other people... but
I don’t feel ready to let go of the
‘old’ me yet.
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has helped me sleep, and is now
helping me to lose weight. That’s
two Paul McKenna titles in one!
Just starting to change one little
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in other areas of my life.
Another week could consolidate
the ‘new’ me completely – maybe
I’ll start using my own name in restaurants!
Will
First Year
certainly the most obvious.
The other obvious one is my drastic decision to stop binge-eating.
After overindulging my sweet
tooth for the last two years, I am
now strictly adhering to one bar
of chocolate a week. (Yes, this is as
hard as it sounds!)
The Penny Pincher
So the Union has closed. There’s no
more popping into the Cochrane
Lounge for one of their excellent
sandwiches, so what do you do
now?
Buying your lunch everyday can
cause your student loan to be frittered away without you really noticing.
Take Subway: the great £1.99 Sub
is now an unfriendly £2.29 - you’re
looking at almost £12 a week, based
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Don’t even get me started on an
M&S/Pret a Manger rant. I know
they taste good, but just looking at
their prices makes my eyes melt.
I’m sure you’ll have heard this
countless times before, but I urge
you to remember your schooldays
and all those packed lunches you
ate. Don’t you look back and wish
you were the one in control of what
you ate?
Well sunshine, now you can. It
doesn’t take much effort to make
sandwiches, which you can do
before you go to bed if you don’t
want to wake up a few minutes
earlier.
Even making a larger portion of
pasta the night before, so you’ve
got some to tuck into the next day
is a great way of saving money.
Stir a bit of pesto, tomato ketchup
or simple butter and black pepper
for a tasty pasta dish that can be
eaten cold. You can even add some
veg into the mix for part of your 5
a day.
Another lunch favourite of mine
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prepare and just like pasta, you can
add pretty much anything to it, my
favourite being pea and mint with
a dash of olive oil.
Invest in some resealable tubs,
available at many supermarkets
and you’re sorted.
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to Grainger Market for the best offering and best price for healthy
snacks to compliment your lunchtime creations.
Making your own lunch isn’t difÀFXOW QRU LV LW H[SHQVLYH 6R MXVW
because Greggs or Pret is a short
walk off campus doesn’t mean it’s
good for you, or your wallet.
I realise that you won’t be eating
a Subway every day, if for your
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just consider it.
£12 extra a week could mean
a ticket and a box of popcorn at
the cinema (which you can share
with your friend because you’re
money savvy and going on Orange
Wednesdays) an extra night out or
even a bottle of Glen’s to get your
night going.
Over a month you could save
nearly £50 if you stop buying lunch
everyday; £50 that I know we can
put to better use!
Don’t forget, ‘like’ the Penny
Pincher on Facebook and get access
to more penny pinching ideas!
A personal experience: A neurotic’s guide to self help
They say hindsight is the best teacher, though if I really wanted a lesson, I’d not be examining the last
week of my life, but more like the
last ten years. I get the feeling that
this is not the best idea; I’ve probably forgotten a lot of those teenage
years for a reason!
In retrospect, I think I’m starting to
notice some of the effects of my selfhelp regime. Despite all previous
disbelief and scepticism, from other
people as well as myself, there are
signs that I’m slowly changing.
In spite of the pile of university
work on top of my other commitments, I’m in a strangely good
mood.
I very nearly skipped home the
other day, and when I entered the
house in this odd euphoria, my
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you on drugs?”
The answer is no: unless somebody
has secretly been spiking my water,
this change in mood is simply one of
the alterations that I have seen. It’s
Life & Style
16
Life & Style Sex & Relationships
sex & relationships
blind date
Dangerous Liaisons
#4 Seven degrees of
seperation
Angie Huang & Ryan
Dinsmoore.
He said:
A handful of text messages later
and there I was: 8.15pm, Friday, Mr
Lynchs and what was set to be the
beginning of a very mad night!
Fashionably late Angie arrived
with a cute smile, and we wasted no
time getting to the bar.
I worried that my Irish accent was
going to be hard for Angie to understand, but in hindsight this was the
least of my worries.
We had a drink in Mr Lynchs and
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as we chatted away about each of
our travelling experiences and I was
keen to hear more about her home
life in China. Conversation turned
to the wildest things we had done
and after Angie heard my drunken
swimming stories she wanted to
experience them herself, so off we
set, our unexpected and unplanned
train-bound journey for Tynemouth!
7KH ÀUVW SXE ZH JRW WR DW 7\QHmouth was a local pub where the
atmosphere was great and I was
having a good time with Angie. A
stagger across the road to our next
stop, a smaller bar where we had
cocktails which are well worth trying, but beware you will get very
drunk very quickly! Final venue for
the evening was a nightclub, where
we spent most of the night drinking
and dancing with each other and
some strangers. 1 am. Angie demonstrated her pole dancing skills to me
(to the delight of all the guys in the
nightclub), but this was short lived
as alcohol and spinning around are
never a good mixture. As we stumbled outside, Angie made a beeline
for the beach still intending to go
swimming. An hour later I had managed to convince Angie swimming
was not a good idea as she began to
fall asleep, so I carried her back to
Pamela Mardle
Columnist
the taxi rank. Our hero of a taxi driver was having a great time hearing
Angie pledge allegiance to sobriety,
promising never to drink again, and
to be fair I found it hilarious as well.
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left her with a glass of water by her
bed and in the capable hands of her
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Our blind date was good fun and
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a hurry.
As I write this article my only worry is if Angie remembers enough to
write her part.
She said:
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a foreign country turned out to be a
success.
Friday night in Mr Lynch’s, I was
warmly greeted by my blind date,
Ryan. I was really impressed by Ry-
an’s nice and easygoing personality
and sense of humor, and the fact he
was such a gentleman. We chatted
about varying topics: hobbies, cultures, and nations. I asked him if he
was quite shocked since his date is a
total foreigner. He said he was not,
because before the date he not only
knew my nationality, but also had
seen my photo and even knew what
course I do.
Ryan impressed me with his elegant manner and rich experience
in life. He is into sports and has won
numerous rowing competitions.
An hour into the date I came up
with the crazy idea of going for a
swim in Tynemouth. Being very
nice, Ryan held his ‘yes’ attitude
and agreed to go. So we left Mr.
Lynch’s and headed to Tynemouth
by metro.
Soon we arrived at Tynemouth,
which surprisingly was as busy as
madame vs monsieur
Monsieur
K.VONG
Our agony duo
Madame & Monsieur
advise you what to do
if you’re in love with
an almost relative
“Help! I’m in love with my ex step
brother! I’ve always been awkwardly attracted to him, but since
my dad and step mum broke up
(quite badly), I’ve missed him so
much. It must be love. The thing
is, I’m a guy. Nobody knows that
I’m gay, and I’m sure that my step
brother will never want to see me
again if I tell him I love him. All
‘siblings’ have their run-ins after
all. Is there a moral/ethical issue
with this kind of attraction? Please
help!”
Madame
Amore? I don’t think so monsieur.
Rather, I believe you are confusing
your hurt in your dad’s divorce
for something else. Suck it up. Say
you do proclaim your love. Is there
really a chance that a) he is hiding
in the same closet as you, and b)
he feels the same? Then we have c)
that after your parents have had a
‘bad’ break up, they’ll be reconciled
by the fact that their respective
sons are now shacking up. Get real.
Obviously, even if you weren’t
gay, there’s no risk of inbreeding
Newcastle city centre. We chose a
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but by the time I left I was quite
tipsy. We went into another where
Ryan ordered two cocktails, which
was a nice choice. Then we made our
move to the only nightclub in town,
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take me long to get drunk so Ryan
suggested us going home, but I insisted on going to the beach. The
dramatic landscape of Tynemouth
sea was enchanting. The tranquil
sea was dotted with glittery moonlight. We sat on the stairs, enjoying
the breeze from the sea. In the end,
we gave up the crazy idea of swimming in a freezing night as I was too
drunk, and took a taxi home. AfWHUVHWWOLQJPHGRZQLQP\ÁDWWKH
gentleman left and ended a perfect
date.
given there’s no blood involved,
but do you really want the story
of how you met to include the fact
that your dad and his mum used to
share a bed? I’m not saying you’re
not gay. I encourage you to be gay.
Every girl needs a free personal
stylist. But think about this. Changing your mind in a few months isn’t
quite as easy as deciding you prefer
Louis Walsh over Cheryl Cole.
WOAH! You my friend are in dire
need off our help!! First of all, I
really think that you can discard
the whole sibling issue, you are not
related to this guy, and after your
dad and his mum ended things any
formal ties with him are over.
So don’t refer to him as your step
brother anymore, and no one will
be freaked out.
Now, as for you being gay, I am
tempted to say come out so that
you can get on with life without
complication – but I won’t as this
is highly personal and you need to
deal with it in your own time.
Have you noticed any obvious
hints of reciprocity from this guy?
If so then make excuses to spend
more time together and make a
move – obviously this is risky, but
you say you’re in love so maybe it’s
worth it.
If you think he’s probably straight
then try not spending as much
time with him and hopefully your
feelings for him will lessen. Try to
be relaxed about all of this, after all;
que sera sera!
“OMG did you hear what that guy
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the other night? You know, the
guy who knows that girl we know
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for air humping the McFlurry machine at McDonalds after Carnage
that time?” This script of conversation is repeated near enough dayin, day-out at Newcastle University. It’s in the nature of student life
– everyone knows everyone, be it
through a random night out tagging along with the Rugby team
or one awkward meeting of the
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one-night-stand of your life. Contact may never be made with these
people ever again but it’s certain
that they will catch wind of stories
regarding your recent fall from
grace. It’s not that we enjoy others’
hardships, but gossip is just too
much to resist. Think of acquaintances you know but not well: at
least one story of their unfortunate
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public indecency will have rattled
your airwaves at some point.
For this reason we have heightened responsibility to maintain a
dirt-free track record – one treble
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many is guaranteed to make it back
to that cute guy via mutual friends
over a boozy lunch in Men’s Bar.
There is no hiding from the epic
stack buttock-over-breast that was
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of TigerTiger (especially when it’s
documented on Facebook with the
help of tag-happy so-called friends
who should really have been calling an ambulance at the time). You
can bet money on the fact that at
least one person each from your
course, halls, home, nightmares
were there to inform the respective
mutual friends of the semester’s
most death-defying but hilarious
moments.
This also poses a potential problem when it comes to seeing a new
guy and things begin to head towards PG territory. That sexy little
nibble he does when he’s feeling
the horn? You can bet your bottom
dollar that girl in your lectures got
a nip too, and questionably the lecturer on the alleged drunken onenighter you heard rumours of from
your pre-shag vetting (OK, stalking). Flip this situation on its head.
Kinky sex moves are supposed to
be intimate and the element of surSULVHLVZKDWFHUWLÀHVWKHLUVXFFHVV
If he’s already heard about it from
DQROGÁDPHLQWKHIRRWEDOOFKDQJing rooms it takes away that aspect
and the power of the move is rendered power-less.
I’ll bear these thoughts in mind
next time I consider shacking up
with a random: he might not be as
random as previously thought.
17
Food & Drink Life & Style
food & drink
compare the
market
review
Francos, Jesmond
As late nights begin to
take their toll, Olivia
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Brentwood Avenue,
West Jesmond
Tel: 0191 2813434
It is possible to count at least six Italian restaurants in Jesmond alone,
and Franco’s, tucked away in West
Jesmond, has a hard time getting
noticed by students. You only have
to walk, in however, to see that this
is pretty different from the rest. Far
from rustic, the long and thin interior of this champagne bar-comerestaurant has a very upmarket feel
with its leather booths, chandeliers
and dramatic wallpaper. In fact, if
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classic cocktail menu and the everfriendly hostess, who has worked
there for twelve years, promises to
make almost anything you ask for.
Even the food menu includes a designer pudding of ice cream served
with Roberto Cavalli vodka: it is
a selection which screams ‘Milan’
much louder than ‘Tuscany’.
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seen breezing through the restaurant in his Versace jeans, checking
on his customers in a very Italian
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crepes suzettes before their eyes.
This is a place with a sense of occasion, somewhere you could dress
up to go for your evening meal and
which, as our hostess recounted, can
turn into quite a lively party later in
the evening.
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‘meta meta’ (half-pizza, half-pasta)
combination at any time of day for
6/10 Monster 500ml, £1.64
Francos: This stylish champagne bar- come -restaurant is an upmarket Italian restaurant, situated in student-centred West Jesmond
£10.50. There are no restrictions on
the more expensive dishes so you
may as well try something really delicious, such as their signature pasta
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ink pasta and creamy tomato sauce
make it red and black, just like their
colour scheme. The prawns were
large and succulent while the sauce
had just the right amount of chilli in
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preferred this to the more expensive
sea bass dish, Branzino alla Griglia.
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could have done with a more generous dollop of its pesto drizzle to give
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you are on the Atkins diet, particularly when there is a very extensive
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Realistically however, the average
student is going to be attracted by
the discounted set menu, available
from 12-2.30pm for lunch and 5.30-6
.45pm for dinner, as well as all night
on Mondays. This costs £7.95 and includes many of the standard cheapeat dishes such as potato skins, carbonara and simple pizzas. It may
well be worth investing a couple of
extra pounds in the business lunch
and early dinner menu, which for
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teresting choices. Amongst other
things, you can order any pizza on
this menu. Having tried the mussels
and calamari out of the four starters I can recommend them highly.
A bottle of house wine, which was
very drinkable, sets you back a little
over a tenner, or you could just stick
to a large glass for £3.95.
Disappointingly for pudding lovers, the menu only includes starters
and mains so you would have to
order something sweet separately.
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pudding and apple tart are there
in place of Italian classics, although
I was pleased to see that tiramisu
did feature.
Our waitress was very candid
when we asked for her recommendations, and expressed her
willingness to adjust any dish to
the individual customer’s tastes,
which was a real selling point. If
you fancy a gnocchi topping on
pasta instead, it’s yours because
all the food is made fresh to order.
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the atmosphere made me want to
linger over a glass of wine or an
espresso and the food was very
satisfying. I waddled home feeling
very content, all the while making
a mental plan of what to order next
time. I would recommend Franco’s
to anyone wanting to break away
from the standard happy hour options along Osborne Road and enjoy something a little bit different.
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There are 7000 varieties of apples in
existence. Like me, if this statement
confuses you slightly, there are only
12 varieties sold in England, most of
which are imported. For the health
conscious folk, apples are not only
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a good source of vitamins A, C and
not to mention a bit of well needed
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be glad to know the apple season is
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with a crisp bite doesn’t appeal...
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in a sugar cinnamon mix and pile
them high in a pastry-laden dish.
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simple baked apple in a delicious
Toffee Apple Pudding. Or maybe
apple chutney tantalises those
taste buds, perfect with cheese and
crackers or on a hot pork sandwich.
Throughout university everyone has
their favourite foods that constitute
the ‘healthy’ student diet. The apple
can fall into this category in a mouth
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classic, apple pie samosas, made by
simply cooking the apples until soft
in a saucepan with mixed spices,
sultanas and 2 tbsp water and then
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ing just two of my favourites, here
are a couple of handy recipes. Let’s
start with a bit of burger loving: in
a bowl mix 900g minced pork, 1
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these into burgers and fry them for
six or seven minutes on each side
until they’re cooked in the middle.
A perfect serve would include a
toasted bun, caramelised onions, a
green salad and a good handful of
chunky chips.
Finally, in the Guy Fawkes spirit
try baking the Toffee Apple Pudding. Heat the oven up to 180°c,
grease an oven dish lightly with
Aims to
‘Unleash the
Beast’ and
is targeted
at extreme
sports fanatics. For this
reason it
contains the
greatest mix
of vitamins and nutrients including ginseng, carnitine, and taurine.
Tastes different to the rest - perfect
if you don’t like normal energy
drinks.
8/10 Relentless 500ml, £1.75
Contains
a wide
variety of
vitamins
and some
pantothenic acid this
time, which
apparently
synthesises
proteins and fats. Could come in
useful! This one tasted the best in
my opinion, less acidic and a bit
fruitier. Just a bit pricey.
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This is
probably
the most
recognisable energy
drink but
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the worst. It
is the most
expensive,
being a similar price to Relentless and Monster but contained
in a can half the size. It has never
changed and contains no extra
vitamins or nutrients, most likely
with the argument that they do
nothing!
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Fruit galore: apples are not only a superfood, but they also taste great in many dishes
butter. In a large mixing bowl tip
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pinch of salt. Mix together 85g melted butter, 200ml milk, 1 tsp vanilla
extract and 1 egg, beaten, and stir
into the dry ingredients until you
achieve the desired ‘smooth’ batter.
Put 2 cooking apples in the dish and
pour over the batter mixture. For
that toffee topping add 140g dark
brown sugar to 250ml water and
dissolve the sugar, pour the liquid over the mixture and bake for
40 minutes until you get a delicious
golden pudding. For this a perfect
serve may include a big scoop of
the pudding, making sure you get
the delicious caramel from the bottom, and a dollop of cream.
This is the
wild card
and an
extremely
budgetbased
brand. It has
a slightly
lower caffeine count
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extremely surprised if you noticed
this though. It does not taste as
good as the others, but in terms of
value this is your best bet. Does
the job and doesn’t cost you valuable monies.
18
travel
Newquay: Get Your Surf On
Ben Parkin plans a trip to the UK’s most popular seaside and surf resort for the under 25s
Ten
Minute
Travel
Olivia Mason
takes a trip to the
city of Durham.
Head down to central, hop on a very
frequent train, pay just over three
pounds with a railcard, and hey
presto within ten minutes you’re in
Durham.
If you’ve been to Durham, you
know how lovely it is. Although
maybe not a weekend destination,
being so near it is perfect for a small
break from work one day.
Wander up the winding streets,
to the beautiful cathedral, most of
which you can see for free.
For movie fans, the cathedral provided the backdrop for some of the
scenes from Harry Potter – Robert
Pattinson could have been metres
away!
The cathedral provided the
backdrop for some of the
scenes from Harry Potter
Get on board at the beach: When the sun is shining, Newquay is never short of a few surfers, making it one of the most popular UK destinations for young watersport fanatics
Fancy a weekend away, but don’t
really want to go abroad? Want to
chill on the beach and maybe catch
a few rays?
Then Newquay may be the place
for you. You have your loan and
want to do something fun with it
rather than spend it on stuff you
know that you don’t really need.
Planning in advance is essential
to ensure you get the best deal- it’s
not exactly the seaside town you can
just go to at the drop of a hat.
Flights can be a good choice from
Newcastle airport, on average
you’re talking around £50 for a reWXUQÁLJKW
If you’re one of the few who can
pack light you can save yourself
another few pounds- but try not to
be like Joey from Friends and wear
your whole suitcase. Another option could be to travel by Megabus;
everybody knows that you can get a
great deal, and £10 return to Newquay sounds incredible right? Well,
for a 14 hour journey, probably not.
Many of the surf lodges also
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coasteering: a must do
activity for any brave soul
There’s an amazing selection of
places to stay, ranging from B&BS,
hotels, campsites, surf lodges, and
even better they’re there to accommodate people aged 18-25. There
are a number of caravan sites located throughout Newquay and many
offer some great deals starting at £6
per person, per night. If you’re one
for the outdoors and ‘getting to be
one with nature’ then camp sites
start at £12 a pitch and have great
transport links to the town and
beaches.
Sharkbait surf lodge offers £10 a
night off peak, with an extra £5 added per night during the summer. If
you’re only going for the weekend
it’s worth paying the extra, as it
could mean the difference between
the town being dead and totally
hopping with people.
Many of the surf lodges also offer
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for a small extra price, so could you
be out there becoming the next big
thing for surf?
And if you’re not staying at a surf
lodge, half a day of coasteering will
be around £40, with most places
claiming to give discount if booked
early, and a day of surf lessons will
set you back about £25 each with
full board and wetsuit hire.
Of course the beaches are free for
you to roam around on in your own
time. It’s an easy way to meet other
people, relax and catch a nice tan.
The town has plenty of small cafes,
surf shacks and restaurants for you
to dig into while you’re there.
There are also your high street
names as well as small independent
shops that sell some cute little trinkets.
And as most students will ask
‘What’s the night life like?’, well I
can tell you that Newquay has some
of the best night life known in the
UK. There’s a taste for everyone
including chill out bars, traditional
pubs, beachside cafes, amazing
nightclubs and even intimate pavement parties.
So no matter what your taste, there
will always be something you’d love
to do in Newquay.
Celebrate winter without ditching home
Rachel Walsham and Joanne Harron on how to escape the Winter blues whilst in the UK
The last few lines of your tan have
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to let go of your summer clothes,
and the memories of your summer
abroad feel like a lifetime ago. But
that doesn’t mean its all doom and
gloom for winter in the UK. There
are plenty of reasons why our winter should be celebrated not feared.
1. Feeling warm and rosy – There
is nothing quite like that feeling of
being warm and cosy on a cold winters day, whether you’re out tucked
away in a coffee shop or wrapped
up and braced for the elements.
The Winter fashion really allows
for comfort and warmth this season
so dig out your hats, knits and ear
muffs and enjoy the feeling of being
unaffected by the cold air.
2. The Food – British food was really made for winter, after a long day
out in the cold nothing really says
comfort like a steaming hot serving
of sausage and mash.
What’s best is that somehow it really feels like its deserved and with
Christmas around the corner we all
know it is just going to keep getting
better.
3. Scenery – Either twinkling under
a dusting of frost or sheltered by a
blanket of snow there is something
that always feels magical about our
countryside in the winter. It is also
the perfect time to rediscover the
child in you with tobogganing, ice
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men.
4. Winter getaways – Forget the
call of ski slopes or the lure of the
sun, instead why not take a trip to
Northern Ireland? The west coast
has some beautiful scenery that is
enhanced by the misty atmosphere
of cold winter days. After taking in
the spectacular scenery head down
the cobbled streets to a local Irish
pub and be warmed by an Irish stew
and a pint of Guinness.
5. Festivities – Lets face it, winter wouldn’t be complete without
Christmas and the hype is always
contagious. The anticipation of the
Christmas shop displays, the recognition of the iconic television
adverts, the food, the drink, the parties. You could spend winter abroad
in the sun but then it really just
wouldn’t feel like Christmas.
The cathedral backs on to the main
square of the beautiful university
grounds and also offers lovely views
over the city. Durham Castle is also
worth a visit, being a wonderful
Norman structure, as well as doubling as a working castle providing
a home to over a hundred students.
When you are in need of a refreshment head down to the very traditional Dun Cow for a tipple. For
something more substantial there is
a plentiful supply of restaurants, including Bella Italia, overlooking the
river - perfect for a crisp autumnal
day. For a cheaper alternative head
to the market square in the middle
of Durham for stalls similar to those
of our very own Grainger Market,
Durham style. If you are in romantic
company take a sandwich and have
a stroll down the river, alongside
the beautiful Autumn colours of the
trees, wooing will be easy!
If shopping is your thing Durham
has little that Newcastle has except
a Jack Wills. If gillets don’t impress
there are a couple of lovely vintage
shops that always offer something
unique.
Down the back of the Gates, Ding
Dong Vintage is a fashionista’s
heaven. Crammed full of delights
but without the London prices this
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boasts an array of Norman buildings
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The Big Debate:
Who is your
fashion icon?
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If I were a boy: fashion goes undercover
Quintessential “girly girl” Katie Lauren Henry covets male trends for a day unlike any other
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Within the world of fashion, the
lines between male and female styles
are becoming increasingly blurred.
With girls strutting around campus
in boxy blazers teamed with worn
brogues, loafers or lace up workman boots, it is no longer uncommon to see ladies pulling off these
once masculine pieces. This concept
does not only work one way - it’s
virtually impossible to enter a bar
without coming across a guy wearing a low cut v-neck tee (ironically
sporting more cleavage than the
average woman) or a pair of skinny
drainpipes.
Today the rules regarding what
looks good on males and females
are being torn apart, and boundaries
between the masculine and feminine
image are being pushed into new
exciting territories. With style icons
such as Agyness Deyn rocking out
the cropped hair and boyish ensemble, not to mention David Beckham
with his infamous ‘sarong-gate’, it
appears the rulebook has well and
truly been thrown out of the window. With men now comfortable
wearing guy-liner and girls opting
for the shaved hair look, it begs us
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girls merged into one homogenous
melting pot of fashionable pieces?
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girly girl. I love dresses and jewellery, and without heels my world
would be a much worse place (primarily because I’m pushing 5ft 3).
When I received a pair of Louboutin’s for my 21st birthday, only dogs
and dolphins could comprehend my
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winning the lottery. So, to be asked
to spend an entire day dressed as a
boy, donning a shirt, hoody, joggers
and trainers, this was for me a nightmare realised.
I can honestly say that I have never
felt as uncomfortable in my life as
I did that day. As I walked around
campus with my long hair tucked
into a beanie hat, the disapproving
looks from strangers (largely girls
might I add) were hard to ignore.
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about feeling so physically comfortable. My tortured soles, destroyed
from years of stiletto abuse welcomed the relief brought by a day
spent in trainers.
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that this was not a look they would
like to see their girlfriend wearing. It
was also made clear that they would
be very unlikely to approach a girl
in a bar if she was dressed this way,
regardless of how attractive she
was. When asked their views about
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my image, guys were throwing out
adjectives such as ‘comfortable’ and
‘casual’ with not even a mention of
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ever one redeeming comment was
made, in the shape of ‘...I’d still show
you a good time love’. Normally
enough to make you nauseous, but
was welcomed that day.
The way a person chooses to dress
is a visual representation of their personality. To ask someone to change
their style is basically asking them
to become someone that they are
not, disposing of their individuality.
One thing that became very apparent to me as a result of this ‘social
experiment’ was the challenge faced
by girls who do embrace a masculine sense of style. The concept of
dressing like a boy was completely
alien to me, even if it was just for
one day.
Society expects that girls should
dress femininely, but we must respect the fact that some girls are just
not comfortable with doing so. We
shouldn’t judge or stereotype them
for being different, and if anything
we should admire them for refusing to conform. This being said, I’m
pretty certain that I myself won’t
be embracing the lad-look anytime
soon...even if I would be shown a
‘good time’.
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boys’ clothing
is just so much
better. Hoodies that are
meant to be
oversized
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Jean’ has been in and out of fashion
now for the past eight years. It was
the Levi 501s that led the troops with
their oversized turn ups, knife-slash
knee rips and pale blue hue but as
always, the high street promptly
followed suit. River Island, TopVKRS DQG 1HZ /RRN ZHUH DOO ÀUP
favourites to supply us with our
baggy bottoms and jumbo waistlines, but was this because we actually looked good, or because the label ‘boyfriend’ made us feel like we
were compensating for something?
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of the fashion top spot, ‘boyfriend’
style has certainly gained a place
within the denim display line-up
amongst ‘bootcut’ and ‘straight
leg’. But seeing as we’ve got to this
point, is it no surprise the male of
the species went for its revenge?
Skinny jeans or ‘drainpipes’, however, contrary to indie belief have
been knocking around for almost
as long as Paris’ sewage system.
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haired other half reaches for your
wardrobe because your Topshop’s
give more ankle grip than his
Topman’s he’s actually just stealing back what was originally his.
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these out in the 50s while we were
still rolling along in vest and cardigan
combos. Unisex skinny jeans vanished into the abyss of the dormant
trends until the turn of the century.
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much as we wanted our pins to remain hidden within our imaginary
boyfriend’s favourite denims. It
took time but we embraced them,
and we’re still keeping as tight a
hold as skinnies do to our thighs.
As for guys, the skinnies have had
a revival with overly-pointed shoes
and a Pete Doherty military jacket
whilst we get comfy in a pair with
a worn out inner leg. Admittedly, it
isn’t all bad. They make a guy look
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jean. Either way, it seems that female trends will always be emulating the male wardrobe, whether it’s
comfort reasons or the fact that one
day in fashion, the baggy crotch,
favoured by the male of the species may also soon be on the rise.
There’s always been something appealing about men’s clothes. You
would probably never go out decked
in full male attire, but there are few
of us who haven’t ‘borrowed’ a cosy
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This season’s androgyny is one of
the key looks but there’s no reason
you can’t indulge in the trend simply by using men’s accessories.
Brogues - Traditional, elegant but
undeniably masculine. Brogues may
be the easiest way of experimenting
with this trend. They are so versatile because they are such a simple,
classic shape and can be paired with
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a cute little tea dress and long socks
to a pair of tapered trousers. There’s
a pair to suit any budget on the high
street this season which makes them
all the more appealing.
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the chic bowler hat. Think Keira
Knightley’s Coco Mademoiselle campaign back in 2007 though, rather
than Alex Delarge. A great place to
source them in Newcastle is Attica,
which has a fantastic selection of
vintage beauties.
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vintage briefcase or satchel. If you’re
feeling a student loan splurge is in
order, there’s the Mulberry Alexa.
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order.
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Fashion Androgyny
Boy meets girl: the blurred boundaries
While Briony Carlin spends an
afternoon in the park exploring
masculine tailoring, Clare Slipper
ventures into a world of androgyny,
where there is no ‘dress’ code
Tailoring, shirts and suiting, all examples of androgynous glam in
excess and it is safe to say that the
conventions of dressing hetero-normatively have long been blown out
of the water. However, rather than
being a case of simple drag, androgyny embraces a more unisex look
of beauty kings and macho queens;
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the blending of man (‘andro’) and
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of numerous fashion weeks are anything to go by – a look that is here
to stay.
In 1920s Paris, Gabrielle ‘Coco’
Chanel began a revolution in styling by inverting the ways in which
skirts and jackets were worn. Raising hem-lines above the ankle and
wearing tailored jackets loose, she
transgressed against the convention
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power-dressing had been born.
Since then, major fashion houses
have followed suit (pun intended),
incorporating this signature style in
many bold variations.
The sexual liberation of the 1960s
brought womenswear into a new
epoch; hem-lines (either maxi or
mini) pushed boundaries, and
YSL’s iconic ‘Le Smoking’ suit
re-worked the classic tailoring of
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and leaving no doubt that hypersexuality was guiding the compass.
In a similar vein, the 80s introduced
wider spheres of exploration and
welcomed androgyny as a lifestyle
choice, with pop culture at the vanguard of debonair sexual ambiguity.
The male new romantics – David
Bowie, Prince and Boy George –
adopted everything bouffant and
avant-garde, allowing their glamrock musical style to parallel their
appearance. An abundance of hair,
make-up, glitter, and general decoration characterised this look of aesthetic excess.
As for the girls, icons such as
Grace Jones and Annie Lennox bolstered female emancipation, and not
just by adding square-cut shoulder
pads. Where men embraced effeminate and hyper-sexualised styling,
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their femininity down a few pegs. In
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androgyny in the 1980s was precisely the adoption of sculpted virility
through clothing and hairstyle; suggesting self-control over style and
gender identity. The fashion world
had been stripped of any socio-cultural convention, and hence began
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So what happens when there is
a gender-collision? The past decade has embraced the Metrosexual
man, and effeminate styling for
men (think less Alex Reid’s naughty
lingerie, more David Beckham’s sarong) has been translated onto the
catwalk with much success. Milan
fashion week blew away any remaining conventions of masculine
suiting and booting; Emporio Armani pioneering the ‘meggin’ (male
leggings) and ‘monokini’ (male
bikini’s – rest assured, much subtler than Borat’s thong, yet quite
an ominous notion nonetheless).
Alexis Mabille’s Spring 2011 collection showcased a troupe of sharplydressed males who wore their hair
long, their necklines low, and their
oversized shirts nipped in with a
skinny belt. Calvin Klein revealed
an interpretation of the male croptop, while Vivienne Westwood paraded the male skirt with a tailored
jacket and oversized accessories, in
her classic outrageous style.
This said, I assume it’s not every
day that a girl will catch her boyfriend having a rummage in her
cupboard; rather, the reverse is
much more likely. 2009 saw the explosion of ‘Boyfriend chic’ on the
high street: jeans, brogues, tapered
trousers, tailored jackets and baggy
shirts over leggings were inescapable. If androgyny was a point of
liberation and backlash for earlier
generations of women, these subtler
styles are easier-to-wear and really
allow the unisex style to be played
around with as much or as little as
you like.
Where these high street interpretations are quite casual, when translated on the catwalk androgynous
womenswear has maintained an
aesthetic interest with elegance and
sophistication. Dries Van Noten in
his 2011 Spring collection used light
fabrics and discreet splashes of colour along with the staple oversized
white shirt, maintaining feminine
grace alongside statement androgynous pieces. Alexander Wang, similarly, channelled a sophisticated
take on the masculine; parading
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jackets and schoolboy shorts. John
Paul Gaultier for Hermes harked
back to Grace Jones-style androgyQ\ZLWKSOXQJLQJQHFNOLQHVRQDÀWted suit jacket, and using baggy layers nipped in at the waist to create
a feminine twist. And Dsquared2
sexualised the classic business-suit,
revealing sharp plunges with the
button-down shirts and accessorising with low-brimmed hats and
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and panache.
In today’s pop culture, it is clear
that androgyny lends itself to a
plethora of variations. Unisex brands
found on the high street encourage
the fashion-conscious to work the
look whichever way they want –
understated in a pair of penny loafers such as golden-girl Alexa Chung
or bold and striking like Rihanna
with her choppy haircut and valiant
style. Gender-bending is recurrent
in the media, through ‘guyliner’wearing celebrities (that’s you,
Russell Brand) or powerful characters on television programmes:
for those of you who watched the
recent series This is England ’86, the
suit-wearing, crop-haired Lol made
her a memorable character not just
through her compelling plot-line
but her punky masculine look. She
symbolised tough, emancipated
girl-power through her strong appearance – but was it sexy? Asking
the opinions of a couple of my male
friends, I learned that there was a
genuine admiration for her working
this look within the male-dominated context of the program setting.
One describes it as “duality”: breaking into skinhead football culture
through her image but at the same
time looking pretty good. The other,
however, is less embellished with
his opinion, simply stating “No. She
looks like a man.” Charming.
So is there a future in androgyny?
With cultures merging and the dissemination of fashions globally, designers will surely push boundaries
further through exploration and
experimentation with norms. It’s no
longer all about the way in which
you wear your jeans; but the way in
which you transgress your genes.
Last week we asked you...
“Is there a place on the British High Street For
low-cost outlets?”
In response to our question that
we posed last week on the website, a staggering 75 percent of you
thought that there was still a place
for low-cost outlets on the British
high street. Maybe there’s still the
necessity for the students of Newcastle to buy items at short notice
but the fact is that 25 percent of you
still have a social conscience.
This week, log on and give us your
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Style icon Fashion
who revive the effortless style of the
‘golden age’ of cinema that Audrey
was a veritable clothes horse for.
The reason why I am championing
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timeless style that will never tire and
also supported some of our most
well-recognised trends of today.
Linking with our theme of ‘androgyny’ this week, Ms Hepburn
was a style chameleon, not only offering highly sexualised feminine
portrayals in dresses and heels as
she does as Holly Golightly, but in
Sabrina, for example, she channels
some very contemporary trends.
Teaming her hairstyle with cigarette
pants and an understated sweater
epitomises everyone’s perceptions
of what it was to be traditionally
‘androgynous,’ utilising her minute
rake-like frame to show that it’s not
only a typical feminine portrayal
that is considered sexy. This look is
so highly favoured in fashion circles
and on the high street that one fashion retailer has even named their
take on classic cigarette pants after
the heroine of this piece.
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a trench coat being depicted, pause
for a moment to consider one of the
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looks – Audrey Hepburn, a fashion
icon, standing the test of time.
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Charlotte Scott debate the sartorial success of three
modern muses from Hepburn to Moss and more...
Ever had the unforgettable moment
in your childhood or adolescence
where you feel like you are having
a premonition, or at least, your aspirational ideal of the future ahead?
Every nine-year-old girl dreams
she’ll grow up to be a duchess and
this couldn’t have resonated any
more with me than when I watched
‘the embassy ball’ scene in the 1964
classic, My Fair Lady. Integral to this
was the vision of Audrey Hepburn
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her stylists) didn’t make a single
wrong move, featuring the trench
as the ‘it’ coat, still emulated by
designers such as Burberry today,
Take a moment to think about the
clothes you have in your wardrobe.
Skinny Jeans? Check. Ballet pumps?
Check. Loose vest top? Check.
Without even knowing it, you have
bought into the style of Kate Moss.
The high street knows that if Kate
Moss wears it, the masses covet it
and in my opinion, this makes her
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2010.
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such as Jackie O and Coco Chanel
but true inspiration comes from our
living legend and Croydon’s most
fashionable export, Kate Moss. Anyone can pull on a designer dress
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together, consisting of an eclectic
mix of clothes and making it bang
on trend. We all remember wellies
and hotpants as Kate’s infamous
Glastonbury combo encapsulating
the very essence of festival chic and
prompting thousands of girls to follow suit.
There are countless people trying
to capitalise on Kate Moss’s status
as a style queen with website upon
website offering tips on how to
dress just like her. Kate’s style can
be summed up as easy, effortless
cool and is so popular that she has
had a three year design partnership
with Topshop; a huge commercial
success which unfortunately is just
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Kate Moss is one of the most successful supermodels of our time, a
true fashion legend that rarely puts
a foot wrong when it comes to style.
Indeed, the somewhat dubious accessorising in her life is certainly not
down to scarves and hats, the items
that give her effortless chic an androgynous edge.
From one sartorial powerhouse to
another, Alexander McQueen famously wore the statement T-shirt
in 2005 saying “We Love You Kate”,
a statement that I couldn’t agree
with more.
Charlotte Scott considers why Factory
Girl, Edie Sedgwick
is fashion’s most
infamous muse
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the resurrection of Edie’s boyish
glamour as Sedgwick-esque items
shower the high-street.
The Sixties is renowned for revolutionary morals, music so good it
was blessed with immortality and
of course, outrageous clothing.
London was the hub of the fashion
world but 1960s New York had an
answer to rival Twiggy across the
pond. Her name was Edith Sedgwick, infamous for her association
with Andy Warhol.
Edie became ‘The Girl with the
Black Tights’, a label originating
from her fondness for basic hosiery.
Whilst garish garments were in,
Edie frequently opted for a simplistic wardrobe framed by dramatic
accessories. As androgyny is the hot
topic for discussion, the Sedgwick
classic involving an oversized shirt
with heavy necklaces, enormous
earrings and black eyeliner to add
femininity to cropped hair and masculine attire channels the trend in
every possible way and is something
echoed in contemporary fashion.
However, Edie was partial to some
eccentric items such as leopard print
and faux fur coats, which both featured in this year’s Autumn/Winter
collections for Gucci and Dolce and
Gabanna.
Unfortunately, we would not be
so willing to emulate some parts of
Edie’s personal life, leaving a haunting reminder for those wishing to
follow in her footsteps. Despite her
demise, 39 years later the Sedgwick
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and accommodation.
Check out the website at http://www.ncl.
ac.uk/postgraduate/visit/open/openday.
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place online.
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11:30 - Ends 16:00
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Homemade Jam has moved to its new
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venue while the Union building is being
refurbished.
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this year’s hitch and to hear some great
stories from last year’s hitchers. It’s a
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about this not to be missed adventure of
a lifetime. If you can’t make the meeting
you’re more than welcome to pop along
for a relaxed chat and a few drinks afterwards in the North Terrace pub.
Lecture Theatre E, Medical School,
19:00
Information Meeting
Hitch Society
Childreach are offering Newcastle
University students the opportunity to
take part in either climbing the 19,000
feet of Kilimanjaro or treking along one
of the wildest routes of the Great Wall of
China whilst raising money for a brilliant
grassroots charity. Childreach itself is
a charity which strives to provide a fair
start for children and does so by working
with local people in Tanzania, Ghana and
India.
For more information on China
please send an email to Daniel Ashall
(d.l.ashall@newcastle.ac.uk)
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your winter nights with some comedy
and various other entertaining antics at
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wrap up the evening.
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surf, windsurf/kitesurf and sailing lessons, Hyena tickets and food; well worth
coming along. Everyone welcome. Go to
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which works on the feet to establish any
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ncl.ac.uk for details.
Park Terrace, FREE, Booking essential
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London
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National Demo
wednesday
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about 8pm in farmer wear to raise awareness of one of Medsin UK’s projects
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group with an important vision; “A
world in which peoples’ right to health
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companies.” To discover more about this
project and for some great Medsin socialising make sure you pop along.
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reading a great zine on the topic of sex
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ancient sport. Tai Chi is a mix of self defence skills and mental training in a slow,
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thursday
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to you to give a new slant on an old favourite and breathe new life into old poetry! There is a trophy, a £30 cash prize
and the chance to be a star. To register
email jeff@zebrapublishing.co.uk.
Newcastle’s best alternative little library, a
collection of hundreds of great titles, including books on everything from composting to
communism (via women’s health, history and
know your rights information), is hosting an
event of book-inspired creative crafts. Head
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different techniques to make everything from
notepads to storybooks. There will also be
performances and an informal open-mic.
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production of the semester. It is a
frightening fable about good and evil,
and the meaning of human freedom.
Based on Anthony Burgess’ bestselling book, the play draws us into the
story of Alex and his vicious gang of
Droogs who revel in ultra-violence
and “the old in-out”. Alex also revels
in the music of Beethoven. The gang
communicate in a language which is
as complicated as their actions.
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in his hometown. Nonsensory Overload
sees Noble back fresh from his own TV
show and still doing what he does best,
spinning forth hilarious nonsense for
your amusement. Now is your chance to
see one of the best live comics working internationally today right on your
doostep. Head to the City Hall Website
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newcastlecityhall.org/
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Don’t miss what promises to be an
excellent show from some of the best
talent in the University; head down to
The Cluny and see what Newcastle’s
great student theatre has to offer.
The Cluny 2, Byker, November 10-12, Doors 19:00 - Performance 19:30 , Tickets
on sale outside the library Mon & Tues this week & on the door, £6.
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Your City: Our top events happening in Newcastle this week
This Listings spread is for you.
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published in these pages, all production of The Adventures of Pinocchio
an overwhelming success when it
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Laura Lancaster’s You Are A Movement provides students with an exciting and rare opportunity to see a
local artist in her prime in Newcastle.
Born in Hartlepool in 1979, and
having studied Fine Art at Northumbria University, she has since
risen to international acknowledgement, her recent works having been
showcased in London, Dublin, Poland, Rome, and even Tokyo.
This November she returns to her
native North East with two exhibitions on in the city, one of which is
her new collection at the Workplace
Gallery in Gateshead.
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painting, deriving from her archives
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markets.
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installation. The results are powerful expressions of lost, confused and
ambiguous identities, allowing the
viewer to interpret their own meaning from a portrait of a stranger.
Indeed, the effect can be quite frustrating – as the context and meaning of the images, though rich with
information, are indecipherable to
us. Even the name of her exhibition,
You Are A Movement, seems to suggest that Lancaster is exploring and
playing with traditional notions of
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ambiguous nature of ‘ourselves.’
Lancaster’s exhibition also marks
the expansion of her work in scale;
she has created large and striking
oil on canvas portraits, a departure
from previous exhibitions’ smaller
photograph and sketchbook collections.
The Workplace Gallery, founded
in 2005 by Paul Moss and Miles
Thurlow, was originally based in
the Trinity Square Shopping Centre
– an apt setting for a contemporary
art gallery, renowned for Rodney
Gordon’s iconic Brutalist design,
which featured in the 1971 gangster
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Since the transformation of Gateshead’s town centre, the Workplace
Gallery has relocated to a more serene location, the listed 19th-century
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continues to showcase emerging
and established contemporary artists through its gallery, curatorial
projects and art fairs.
A smaller, more intimate, and perhaps more exiting, contemporary art
space than the giant of the BALTIC
which also resides across the Tyne
from Newcastle, the Workplace Gallery showcases a diverse array of
artists, a must-see for any art fan.
If you need a further stamp of approval, the gallery is also a member
of the prestigious ‘invite only’ New
Art Dealer’s Alliance; a collective of
Displayed in the Workplace Gallery, You Are A Movement celebrates a new phase in the career of Northumbria graduate Laura
artists and galleries based in New
York with international members,
links and reputation. If you want a
unique and challenging experience
digital
that certainly removes you from
Newcastle City Centre, head to the
Workplace Gallery.
You Are A Movement by Laura Lancaster is on at the Workplace Gallery until
November 13.
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This year, Nintendo’s Mario series
of video games celebrates its 25th
birthday, as well as the retention of
worldwide popularity.
The brainchild of Japanese designer
Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario occupies a
position in popular culture usually
reserved for iconic pop stars and
long-running TV series. And with
222 million games sold over the last
quarter-decade, its commercial success certainly can’t be disputed.
So why is Mario so popular?
His distinctive red cap, blue overalls and moustache may have been
born out of the technical limitations
of 80s games consoles (his Italian
nationality comes from the fact that
he has a moustache - no, seriously)
but as a blank avatar for the player
to project themselves onto, he is
peerless.
Mario's USP has always been exploring the joy of movement, allowing players to navigate intricatelydesigned spatial challenges with a
character who feels like an extension
of your own body. Mario’s original
name was simply "Jumpman", and
for good reason - in later games, his
cries of "yahoo!" with every leap are
positively infectious.
Not to mention Mario's colourful supporting cast - Luigi, Bowser,
dinosaur-thing Yoshi - who despite
their paper-thin characterisation
have become as iconic as the star
himself.
Most, however, know Mario et al
best from the most popular of the
(seemingly endless) spin-offs: Mario
Kart, which has provided both hours
of knockabout fun and an antithesis
to boring driving simulators like
Gran Turismo. You'd be hard pressed
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the sight of that dreaded blue shell.
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games has meant they have stood
the test of time, and are still receiving lavish critical praise and selling
by the bucket-load. Stuffed full of
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have had on video games as an artform.
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was the beginning of shift from arcades into living rooms, with large
and colourful graphics that - though
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a cartoon come to life, spawning a
variety of imitators (most notably
Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog).
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a third dimension, which in turn
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Mario rip-offs such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon.
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thrill both children and adults alike.
Elliot Bentley
Bell has split his exhibition across
two rooms separated by metal bars
within which the words ‘love’ and
‘freedom’ are wrought. This sets the
satirical tone of the exhibition as it
is the bars themselves that deny the
viewer the liberty to move freely
across Bell’s exhibition space.
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lery space is using lighting to convey
meaning. He comments upon the
omnipotence of consumer society of
the Western world with the projection of the phrase “panic earth” with
an IKEA sign doctored in so that it
reads “panIKEArth”, drawing attention to the corporate logo in its
bright blue and yellow glow.
Arguably the most interesting
piece in Made in Germany is ‘Revelation Night Sun’ – a battered, bright
red suitcase with wiring inside.
The contents of this suitcase control
the strip lighting that runs across
the ceiling of the gallery, throwing
the viewer into changing states of
darkness and light.
The second space is completely
dominated by a watchful eye, huge
and grey, its gaze is hypnotic and
inescapable. Providing an urban
feel, two sculptures made of metal
and glass are placed in the direct
view of the eye. Appearing like tower blocks, the sculptures only serve
to further magnify the eye making
it seem god-like in its presides over
the exhibition space.
Bell continues the theme he began
with the gate, as the words ‘love’
and ‘freedom’ are concealed within the sculptures, their warm and
emotional implications contrasting
harshly with the sharply cut steel
and glass.
Although not radically unique in
its ideas or content, this exhibition is
interesting and worth going to see.
Made in Germany is on at the BALTIC
until January
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the family
Elliot Bentley offers up some pearls of wisdom on the current handicraft craze that has gone global
Last March, you may have been surprised to see those strange statues
near Central Station wrapped up
warm in woolly hats and scarves.
This was an example of the notorious art movement known as “guerrilla knitting”.
Begun in Houston, Texas by a
group known as Knitta Please, guerrilla knitting - or urban knitting, or
yarnbombing, or whatever you want
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knitted wool: stripy leg-warmers on
parking meters; pastel scarves on
statues; many-armed jumpers for
trees; or sometimes just little cuddly
animals tied to railings.
Magda Sayeg, the founder of Knitta Please, is generally credited with
the original idea. “In this world of
technology,
over-development,
fewer trees and more concrete,” she
told The Guardian recently, “it is empowering to be able to beautify your
environment.”
There’s certainly some sort of artistic idealism behind the movement - of “reclaiming the city” from
the grey concrete and shiny glass of
urban architecture.
Most of the work appears to be carried out with the simple yet noble
intention of brightening everyone’s
day.
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are now considered high art such as
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drunks or destroyed by bad weather.
Dave Cole’s giant woolly bridge
covering in Melbourne, which took
two weeks of volunteers’ work to
museum
produce, was slashed apart the night
of its completion. And unlike the
works of most taggers, these “knitbombs” are hardly territorial markings designed to last for weeks - just
whimsical, transient decorations.
Not to mention the far greater level
of skill, time and effort that must go
into each work.
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Danish group who covered a tank in
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imagery of war.
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ever-popular Great North Museum
during half-term is hardly the way
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but it is certainly worth the struggle
to get to its undeniably plush Planetarium.
The Planetarium is a remarkably
calming place. With a capacity of
just 50, it is small but cosy and an
impressive dome-shaped screen
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Dawn of The Space Age, attempts to
present the history of space exploration in approximately 42 minutes.
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places, the unrelenting drone of the
narrator may become irritating and
the unexplained presence of a Coldplay song towards the end is slightly
startling.
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throughout Dawn of The Space Age,
and poor Laika the dog whimpering
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odd twist when it appears to transform into a propaganda campaign,
encouraging half of the human race
to move to Mars.
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interesting soundtrack are worth a
look, but it’s the slightly sensationalist approach to space habitation
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south of the student hotspot that is
Sandyford, is The Biscuit Factory.
This commercial gallery housing
contemporary art is a prime spot to
admire some unusual works from
both international and local artisans.
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building is a sharp contrast to the
style of the works found inside,
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up-and-coming artists.
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being held in the coming months,
showcasing the work of artists,
glassmakers, photographers and
printmakers as part of The Biscuit
Factory Winter Exhibition.
The main exhibition on at present
is Mychael Barratt, which combines
the artist’s collection of oil, etchings
and prints. Barratt takes snippets
of day-to-day life as his inspiration
and adds a vibrant and distinctive
twist to his canvases.
Later in the year, Malcom Teesdale’s It’s a Miner’s Life gets to the
heart of the North East mining tradition. Landscapes and livelihoods
were shaped by the industry, and as
such, the artist presents the intimate
camaraderie of mining life through
his work.
Teesdale sets out to portray the atmosphere of the miners’ interaction.
At the same time, Peter Layton’s Top
of the Glass is on at the Biscuit Factory, dealing with glassworks. He
challenges the boundaries of form
and colour in his ambitious new exhibition.
Newcastle is no longer just “party
central” - its rich culture and artistic
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and struggles of an ordinary family
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and dreaded news, he is ill.
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a feeling of trepidation for Harry,
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set during June 2007 - a time of economic prosperity and hope. However, at this point there is a rapid
reversal of fortunes as the economy
falls into depression, causing the
housing market to plummet and depreciate rapidly.
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investment drastically depreciate.
Despite Harry’s best intentions,
life has dealt him and his family a
course of bad luck that seems unlikely to change.
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dedication and loyalty to his family,
determined to provide for his sons
and grandchildren.
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50 years, he now considers the possibility of purchasing his home and
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order to demonstrate life’s vulnerabilities, for things are never simple,
both in drama and reality.
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inspiring production under the direction of Lisa Goldman, who has
previously been the artistic director
of Soho Theatre.
Goldman’s direction alongside
Packer’s emotional and humorous
script promises a lively evening of
theatrical entertainment in one of
the city’s most spectacular theatres
following its recent renovation.
Yet perhaps what promises to be
the most appealing aspect to the play
is the focus on the ordinary family,
characters with whom the audience
can relate to and understand their
stresses and strains of daily life.
Renowned across the national arts
scene for being an innovative and exciting venue, the Live Theatre offers
new playwrights the opportunity
to create imaginative, artistic work
that has never been seen before.
This was epitomised recently by
the Broadway staging of Lee Hall’s
North East based The Pitmen Painters, which achieved rave reviews locally and nationwide.
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West End in 2011 and is also set to
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can only hope that Inheritance will
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more so.
The Biscuit Factory Winter Exhibition
runs until March.
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depth in comparison to its Swedish counterpart. In the end, it was a
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above their source material, with
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even nominated for an Oscar, but
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remakes were a rarity then. In this
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necessity of these remakes remains
uncertain. Take 2008’s Funny Games
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Both were written and directed by
Michael Haneke, yet the remake
received largely negative reviews.
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which completely missed the point
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culturally relevant interpretations of
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they’re simply watered down, sanitised cash-ins.
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even moderately successful it’s a
guarantee that an English-language
remake will be green lit. The trend
began with a slew of Japanese Horror remakes, beginning with The
Ring and moving on to other popular titles including The Grudge, Pulse,
One Missed Call and Dark Water, as
well as a plethora of sequels. In the
case of The Grudge, the setting and
plot remained virtually the same,
yet the main character was now an
American girl played by Michelle
Gellar. The Japanese versions of
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terms of quality and atmosphere, but
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coming through year after year. Of
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industry wouldn’t dare touch, usually the Oscar winners such as The
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last year, is already in the works and
will star Daniel Craig in the lead
role. The original barely even had
time to gather dust before the movie machine’s cogs started turning.
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the marketability of this particular
project. Not only had the original
been a huge success in America and
the UK, but The Millennium Trilogy,
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was based, was selling like hot cakes
in the wake of the movie release. In
retrospect, it would have been a disastrous business move not to exploit
its success. Even Let Me In is riding
on the back of the Vampire craze.
So what exactly do these remakes
achieve? It would be petty to claim
that American and English audiences have an innate fear of foreign
cinema because of its unfamiliarity,
though it is true that the general
populace actively avoid subtitles, so
a remake in their own language will
naturally have more appeal. It could
also be argued that certain themes
and ideas presented in foreign cinema don’t translate well to American
audiences.
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to keep audiences placated remains
the issue. Cinema has the right to be
challenging, sometimes even shocking. It promotes thought and discussion, and if foreign cinema can offer
us that, is there really any need to
recycle it again and again just to appeal to the target consumer?
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Minister in Britain, the outbreak of
the technological age and of course
some of the most entertaining movies ever to hit the silver screen.
After the opportunistic seventies
where special effects were the new
thing, the eighties brought some
entertaining experimental visual
moments. There was something for
everyone, Flashdance delivered a
graceful welder with a passion for
movement; Do the Right Thing gave
a political spin on race and class in
suburban America; while Top Gun,
of course, with its subliminal homoerotic themes, was a picture that
captured the attention of the boys
and the girls.
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the many different expressions we
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teenage kicks. Arnold Schwarznegger hit the big time with Terminator,
a franchise still on its feet and a star
who has now managed to make it
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out this, most turbulent of times.
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thrill the young and old; it is not
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lot less painful than it could be.
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barred jockey, the trio embark on a
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documentary charts the attempts
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scale the Siula Grande, an infamous
mountain situated in the Andes. An
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Film Culture
Film Editor: Adam Williams - courier.culture-film@ncl.ac.uk
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30
Culture Music
music
interview
column
“We believe in The Human League”
Metal Monthly
Music Editor Joe
Skrebels talks to the
legendary 80s band’s
Susan Ann Sulley
Since 1980, Susan Ann Sulley has
made up one third of synth-pop pioneers The Human League. It’s been a
busy career, but for nearly ten years
there’s been no new recorded material – why the gap? “We’ve done
other things, we’ve toured... it just
never came up really. I think a couple of years ago, Philip [Oakey, lead
singer] felt he wanted to be creative
again and do some more writing...
and that’s when we started making
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year, will be called Credo, a name
that Sulley makes very clear has real
meaning for the band: “It’s about
what we believe in. We’ve been doing this, in mine and Joanne [Catherall, fellow backing vocalist]’s case,
for thirty years and in Philip’s case
slightly longer. We believe in this,
we’re not doing it to be famous or
to make money because we’ve got
neither of those – we’re doing this
because it’s what we believe in. We
believe in the Human League.”
“I think it’s harder for
people to make music now,
there are too many barriers
and too many things that
they have to agree to what
they don’t want to.”
It’s this belief that seems to be
driving the band on, especially after previous efforts have not been
nearly as successful as they’d have
liked. After the commercial failure
of their 2001 album Secrets, Sulley
was quoted as saying that this time
was “the lowest the band had been”.
The failure was due mainly to their
record label folding just before the
album’s release, scuppering any
promotion and leaving the record
more or less unheard about. When
asked about this period, she still
sounds upset: “We’d had fantastic
reviews, the best of our career and I
think, in retrospect, we just felt a bit
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because you’ve spent a couple of
years working hard on an album
and you want people to listen to
it. It seems that Credo’s name represents the belief that helped them
continue, but Sulley is quick to deny
any real association between the
two albums: “It’s very different.
Secrets was a little old-fashioned,
whereas this is not old-fashioned
at all. It’s not a sequel.” What is it
that differentiates the two then? “I
think it’s very modern and it stands
up ... We’ve got two great producers
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are collectively known as I Monster
and they brought it bang up to date.
We’re very, very happy with the results.”
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paramount to the feel of the album,
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from the quintessential 80s synth
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package. I ask if this modernity has
been brought about because of the
recent synth-pop revival that’s seen
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“I think everybody listens to what’s
going on around them but we just
made an album that we were happy
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Consciously or not, the clash of two
musical eras seems at the forefront
of Sulley’s thinking about her band’s
music and where it lies in a very different commercial culture to where
it began. There’s a real pride in her
voice when she talks about how the
band has succeeded through adversity, but is sceptical as to whether
Graham
Matthews
Columnist
The Human League return in 2011 after a ten year break with their ninth album, Credo
that belligerent approach was intelligent: “I’d never say to do it our way,
because who’s to say our way was
right? We could’ve been doing this
for thirty years and made millions.
We haven’t, so our way could be
totally wrong.” She certainly seems
downbeat as to whether that same
approach could succeed for today’s
new bands: “There aren’t record
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it forward and to sustain it. People
do it very differently now, it’s all
about the internet which it obviously wasn’t when we started... I think
it’s harder for people to make music now, there are too many barriers
and too many things that they have
to agree to that they don’t want to.
We can take a backstep and say ‘we
don’t want to do that, we’ve done
that before.’” She acknowledges that
the likes of Youtube can help a band
get noticed, but her solution is a far
simpler one – it’s not what a band
does to promote themselves, it’s the
band’s belief in itself that gives it a
better chance of success. She refers
to her own: “We’re probably one
of the only groups [from that era]...
that never split up, we’ve always
done this. Since we got together in
1980 we’ve never split up – it’s not
coming back, it’s doing what we’ve
always done which is why the album’s called Credo, it’s what we believe in. We’re just trying to push it
forwards.”
Ultimately, she believes it’s the
fans that will decide if any band
are successful: “We can only make
music that we know how to make
and hope that they will give it the
time and will listen to it.” It’s a refreshingly objective viewpoint from
someone who’s had quite so much
success, and perhaps this is the best
advice she can offer; forget about
promotion, record deals and stardom – it’s the music that matters,
especially to The Human League.
The Human League perform at The Sage
Gateshead on 13th December. Credo
will be released in March 2011.
feature
Have we become trapped by the power of the net?
Lucy Johnson looks at
the role of the internet
in a modern music
In recent years the internet has had a
profound effect on the music we listen to. So many of the artists we listen to now have been found on sites
such as MySpace, been seen promoting on Facebook and keep their fans
constantly updated on Twitter.
This phenomenon did not appear
out of nowhere; the boom began
when many artists uploaded their
songs onto MySpace in hope of getting noticed by music industry ‘big
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artist to be discovered on MySpace
was Lily Allen, who announced her
‘retirement’ from the music business
earlier this year. YouTube has even
had its part in the creation of new
artists. ‘Teen sensation’ Justin Bieber himself was found on YouTube
after posting amateur footage of
himself singing and, like it or not,
the kid’s had massive success. Scour
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of teens trying to do the same, possibly hoping for the level of fame that
Bieber now has.
But the effects of the internet on the
music industry haven’t necessarily
been positive. The truth is that the
music industry has changed rapidly
over the last 10 or 20 years. It has allowed record companies to sell their
music in multiple ways; iTunes,
Amazon and similar websites all
allow companies to sell their music
across the world without borders
and boundaries. Trying to be truly
individual in such an already chaotic business can prove hard for new
acts; labels will sign an act that they
believe has something completely
original or are an act easily moulded
into what the label wants.
Unfortunately, this leads to a particularly short shelf life for bands
nowadays. Labels often demand a
second album to ensure an act is not
out of the limelight for a prolonged
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hard to live up to the hype of a debut single or album and possibly not
even get the chance to produce their
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bands, but the internet has made
this far easier. Could this lack of
record label guidance be sending
bands down the wrong path? Bands
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song before disappearing without
a trace - perhaps a more sustained
period outside of the music world at
large would let young groups blossom. As it is, we might be getting to
know bands earlier than we could
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band could be like we used to.
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hangs over music today; the internet
helps bands and consumers alike
but it should not be forgotten what
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prove to be - a mercurial industry
full of undeveloped artists who fade
as quickly as they appear.
Newcastle may not be as well known
for its Metal scene compared with
other UK cities, such as the heavy
metal Mecca that is Birmingham,
but look beyond Tiger Tiger and
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the city can be found.
Legends is undoubtedly the best
rock/metal club Newcastle has to
offer. Conveniently located opposite Newcastle Theatre Royal, just in
case you fancy a bit of Shakespeare
before head banging the night away,
Saturday nights are where it’s at. In
the main room a range of metal classics are blasted out, from favourites like Metallica and Slipknot to
the less well known yet awesome
Manowar.
Alternating Fridays at Legends also
cater for Metalheads in the Toon.
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and metal from heavy metal’s inception in the 70s to the modern day. If
they don’t play anything you like
(you were probably supposed to be
in Liquid not Legends!) they’re always happy to play most requests,
although sadly they’re not so keen
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Legends hosts ‘Tech Noir’, a night
dedicated to Industrial, EBM and
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Feral and Megatron. If you enjoy
dressing up in UV paint and dancing to the industrial beats of stuff
like Combichrist rather than what
gets played at other UV club nights,
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One of the best things about Newcastle from a metal fan’s perspective
is the amount and variety of metal
bands that visit the city, which can
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around the Toon. Places like Trillians, the Cluny and Hyem Bar cater
for smaller and local bands, whilst
the O2 Academy and Metro Arena
stage the bigger names.
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verts, brings legends Motorhead to
City Hall. If classic rock’s not your
thing (your father obviously never
enforced it upon you from an early
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same night.
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host to two contrasting bands in
succession. On Friday 12 November Faderhead bring their electronic
sounds to Legends before Saturday
13 November when German thrash
legends Annihilator prepare to rip
the place apart. Tickets to both gigs
include entry to the club after.
If Black Metal’s more your style
then check out Wolves In The
Throne Room at the Cluny on the
29 November. This is sure to be an
atmospheric night, as they’ve been
known to play many gigs by candlelight in the past.
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Music Culture
Music Editors: Polly Randall & Joe Skrebels - courier.culture-music@ncl.ac.uk
live
Paloma Faith & Eliza
Doolittle
City Hall, October 30 2010
This performance was a perfect
duo of two little ladies that packed
one hell of a punch in the vocal
department. Eliza Doolittle was
a great support act, using the
little space she had on stage well
and was warmly received by the
crowd, especially the popular
song ‘Pack Up’. She performed
well and included a lot of acapella
breaks throughout that actually
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2010
Ellie Goulding is not everyone’s
cup of tea, but the hundreds of
screaming teenage girls and boys
and middle-aged Radio 2 listeners
lining the streets do not care. But
once the lights go up it is hard not
to be drawn in by their excitement.
listings
worked, especially with the bluesy
atmosphere she created with her
backing band. Paloma Faith didn’t
just perform her songs; she created an almost magical feel to the
evening and put on a proper stage
show, the likes of which have been
lost over the years. The whole set
was crafted from her unique and
slightly bizarre personality, including extravagant dresses and impressive stage visuals. She engaged
often with the crowd and even
included a few sing alongs that got
a lot of backing from the audience
of all ages, with the new material
showing a lot of promise and just
as much mass appeal as the debut
album. Paloma included a range of
covers, from a more mellow version
of David Guetta’s ‘Sexy Chick’ to a
sassy rendition of Cee Lo Green’s
‘F**k You!’ both of which worked
well with Paloma’s incredibly
strong voice, and her own unique
twists. The evening highlighted
what is missing from a lot of live
performances these days and it was
the small things throughout the
night that actually made it different
and certainly memorable.
Since her last tour Ellie’s position in
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established, as her impressive live
show demonstrates. Orange lights
burst through the darkness revealing the leading lady everyone has
come to see, and ‘Under the Sheets’
opens with a throbbing drum beat.
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there are no signs of nerves. On
stage she looks every bit the pop
star in high shorts and sequinned
top; and then there’s her astound-
ing voice. It can’t be denied that
this girl can sing, her voice easily
overpowering the soundtrack of
screams that accompany every
move she makes. Then the pace is
slowed down from the more upbeat, danceable tracks with the aid
of an acoustic guitar and the exit of
other band members, leaving Ellie
to truly show her potential. ‘Guns
and Horses’, ‘The Writer’ and her
cover of ‘Sweet Disposition’ turn
the audience into Ellie’s backing
choir, as every lyric is sung back
to her passionately whilst friends
hug and couples kiss in the giant
love-in that the 23 year old inspires.
Ending with ‘Starry-Eyed’ the song
everyone came for, the place erupts
for the last time with both artist
and audience ending the night with
huge smiles on their faces.
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When you arrive in the ‘cosy’
basement of the Head of Steam,
you know your night will be an
intimate one with the band – seeing as you’re positioned only feet
away at any point this is inevitable.
It therefore makes it quite odd
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musical star that close to you - on
this night coming in the form of
a surprise set by Maximo Park’s
Paul Smith. I use the term ‘surprise’
purposefully; not only was Smith’s
appearance a surprise, but it was
surprising just how dull and overlong his set was. Anyway, moving
on.
The real draw that night were
Meursault, the Edinburgh-based,
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seamlessly blend folk, electronica
and really, really loud drumming.
The small venue showcased their
sheer versatility perfectly, emphasising the sheer power of songs like
‘What You Don’t Have’ whilst making the sparse, beautiful ‘One Day
This’ll All Be Fields’ seem wonderfully personal. This is a band that
have the power to turn a crowd of
writhing dancers into silent, quivering spectators in moments, and
looking around that’s exactly what
happened time and time again.
Meursault remain an absolutely
formidable, yet still inexplicably
underrated, force of new British
musical talent, and the brilliance
of their live shows is just another
piece of praise to throw at them.
Buy their albums, go watch a performance and then realise why Paul
Smith should always be supporting
them.
Joe Skrebels – Music Editor
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ing the Academy with his howling
guitar and bourbon smooth vocals,
backed by Patrick Carney beating
the living hell out of the drums is by
far the best way to spend a Saturday
night.
Due to their fan base being more
mature than most the crowd was,
on the whole, reluctant to move to
say the least. Despite this the energy
emanating from the band was electric. Halfway through the set they
were joined by two additional musicians for the more musically complex songs, particularly ones from
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not a criticism, far from it.
All in all one of the best live bands
I’ve seen; they were absolutely incredible. ‘I Got Mine’, ‘Things Ain’t
Like They Used To Be’ and hearing
some of their latest album were the
real highlights. So too was the encore
‘Sinister Kid’ which was a great song
to end a really well thought out set
that balanced the more bluesy songs
with the heavier ones perfectly.
If greater praises were needed, the
two middle-aged Mackems grinding (un-encouraged I might add)
against my housemate agreed. And
who’d question their judgment?
A ridiculously huge line-up of some
of the hottest DJs and dance acts
around. Expect the unexpected as
genres collide and mash ups appear out of nowhere. Oh and bring a
snack, you’ll be here all night.
legs pumping.
be bobbing along the road instead of
running for your life.
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soon…
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2010
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Goo Goo Dolls at O2 Academy.
7pm, £23.50
Touring in support of what is shockingly their 9th Studio album Something for the Rest of Us, the American
pioneers of middle-of-the-road soft
rock and makers of hit song ‘Iris’ arrive at the Academy.
Tuesday 9th
Edwyn Collins at The Cluny. 8pm,
sold out
Chris Scott
Grace Harding
Ben Jackson
moodtape
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Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
Kick-start your day with the Boss.
Warning: May make you miss your
lecture and head for the open road,
never looking back.
Arcade Fire – Empty Room
The chaotic string ‘riff’ here is surprisingly ace for power-walking,
and the soaring chorus vocals might
even result in a light jog.
Dinosaur Pile-Up – Barceloner
Pick up the pace now, in time to the
frenetic drumming and chugging
guitars of this ace Dinosaur Pile-Up
track.
McLusky – Lightsabre Cocksucking
Blues
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pissed off, a little bit terrifying, hiODULRXVDQGEH\RQGÀOWK\/LVWHQDW
your own risk.
Dizzee Rascal – Sirens
Can you hear the sirens coming?
Better run when you hear the sirens
coming…Dizzee always gets the
Hall & Oates – You Make My
Dreams
Change of tone from the last track,
but not a change of pace. You’ll just
Pulled Apart By Horses – I’ve Got
Guestlist to Rory O’Hara’s Suicide
Another pretty scary one, but you
can really feel the energy of one of
the UK’s best live bands in this track.
Good riff to maintain pace.
Sleigh Bells – Crown on the Ground
From one of the year’s best albums,
this noise-cheerleader-y tune has an
absolutely huge beat, and even bigger guitars.
Pixies – Rock Music
One of the Pixies’ heaviest songs
here, and it’s a great tune, particu-
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Big synth-y song to get you in and
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amazing last thirty seconds of the
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minutes early…
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line.co.uk
Ben Travis
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you’ll be a very lucky music lover indeed. Finally back on the road supSRUWLQJKLVÀUVWDOEXPVLQFHKDYLQJ
two, count it, two brain hemorrhages the former Orange Juice frontman
and indie music impresario plays at
our very own Cluny.
Wednesday 10th
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7pm, £14
Canada’s screamiest sons are bringing the noise to Newcastle. They
describe their music as “the sound
of two Catholic high-school girls in
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earned them a Juno nomination (the
Canadian equivalent of a Mercury).
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Classic movies and music at the
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£5
The last cinema organ in Newcastle disappeared in 1959. 51 years
later and the Star and Shadow have
brought one of cinema’s most iconic
facets back. With a line-up of classic
silent movies and the sort of music
you just don’t hear anymore, this
will be one to remember.
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6.30pm, £14
The legacy of X Factor rears its questionably-motivated head once again
as fourth-placed Ms. Vickers brings
her own brand of eccentric pop and
hand gestures to the Toon.
Sunday 14th
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£10
Heralded by some as the best English blues guitarist since the mighty
Eric Clapton, and listed in Classic
Rock’s list of the acts most likely
to bring the blues back into mainstream alongside The White Stripes,
Lister is standing on the shoulders
of giants. Expect classic blues with a
melodic, infectious twist.
Joe Skrebels – Music Editor
32
Culture Music
music
the top 5
albums
John Legend and The Roots
1. Chapel Club – All the Eastern
Wake Up!
Girls
It must be exhausting to be in The
Roots. As if being one of the premier hip-hop bands of our time, a
full-time gig as the hippest backing
band on the planet on Late Night
with Jimmy Fallon, and releasing
one album already this year, the
essential How I Got Over, wasn’t
enough, The Roots have somehow
found time in their packed schedule to work with John Legend for
their new collaborative full-length,
Wake Up!
Coming to the record as a fan
of The Roots as opposed to John
Legend, there are a few small disappointments: the relegation of
MC Black Thought to cameo roles
rather than the spotlight obviously
rankles, and the decision to focus
the album around covers can make
it seem somewhat slight.
What they have done though is
create an optimistic tribute to the
classic soul sounds of the 1960s
and 1970s that asks why so many
of the issues addressed then remain
so pertinent today. Album opener
‘Hard Times’, a classic Curtis MayÀHOGWUDFNDOORZV/HJHQGWRVKRZ
the power of his voice (something
not always evident in his own mate-
rial) while The Roots’ drummer and
musical director Ahmir ‘?uestlove’
Thompson drives the beat hard. As
one of only two tracks featuring
Black Thought, it also lays out the
inspiration behind this release, the
optimism of Obama facing the despair of recession – “People wanna
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got nowhere to go and still feel like
bouncing.”
Like the soul tracks it uses, Wake
Up! is a celebration of what has
been achieved, and a call to further
action. The other Black Thought
track, ‘Little Ghetto Boy’, again
traces a narrative of struggle against
the odds, while the lengthy centrepiece, ‘I Can’t Write Left Handed’,
updates the Vietnam War protest
song, turning it from a smouldering lament to scorching anger via
Cap’n Kirk Douglas’ electrifying
guitar solo.
Ending on the sole original track,
the valedictory ‘Shine’, Wake Up!
stands as an immensely satisfying
and purposeful collaboration that
pays tribute while still looking forward to the future.
Warpaint
The Wanted
Twin Shadow
Paris Suit Yourself
The Fool
The Wanted
Forget
My Main Shit Stain
Arguably a more commercial venture by Chapel Club than previous
release ‘Oh Maybe I’, this new
release, with a prominent drum
beat and headed by the beautiful signature vocals of front man
Lewis Bowman, promises to push
Chapel Club to the forefront of the
crowded indie music scene.
2. Mystery Jets – Show Me the
Light
Mark Corcoran-Lettice
The latest band to grace Newcastle’s super-club Digital, the
Mystery Jets have been going from
strength to strength, playing all the
main festivals this summer. This
latest release off the new album
Serotonin lives up to expectation.
It probably won’t make the charts,
but it is well worth downloading.
3. DJ Fresh – Gold Dust
You might not recognise the name,
but this is the new club staple being played up and down the country. With the catchy, if not repetitive, chorus and backing track, this
is guaranteed to be the soundtrack
to many a good night out.
4. Frank Turner – I Still Believe
For those of you who have never
heard of Warpaint, Wikipedia will
tell you that they are a four piece,
female psychedelic rock band, originating from Los Angeles. However, it seems to really understand
this band a dedicated listen of this,
their debut album, is required. The
creeping guitar lines and haunting melodies draw from the same
formula of brilliance from simplicity that has won bands like The xx
universal acclaim. ‘Set Your Arms
Down’ is a slow burning opener to
the album, unfolding a shimmery
dream-like texture of sound echoing over a rhythmic drum beat as
female chorus backing singer Emily
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save your life.” Pretentious as this
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Self-titled track ‘Warpaint’ feels like
a continuation of this sound while
‘Baby’ showcases the band’s more
delicate side with the beautiful understated vocals perfectly complimenting the gentle folk rhythm of
the acoustic guitar. This album is
that age-old cliché; it’s a grower.
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surreal background music but once
you give it the attention that it asks
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quite simply blow you away.
The Wanted are a male version of
The Saturdays, with catchy, cheesy
pop lyrics - which is not surprising as both bands were found by
the same casting company. With
number one single ‘All Time Low’
already under their belts, this EngOLVK,ULVK TXLQWHW DUH SUREDEO\
heading for big success in the pop
market. But are they actually any
good?
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song you decide to listen to. ‘All
Time Low’ and ‘Heart Vacancy’,
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in the pop music genre, taking tips
from earlier bands, but with a much
more current twist. ‘Lose My Mind’
and ‘Replace Your Heart’, the third
and fourth songs on the album, follow along these lines, and either
could be the third single off the
record.
However the songs do start to
lower in quality the further into
the album you go; with ‘Let’s Get
Ugly’s cowboy duel and ‘Personal
Soldier’s army march making particularly cheesy listening, adding
an immature angle to the album.
The Wanted will still do well, but
they aren’t doing much to break
away from the ‘typical boyband’
mould.
Catchy pop melodies are in abundance on ‘Forget’, the debut album
from Twin Shadow, AKA George
Lewis Jr. There’s a retro feel to proceedings but it’s far from a tired or
repetitive record. It would be hard
not to enjoy the classic-sounding
intro on ‘Slow’ as Lewis Jr.’s vocals work to maximum effect over
blessedly restrained synths, calling to mind Morrissey and New
Order. The album’s full sound and
polished mix are thanks in part to
Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, who
produced and ensures the songs
sound their best. That the raw
materials are there is unarguable
though; ‘Shooting Holes’ unleashes another formidable old-school
backbeat, typifying an impressively
infectious debut effort, with an excess of gig potential. Indeed there’s
a pretty epic feel to the title track,
which expertly deploys murmuring vocals and blissed-out guitars.
‘I Can’t Wait’ is another standout,
but any of these tunes could effortOHVVO\VORWLQWRDGXELRXVVÀOPRU
TV series (which required superior
soundtracks to counteract the woeful acting and lethal suits). Overall,
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shimmers and struts in equal measure. Worth checking out.
Has your friend ever made you
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for your thoughts afterwards? Did
you struggle for a polite response
and then pathetically, all too predictably, mumble “Yeah, it’s err…
different.” That’s what Paris Suit
Yourself has created here, something very very different. I think
the lead singer takes himself seriously, but it is by no means a given.
He semi-comprehensively meanders through song after song, relying on two or three lines of lyrics
repeated again and again, with the
odd howl thrown in for good measure. The group attempted to combine indie, jazz and being French
and it just doesn’t work. Positively,
the third song ‘Rolling On’ shows
promise and there is a nice guitar
riff in ‘Sophie Scholl’ but that really
is scraping the barrel. Oh yeah, and
the guy playing bass is pretty solid;
although how he retains the will
to live long enough to record thirteen songs with his band-mates is
beyond me. Piano parts are played
with severe eccentricity, suggesting
more of a hyperactive improvisation than a well thought out structure. This needn’t be bad but with a
similar story to report for the drums
and guitar, the album is, as its title
implies, very messy.
Jack Kidder
Kate Rogers
Martin Flynn
Tom Belcher
From the hardest working touring artist around at the moment,
Frank Turner produces yet another
punk-pop, acoustic driven, angry
outpouring. Unlike his previous
work, this is well produced and
the chorus accompanied by the
voices of his fans adds a brilliant
touch.
5. Willow Smith – Whip My Hair
With the cool credentials of being
the spawn of Will Smith, Willow has caused a stir this week,
not least for the vocal ability and
attitude similar to Rihanna. Well
worth a listen; if only to decide
whether it’s funny, credible or
quite annoying. It does get stuck
in your head however; not bad for
the debut single from a nine year
old.
Amelia Wareing
The Courier Online
For exclusive reviews of album
releases and live gigs from around
the city, as well as specialist blogs
and the Top 5 and Moodtape
playlists head to the music section
of the Courier website:
thecourieronline.co.uk/music
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TV & Radio Editors: Lynsey Fawcett &Ellie Wilson - courier.culture-tv@ncl.ac.uk
nsr
radio highlights
Nostalgic times this week for Newcastle Student Radio as we dismantled our studio and moved out of
our home since broadcasting started way back in 1997 and headed for
our new temporary headquarters
in the Park Terrace Student Union (room G19). We are now fully
functioning and broadcasting again
with our delectable schedule of
audible treats, both new and those
which are more familiar.
If you have yet to sample the range
of our programmes, then may I suggest the varied Monday evening as
a good introduction? The evening
gets off to a strong start from 5pm
with the trio of chatty Northerners, Bee, Rose and Maz who bring
IRU\RXUJUDWLÀFDWLRQBee’s Banging
Beats, a pick and mix of the best
folk, electro and rock tracks old and
new. This show stands out for the
originality of one of its many beguiling features: ‘Bee’s Deep Bath’
where a soothing song is played for
the listener to run a relaxing bath
to. The show is structured around
an alphabetical theme - this week
featuring bands whose name begins with ‘D’.
Following on in the thematic line
Busy Doing Nothing with Louise
Morris from 6-8pm presents music
as far ranging as 1920s blues music
to the most recent Scandinavian
indie-electro tracks and everything
in between, just as long as it links in
with the wonderfully weird theme
for the week. Past themes have included ’Fetishes’, ‘Product Placement’ and ‘Narrative Tracks’ with
audience participation on Busy Doing Nothing’s Facebook group determining some of the songs played. A
regular feature is the ‘Greek Myth
of the Week’ as well as ‘Positive
Subversion’ which looks at forms
of creative rebellion such as guerilla gardening.
So listen in and check them out.
Louise Morris
NSR Station Manager
inter view
Bleak Expectations
Thursday 6.30pm, Radio 4
Jazz Festival Opening
Night Friday 10.30pm,
Radio 3
Mark Evans returns to BBC Radio 4
this autumn with his six-part series
parodying Dickens, combining two
of his most famous works, Bleak
House and Great Expectations.
The previous series introduced
Philip, or Pip as he’s referred to,
and his two sisters Poppy and
Pippa, when their seemingly idyllic
life was turned upside down by the
death of their father, along with the
madness of their mother.
As a result, their malicious guardian, Mr. Gently Benevolent, sent the
children to be incarcerated in different boarding schools. With the
help of their friend Harry Biscuit,
son of the inventor of the biscuit,
they manage to escape the clutches
of Benevolent and imprisonment.
Now, returning for a fourth series,
Pip once again meets Gently Benevolent, who’s locked up in jail and
apparently remorseful for all his
crimes. However, whilst walking
at night, Pip is attacked and comes
to realise that a new wave of crime
is occupying the streets of London.
Wanting to remedy this, he enlists
the help of his imprisoned nemesis.
In the meantime, Ripely - Pip’s
wife - is engaged in more pressing
matters; namely her obsession with
cutlery, which is driving Pip closer
and closer to bankruptcy.
A hilarious and well constructed
take on Dickens, I thoroughly recommend it to everyone.
To celebrate the beginning of November, the capital gets ready for
one of its largest yearly music festivals: The London Jazz Festival.
It returns for ten days of music,
workshops and plenty of stuff you
wouldn‘t necesarily expect from a
mainly jazz orientated event.
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Nelson will host a special edition
of his show Jazz on 3 to launch this
year‘s festival. The show, broadcasted live from Ronnie Scott‘s famous jazz club in Soho, will give
a great taster of what is to come;
presenting performances from several high-class acts of the jazz scene
such as the Soul Rebels Brass Band
from New Orleans and the saxophonist Chris Potter, there will be a
lot of exciting acts to listen to.
In the 18th year of its existence,
the London Jazz Festival features
a broad range of young artists like
jazz singer Louise Golbey and saxophonist Trish Clowes, as well as
‘veterans‘ like John Etheridge, Jon
Hendricks and the Harlem Gospel
Choir.
A broad range of workshops and
unusual creative events will take
place; those include a musical version of a Guardian issue and a culinary experiment.
So practice your jazz hands and
let the brass instruments blow your
mind away!
Lisa Bernhardt
Ayse Djahit
comment
As a regular viewer of the hit
comedy panel show Would I Lie To
You, I got extremely excited when
I heard that comedian Lee Mack
was coming to Newcastle City Hall
to perform some stand up. He is
without a doubt the funniest one
on the show, as he uses his boyish
charm to mock the guests, as well
as regular David Mitchell. His
razor sharp wit with the contestants and banter with the audience
ensure that, if you watch Would
I Lie To You, you will be craving
more and joining me to go and see
him live! His hit show Not Going
Out features some of his classic humour; he delivers clever jokes that
will make you wonder why you
did not discover him earlier! Go
and get some tickets and laugh like
you’ve never laughed before.
Newcastle City Hall is not only
hosting comedian Lee Mack but
a few other well known faces as
well.
Jason Manford is one of the best
up and coming comedians. He
continues to appear on the hit
show 8 out of 10 cats as team captain and makes guest appearances
on more comedy panel shows,
where he has proved his skills
as a stand up comedian. Having
watched him make quick witted
one liners and inject humour and
fun into his performance, I’d say
he was worth going to see.
(Appearing at Newcastle City Hall
November 19th and 20th)
Classic comedian Jimmy Carr is
back with laughter therapy, where
you are certainly guaranteed some
laughs. Resuming his position as
host of the successful show 8 out
of 10 cats, Jimmy never hesitates
to take his humour too far. Be
prepared for some outrageous
comedy when going to see Jimmy
Carr.
(Appearing at Newcastle City Hall
26th and 27th November)
With plenty of great comedy to
choose from and look forward to
this winter you have no excuse to
stay at home!
Maria Moffatt
tweets of the week
Jedward
We are twins! But you are all twins
too! Say hello to your shadows.
Jason Manford
D’oh! Was searching for my phone
just now whilst talking to my dad,
on the phone.
Sarah Millican
If you watch those “Look at the
state of you” diet shows on mute,
they’re like lovely cookery programmes. With more pies
Louie Spence
Oops, Freudian slip of the hand!!
Miranda Hart
My house smells of egg. I mean
I had an egg earlier but I never
thought that egg could be quite so
eggy on a return to the house.
Dermot O’Leary
Got the boys coming around for a
sausage fest tonight.... Hang on
that didn’t come out right.
Kanye West
Please go pre order Kid Cudi’s album. He is my favorite living artist
and not just cause he’s on my label.
Ellie Wilson and Emma Rowles speak to Diva Fever at Powerhouse following their The X Factor exit
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performance went understandably
wild as Joe and Craig bounced onto
the stage.
Everyone belted along as Diva Fever sang their own version of Duck
Sauce’s ‘Barbra Streisand’, the Tina
Turner classic ‘Rolling on the River’
and ABBA’s ‘Lay All Your Love on
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of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’.
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energy and worked the audience
brilliantly; there was barely a hand
left unheld. The song choices were
perfect, everyone seemed disappointed to see them leave the stage.
Afterwards we caught up with
them to see what they had been up
to since The X Factor.
Craig told us, “We’ve been doing a lot of gig, just getting around,
seeing the fans and having a laugh
with everyone.” Joe added, “We’re
still with the management of The
X Factor, doing as much work as
possible and getting ourselves out
there, we’re hoping to be on the
live tour but they haven’t decided
who’s on it yet.”
When asked about being in the
bottom three, Joe told us that they
had got on best with Storm. “When
we left together is was quite good,
we left with a good friend.”
Diva Fever were known for their
lurid costumes and big performances, but how much of that was up to
them? Craig answered, “We got no
input at all with our performances,
we didn’t get a choice in what we
sang or wore, we were advised on
everything.”
When asked who their favourite
judge was apart from their mentor
Simon, there was only one answer.
Dannii Minogue. “She’s made a living from the Pink Pound so she was
a great champion of ours throughout the competition.”
Joe and Craig both agreed that
One Direction and Mary have very
good chances of winning the competition. “They all have such great
support behind them that they are
bound to do well. When Simon
talks about One Direction you can
practically see the dollar signs in
his eyes!”
With the ups and downs of a major music competition like The X
Factor IURP ÀUVW EHLQJ UHMHFWHG DW
the judges’ house stage, to being
brought back as a wild card, to being voted off the live shows – would
Diva Fever go through the experience again? Joe answered, “No,
never. It’s called a once in a lifetime
experience for a reason. I think it’s
aged me about 30 years, honestly,
I look haggard! Grey hairs, crows’
feet, the lot.”
Finally, we asked them the questions that Jeremy Paxman wishes
he could ask his interview subjects:
If you were an animal, what would
you be?
Craig: An orang-utan, because I’d
say I’m the same colour as one!
Joe: I’d be a black widow, I’m dangerous. Eating the men up after I’m
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If you could have any superpower,
what would it be?
Joe: Invisibility, then I could rob a
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Craig: To be able to undress men
with my eyes!
Always popular: Diva Fever were a huge hit with the crowds at Powerhouse last week
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ACROSS
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Last week’s crossword answers
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Find the word that can be placed between these words to
make two new words or phrases
BOOK
LIFE
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5. 672643
6. 73224
1. 62646
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37
David Haye vs
Hurricanes
feel
Audley
Harrison
the
Loko-motion
Preview
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> Intra Mural Football, page 40-41
> Sport, page 38
Once a Lion, always a Falcon
Sports Editor Wills Robinson talks to Newcastle Falcons Director of Rugby Alan Tait about his
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There are not many sportsmen, let
alone rugby players, who can say
they have moved from one professional sport to another and then
back again. A British Lion in both
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Alan Tait has had a colourful career;
he was a member of the famous Lions team that won the 1997 test series in South Africa and took part in
both the 1994 and 1995 Challenge
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27 caps for his country and learnt
his trade as a professional player in
the North East as a Falcon.
So far, as the Director of Rugby
at his former club, his tenure has
been littered with a series of mixed
results, with a win against London
Wasps earlier in the season being
pushed to the background in light
of recent results. Despite his side
being second from bottom in the
Aviva Premiership, he now has a
couple of weeks of LV Cup rugby
to get the team back on its feet. The
question is though, have they forgotten how to win?
“I would hope not, I won’t keep
preaching about it. We all know
what it does to the morale and
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whatever, but I believe these lads
have been close enough in these
games to believe that a win is coming around the corner. It’s not as if
we’ve been blasted away. Certainly
Saturday against Northampton, we
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with a couple of bad decisions, and
the last try we let in was because
we were trying to play rugby to get
a bonus point, so I’m not going to
knock the guys for that.
We’ve never been far off in games,
I just hope that their luck turns. I go
home and I feel sorry for these guys
and it makes me frustrated. I want
it to happen for this team because of
the work they put in, with the spirit
they have they deserve some success, you just have to take the luck
when it comes, and we just aren’t
getting enough of it. I’m not going
to complain or whinge about it, but
with the hard work that everyone
puts in at the club, it will come.”
The ex-Scottish international also
sees the LV Cup as an opportunity
for some of the younger and more
inexperienced squad players to get
a run out. This also comes as squads
from both England and Wales will
have their stars missing whilst the
autumn Internationals are in full
swing.
“It’s a great opportunity for the
young lads. Teams do have very
big squads now, and a lot of our
extra players are youngsters. That’s
how the Celtic League thrives, because they have to deal with these
times where the international players are away on international duty
a lot. There’s no pressure on these
games because there’s no relegation and they can throw all these
youngsters in there to get exposure,
and this is a chance for our youngsters to get their foot on the ladder
and come out at Kingston Park or
next week down at Harlequins. I
think I’d like to see more opportunities for the young lads, but unfor-
After being a British Lion in both Rugby League and Union, Alan Tait’s latest challenge is to achieve Premiership survival with the Newcastle Falcons
tunately we don’t get many. It’s a
bit of a change for our lads, coming
off from playing in that A-team,
it’s a good standard. But they will
still need to step up a bit more from
what they are used to.”
The LV Cup doesn’t just contain
the rivalry that an everyday domestic game does, as teams look
to hold on to the bragging rights in
the Anglo-Welsh rivalry - which is
no doubt one of the hottest in the
world.
“There is a bit of rivalry there, with
any premiership club it’s massive.
We know there is an extra bit of
spice in there because of the WelshEnglish rivalry, we want to rely on
the Falcons to get the results. We
want to do well in this competition,
but we do have priorities with the
Aviva Premiership with regards to
all our big players coming back.”
Aside from the Falcons, and in relation to our article ‘What a Wayne
to make a living’ last week, Alan
agreed when asked if English salary caps are damaging the sport. In
recent years, the Falcons have lost
the likes of Jonny Wilkinson, Carl
Hayman and Jamie Noon to clubs
in France, where wealthy investors are turning French rugby into
a mirror image of English football.
However, he did have sympathy for
the players who opted for pastures
new when offered more money:
“The market changes - if you’re
prepared to move around over Europe and the offer is there then fair
play. I mean, I was a player myself,
I have nothing against players going for the highest bid. If you are
well sought after and you can demand those sort of prices then fair
play to you. I mean, that’s always
the case in sport, usually the dollar
gets the man.”
“If you are well sought after
and you can demand those
sort of prices then fair play
to you. I mean, that’s always
the case in sport, usually the
dollar gets the man”
Rugby players changing clubs has
become more commonplace in the
last few years, with the likes of Jason Robinson, a former league star,
being part of the England World
Cup winning side in 2003. The
former Widnes and Leeds player
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between the two codes of rugby:
“The difference is that Rugby
League is very much based on results and performance. You do
get your set contract, but it’s as
much about bonuses and winning
matches, and that’s how the players
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different. Bonus schemes weren’t
brought in to the system and its
very hard to implement, so they
look for guaranteed contracts and
base it around that structure.”
Even though England kicked off
their international campaign last
week, Scotland and Andy Robinson
will have to wait until this weekend where they match up against
the mighty All Blacks, who recently
showed their sheer strength and
depth after a crushing Tri-Nations
victory. Being of Scottish blood
himself, Tait gives his views on
Scotland’s chances.
“Scotland is rugby nation where
their instinct is ‘backs against the
wall”. I coached them for eight
years, and we had some great
times, beating the likes of England
and South Africa. However, your
backs are always against the walls.
You’ll get a group of players that
are really world class players and
you know you can compete, but if
you get a few injuries you know
you’re down a bit. We are one of
these sides that just don’t have the
numbers to hold themselves up as
one of the top ranked teams in the
world over a long period of time.
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every now and then and will go on
a good run. They have had injuries
which are unfortunate, but they do
have a good group of players. They
always play with passion when
they are on their home patch. Hopefully they can keep that going - it’s
always a tough challenge against
New Zealand, but one that we must
approach with optimism”.
Finally, the majority of rugby fans,
no matter how old you are, will
remember Jeremy Guscott’s drop
goal that clinched a historic series
win for the Lions in South Africa in
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was picked for the squad following
his international form. However,
despite what some may think, he
highlighted other reasons why they
tasted success in the series:
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game and everyone was ecstatic,
but I think if you had to go by the
kicking it would have been Neil
Jenkins’ display. He’s the best goal
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and he was absolutely phenomenal.
I played alongside Jonny Wilkinson
when he was a youngster as well,
but I just think Jenkins was unbelievable in his accuracy and the
way he went about his business. He
kicked the penalties that day, with
some pretty tough ones as well. I
think his boot was as memorable as
Jonny’s drop goal. As I said though,
both were fantastic times, and will
go down in history for all British
Lions fans”.
38
Sport Haye vs Harrison preview
A-Force to be reckoned with?
With Haye and Harrison set to lock horns on Saturday night, Harry Slavin and Jimmy Booker have their say ahead of the title bout
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In the red corner is a cocky South
Londoner at the top of his game,
and the reigning WBA Heavyweight Champion Of The World.
In contrast, an ageing, former Olympic Gold medallist is quivering
in the blue corner, frightened that a
defeat will spell the end of his boxing career.
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ever happen. But here it is. Two
former friends beating the life and
soul out of each other in the heart of
Manchester to the delight of a large,
blood-thirsty crowd.
David Haye, as expected, is certainly not playing down his chances. ‘The Hayemaker’ has vowed to
“beat him...humiliate him...destroy
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words from an unquestionably
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Haye is very good at the talk,
and probably knows the callous
inappropriateness of some of his
comments, but has chosen not to
apologise. Probably all part of the
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to say. However, as he himself
has been quick to point out on a
number of occasions, he has certainly proved time and time again
that he walks the walk. He has only
one professional loss to his name,
that to experienced tactical Mancunian Carl Thompson when he was
an up-and-coming youngster in the
sport.
Haye has since gone from strength
to strength, and has acknowledged
in the past that he learned a great
deal from his only taste of defeat.
The statistics of the two ‘Best of
Enemies’ are, by comparison, not
vastly mismatched, although Haye
has the edge and the evidence
certainly suggests he is the better
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heavier of the two, with a much
longer reach, but Haye has already
proven that size doesn’t matter.
His title-winning victory over
the seven-foot Russian ‘monster’
Nikolai Valuev, who was nearly a
foot taller and seven stone heavier
than Haye, proved that David,
much taller than the Biblical David
at six foot three, really could slay
Goliath. According to Haye, Valuev
Harry Slavin
Cast your mind back to the summer
of 2000 and the 27th Olympic Games
in Sydney, Australia. A man by the
name of Audley Harrison was setting the world alight with his dazzling performances in the boxing
ring, coasting his way to the Super
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one of the world’s most hostile and
unforgiving sports.
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has found his way back into the
spotlight of Boxing.
There would be no better way to
re-announce himself than by defying the critics and beating David
Haye this weekend. Winning the
proved a bigger test than anything
that he will face in Manchester this
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ratio than Harrison, fewer defeats,
more knockouts, and is much
quicker and agile around the ring.
Despite Harrison’s size, these are
the stats that really matter.
Harrison himself has tried the talk,
and some may argue that his jibes
have struck a bit of a chord with
Haye. Whenever Harrison has suggested that he has the advantage,
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of mockery and derision directed at
his former friend, sparring partner
and drinking buddy.
“Haye has already proven
that size does not matter”
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at the way his unfounded comments have rattled the Heavyweight
Champion. However, most experts
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come Saturday evening.
Haye is not a junior any more,
and has learnt from the naivety
and complacency of his youth. He
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experienced champion at the peak
of his game. He knows he is heavily fancied in the clash, and all the
experts and pundits of the sport are
backing him to comprehensively
beat the ‘A-Force’.
Despite his petulant and often
personal insulting of Audley Harrison, Haye should win in style.
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against one of the Klitchsko brothers, but will also end Harrison’s
career.
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Olympic Gold medal as something
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has a superb record in all divisions of the sport. In the words of
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grounded in reality, truth and actual achievement, as opposed to
delusions of grandeur”.
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night. I fully expect Haye to be sipping on an ice-cold beer in the afterparty before the twelve rounds are
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of his boxing career.
This weekend sees David Haye defend his WBA Heavyweight Championship title against his former friend Audley Harrison
WBA Title in his home country is
something that Audley is convinced
he can achieve on Saturday night.
Admittedly, it has been a bumpy
ride for Harrison back to the top of
British boxing. His professional career got off to a great start with the
BBC offering him £1 million for the
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What he won’t be so proud of is the
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reason the BBC refuses to show live
boxing anymore.
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shake off the BBC shun by branding them as ‘racist’. A bold move,
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being cast into some sort of boxing
limbo.
His career has now been kick
started by a few ‘last chance’ antics,
most notably his triumph in the Sky
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circles that A-Force is still sat in the
last chance saloon and a devastating, humiliating loss to Haye could
yet see his career go up in smoke.
It is common knowledge that
David Haye is widely fancied to
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there is a feeling that A-Force has
been written off all too quickly.
It is plain to see that both Haye and
Harrison have enormous amounts
of courage and bravery. However
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it becomes clear that Harrison’s
bravery, courage and determination is on a whole different level
compared to the Hayemaker’s.
In Haye’s defeat of Nikolai Valuev
for the WBA world heavyweight
title, he fought through the majority of the rounds with a broken
hand. Impressive I hear you mutter, but in all honesty most people
had Haye down as having lost the
match on points - despite his one
punch that startled Valuev in the
seventh. Haye’s tactics in the 11
previous rounds resembled a scene
out of ‘Lord of the Rings’, where
hobbits play hide and seek with big
trolls.
If you really are looking for something impressive though, then check
out A-Force’s latest triumph over
his nemesis Michael Sprott. Having
torn muscles in his shoulder earlier
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pulled out a left hand deep in the
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can only dream of.
Haye appears to be overlooking
the power that Audley possesses.
The early talk was all from Haye,
about how Harrison is undeserving
of the opportunity and how he’s
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early rounds. However it is clear
that A-Force can take punches and
he has shown he can last 12 rounds
under the cosh.
Audley has towards the end of
the build-up tried his hand at a
little talk, and surprisingly to everyone, it looks to be effective. The
humiliating story of being dropped
by your sparring partner is one that
no boxer wants to deal with.
Harrison’s persistence that Haye
was knocked down by his partner
Tony Thompson, whether it be true
or not, has clearly rattled the incumbent champion, and there are
signs that Haye is beginning to feel
the pressure. Haye has everything
to lose on Saturday night - Audley
in contrast has nothing to lose.
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has been gruelling and isolated, but
commentators state that by using a
training camp in the mountains of
the USA, he is showing focus and
real self-belief.
Harrison states that he will give
Haye the match of his life and destroy his ego. Haye has called Harrison ‘delusional’ and ‘lucky’ to
even have the chance to compete
for the title, but this has only served
to fuel Harrison’s desire.
Delusional or not, it only takes one
man to believe that on November
13, A-Force will be the new Heavyweight Champion of the World.
As long as that one man is Audley
Harrison himself, then there may
well be a big upset in the world of
boxing this weekend.
39
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Sport BUCS
Coyle leads Royals to Cochrane success
Men’s Football
Newcastle 1sts
Hull 5ths
5
0
Colin Henrys
at Cochrane Park
Newcastle’s Men’s Firsts comfortably booked their place in the second round of the BUCS Mars Football Men’s Northern Conference
Cup, with a dominant 5-0 victory
against Hull Fifths at Cochrane
Park.
A George Coyle penalty and
goals from Ed Savitt, Ben Castillo
and Tom Rakshi saw Newcastle go
in four goals up at half-time, before
a late strike by substitute Danny
Clements completed the rout. Hull
barely troubled the home goal as
the Royals completely dominated
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could, and perhaps should, have
scored many more, but they will
undoubtedly be pleased with the
manner of their win.
Fresh from beating Hull’s First
team in the league last week, Newcastle entered the match as overwhelming favourites and from
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themselves on the game. Savitt and
strike-partner Jonny Addey linked
well up front and wingers Castillo
and James Swainston were threatening throughout.
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across the face of goal, Castillo
arrived late at the back post, but
could only steer his shot into the
side-netting. Moments later a great
ball from Swainston dissected the
defence and found Rakshi through
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bring the ball down. Swainston
had a chance of his own almost immediately afterwards, cutting inVLGHIURPWKHULJKWZLQJDQGÀULQJ
a left-footed shot over.
Chances continued to rain in
on the Hull goal, with their weak
defence not helped by the strong
wind blowing across Cochrane
Park. A Newcastle goal was ineviWDEOH DQG LW ÀQDOO\ DUULYHG WZHQW\
minutes in; George Coyle made a
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himself up and scored the penalty
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middle of the goal.
The Royals didn’t have to wait
long for a second either, as Addey
and Savitt continued to link well.
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Savitt missed a great chance, shooting just wide after great link-up
play, but made amends moments
later as Addey received a long-ball
over the Hull defence and pulled
the ball back to his strike partner
for an easy tap-in.
With Hull opting for just one
striker, the ball remained permanently in the visitors’ half. As halftime neared, a melee in their box
ensued, with Castillo seeing his
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ball into the top of the net when the
opposition defence failed to deal
with the cross.
At that point it began to look as
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end up resembling a cricket score,
and it was no surprise when a great
team move produced a fourth goal
just two minutes later. Coyle’s pass
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behind the defence. The rightwinger crossed well to Rakshi,
who pulled the ball back for CasWLOORDQGKLVSRZHUIXOÀQLVKPDGH
it 4-0.
If Hull blamed the weather for
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they had no such excuse in the
second-half; but with the wind
behind them they again failed to
trouble the home goal. Indeed, it
took them until the 82nd minute
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proved to be only, shot on target.
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ishing, Newcastle could have been
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when well-placed, and Coyle’s
low sliding-shot was saved. Meanwhile, Castillo should have doubled his tally from close-range and
also saw an ambitious lob go well
over the bar.
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a low-shot saved, before he cut inside from the left-wing only to see
his right-foot shot go wide.
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also creating havoc in the Hull
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shot saved and then completely
wrong-footing a defender to feed
Addey, who shot straight at the
Hull keeper. That Newcastle still
hadn’t added to their goal tally
at this point was almost beyond
belief, particularly when Savitt’s
35-yard free-kick cannoned off
the crossbar, with the goalkeeper
stood helplessly watching it pass
over his head.
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goal in the closing stages; a deep
cross was headed across the face
of the goal, and when the keeper
could only parry the shot clear,
Clements arrived at the back post
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A huge victory was no more than
what was expected of the Royals,
and will have left ‘cupset’ fans disappointed. Nevertheless, the manner of their victory was certainly
impressive.
Second-string enjoy comfortable cup victory
Men’s Football
Newcastle 2nds
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1
Jimmy Booker
at Cochrane Park
Last Wednesday saw the Newcastle second-string successfully qualify for the next round of the BUCS
Cup, after a performance full of determination, organisation and quality football proved too much for
their South Yorkshire opponents.
Despite a slow start from both
teams, Newcastle looked far tidier
in possession, with Elliot Connolly
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of the park.
The hosts then took the game by
the scruff of the neck. A long throw
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the resulting corner was only just
clutched at the last minute follow-
ing a scramble in the six yard box.
The very next attack saw Newcastle get the goal their pressure deserved, with Tom Stapleton leaving
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with a lovely turn and drive into
the bottom left hand corner.
The hosts were in the ascendency,
and were desperately unlucky not
to double their lead a few minutes
later, when Mike Scott was put
through by Connolly on the right
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and shooting against the base of the
post.
This seemed to act as a wakeup
call for the visitors. Only some misSODFHG ÀQDO SDVVHV IURP PLGÀHOG
prevented them from creating clear
cut chances, as they steadily played
their way back into the match.
Newcastle keeper Weston Muaru
faced a couple of tricky swirling
crosses, that could have looped in
as a result of the windy conditions,
but he showed solid glove-work
and agility in matching what was
thrown at him.
He and Newcastle, however, were
controversially undone shortly before half-time. The Newcastle defence were adamant that the ball
had gone out of play in the rightback position, but no linesman’s
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ball into the area was spilled by
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front man, who had the simple task
of slotting home from close range.
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period saw Newcastle almost take
the lead in the opening twenty seconds, as Stapleton was presented
with a clear sight of goal on the back
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but his shot was well parried.
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steal the lead. A wonderful passing move saw a deep cross come
in from the left and the runner
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straight at Muaru, when either side
would have been a goal. A few minXWHV ODWHU VDZ RQH RI WKH 6KHIÀHOG
strikers race clean through unchallenged, but inexplicably shot wide
with only the keeper to beat.
As is so often the case with teams
that miss chances such as these,
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for their lack of composure in front
of goal. Newcastle switched to a
diamond 4-4-2 formation and with
pace and trickery from Scott and
Mike Peace on the wings, were soon
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A beautiful Connolly free-kick
had the keeper stranded and the
woodwork shaking on the hour
mark, and the hosts soon got their
noses in front once more. It was
Stapleton again who pounced on
another loose ball, to bravely reach
it before the keeper and ripple the
net.
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comfortable and added a third goal
in the 80th minute. A well-worked
corner strategy saw the ball played
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centre half Arthur Okonkuro, who
neatly guided the ball home.
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minutes from time when put clean
through, but was denied by some
splendid goalkeeping.
The full time whistle saw the hosts
progress to the second round of the
BUCS Cup. Skipper Gouland, who
was forced off shortly into the second half with injury, spoke of his
delight at the win: “I’m absolutely
chuffed for the lads. It was a great
performance”. He added, on his injury, that his foot had “swollen up
like a balloon”. Here’s to a swift recovery for the skipper and a victory
in the next round for Newcastle.
43
BUCS Sport
L.MACKENZIE
Kicking on: last week’s convincing victory against Leeds Met at Cochrane Park ensures that NURL are continuing their strong start to the season, and establishing themselves as title contenders
Leeds Met their match at Owls’ nest
Men’s Rugby League
Newcastle 1sts
Leeds Met 2nds
38
10
Ian McPherson
at Cochrane Park
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Owls make heads turn
> Sport, page 43
Sports Editors: Paul Christian, Jamie Gavin and Tom James - courier.sport@ncl.ac.uk
Sports Editors: Jono Taylor, Wills Robinson and Kat Bannon - courier.sport@ncl.ac.uk
L.MACKENZIE
Calamity at Cochrane: Newcastle were comprehensively beaten last Wednesday to end their Championship campaign prematurely. The latest defeat has now extended their winless streak to a worrying four matches
Face of the defeated
Hartpury heartache for Royals as Gloucestershire side dump hosts out of the Championship for second consecutive year
Men’s Rugby Union
Newcastle 1sts
Hartpury 1sts
12
51
Jono Taylor Sports Editor
at Cochrane Park
Last Wednesday proved a day to
forget for Newcastle, after enduring a tough afternoon at the hands
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Royals were eliminated from the
Championship for the second year
running by the hugely impressive
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The spectators at Cochrane Park
last week experienced a bitterly
cold and windy day, while on the
pitch, Newcastle were blown away
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WKH+DUWSXU\VWDUWLQJ;97KHYLVLtors ran in an impressive nine tries,
in a game that will not live long in
the memories of the Royals’ faithIXO
Fashioning their updated white
strip, Newcastle began brightly,
and were unfortunate not to take
an early lead after a promising attack led by centre Ed Yarnton broke
down after a strong Hartpury reVLVWDQFH
It was therefore ironically the visitors who took the lead moments
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drawing the Newcastle forwards
into a rook, the ball was quickly
spread wide, and after evading two
missed tackles, the Hartpury wing-
er took advantage of the space in
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Windy conditions at Cochrane
Park ensured that goal-kicking was
largely fruitless, while the early
stages of the match saw a host of
misjudged kicks sailing into touch
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or consistency, with Newcastle
struggling to keep ball-in-hand and
supply their back three with any
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points of the match, the home side
kept playing in the right manner,
but were often thwarted by an agJUHVVLYH +DUWSXU\ UXVKGHIHQFH
Such aggression paid off after only
ten minutes, with a crushing driving maul by the Gloucestershire
side penetrating the hosts’ try-line
for the second time in succession,
and with it, doubling their early
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dominance and stature, and the
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a number of forwards graduating last year, the new-look Royals
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The visitors proved relentless and
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seventh try for the visitors ensued
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v Loughborough - 58 -11 - Lost
v Leeds - 34 - 24 - Lost
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recover from such a disastrous start
by the forward pack, and the Royals were facing a whitewash with
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dissected the visitor’s defence with
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together a number of phases in the
Hartpury half, Sam Shires burst
through the visitor’s defence with
ease, and crowned off his faultless
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concede two late tries, which left
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heart from their refusal to let their
heads go down, and will accept
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ahead to next week’s crunch BUCS
game against Nottingham, before
entertaining rivals Northumbria at
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last week proved a harsh and painful lesson for NURFC, but one that
may well prove an important one
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